Smart Builders Week 2015

In April 2015 we ran a free online initiative for building firms with ambition. Think Smarter. Work Smarter. Be Smarter. This included: 121 business consultations with your business to establish your needs and requirements: Spend quality time with one of our business consultants to identify if our software is right for you. Tell us what you’re…

NEW Invoice Generator for Construction Bonus Pack

Invoice Generator for Construction It’s the moment you builders have been waiting for! Our software developers have been hard at work and, alongside the release of our EstimatorXpress update, we’re pleased to introduce a new much sought-after EstimatorXpress add-on this spring – the Invoice Generator for construction Bonus Pack. You’ll now be able to raise…

Unsafe Highs: working at height

Working at height: The need to know facts With falls from height on small building sites remaining one of the most common causes of workplace fatalities, work that seems to present a lower level of risk needs greater attention with regard to proper health and safety measures. That’s the view of Joanna Mulgrew, director at…

Rise of the garden plot

Pressure on space across the country’s urban sites is encouraging developers to look carefully at alternative land for development. With urban areas being dictated by lack of room, there is not a lot of space to play with. It means developers are constantly on the lookout for suitable brownfield sites or are thinking outside the…

Does CDM 2015 apply to me?

Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM) regulations apply to most common building, civil engineering and construction work including all demolition and dismantling work – scale of project does not matter.

Isn’t my business too small to worry about health and safety?

Even small businesses have a duty of care to keep their employees and the public safe on site as well as legal requirements to undertake certain paperwork.