Plain answers for construction firms.

Answer-first Why does extra work never make it onto the bill? Variations agreed in a rush on site are rarely written down, so the extra work never gets billed. How an AI agent keeps every instruction, call and message on the record, drafts the confirmation at the time, and keeps a list of the extras on every job. Read it → Answer-first How long does Gateway 2 approval actually take now? The median wait for a new higher-risk building is down to 22 weeks, with 91% of decisions being approvals, on the regulator's May to July 2026 data. What the turn means for planning a programme, and for the firms whose information sits inside the submission. Read it → Answer-first How much time do construction firms lose to admin? More than 14 hours a week per person goes on non-productive work, and about 5.5 of those on hunting for project data. An AI agent that answers from your current documents and drafts the routine paperwork gives a large share of it back. Read it → Answer-first What does late payment cost a construction firm? The real cost of late payment is the time spent chasing it: a firm of 50 to 249 people loses 324 hours a year. Applications, payment notices and retentions become a collections job, and an AI agent can carry that correspondence. Read it → Answer-first How do construction firms keep the work they've already won? The maintenance and aftercare book is your steadiest work and the first to slip when you're busy. An AI agent holds every asset and certificate date, flags a statutory test before it lapses, and answers the aftercare call in your firm's voice. Read it → Answer-first Who answers out of hours for a construction firm? Who answers reactive and maintenance calls out of hours. An AI agent answers every call, triages, and escalates genuine emergencies to your on-call person, so nobody is woken for nothing and no work walks off in the dark. Read it → Answer-first How to win more work without more admin How to win more work by quoting and following up faster, while an AI agent handles the admin around it, so your people stay on the work only they can do. Read it → Answer-first Why do construction firms lose work to slow replies? Why work is lost to unanswered calls and slow replies, and how an AI agent answers every enquiry in your firm's voice, around the clock. Read it → Answer-first What can AI do for a construction firm? What an AI agent actually does across phone, email, chat and social, what it will not do, and how it compares to the usual options. Read it →