Estimark and Access Construction, compared

UK and Ireland contractors and homebuilders, across a suite that spans the construction lifecycle.

• It is a UK-market product, so the statutory questions are not a localisation for them either.
• Its breadth suits a firm large enough to use several parts of it.

NoteEstimark describes its own product here. For the other product’s current price and what it covers, read that vendor’s own site.

UK trades and SME contractors who want one record rather than a suite, and a published price rather than a quotation.

• One spine from quote to warranty: quote, job costing, CIS, payment applications, safety, certificates, handover.
• Modules are switched on per plan, and every plan and module price is published rather than quoted.
• The field app works offline, so a basement or a plant room does not stop the record being made.

It handles the four obligations a UK contractor is judged on: CIS deduction, the VAT domestic reverse charge, Construction Act payment timing, and the safety records that go with them.

• CIS deducted on labour only, excluding materials, VAT and plant hire, on 6th-to-5th tax months, with HMRC verification when connected and the CIS300 recorded with both statutory declarations.
• VAT domestic reverse charge under section 55A: the statutory wording on the invoice, nil VAT, controlled per client.
• Payment applications with Construction Act dates, the pay less deadline calculated, and retention tracked to release.
• RAMS with operative sign-off, inductions, permits and a live muster roll, plus EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12 certificates with typed test results.

NoteEstimark records the CIS300 and locks it to its tax period. It does not file the return to HMRC on your behalf.

When you are large enough to need several of its parts, or when you need something Estimark does not have.

• Estimark holds no security certification: no ISO 27001, no SOC 2, no Cyber Essentials. Procurement that requires one rules it out today.
• Estimark does not do BIM or IFC model coordination.
• Estimark does not file CIS300 returns to HMRC, and does not submit MTD VAT returns.

NoteEstimark describes its own product here. For the other product’s current price and what it covers, read that vendor’s own site.