Construction management software
Construction management software, built for the UK
Construction management software is the system of record for a construction business: quoting and estimating, job costing, purchasing, site safety, payment and handover, in one place rather than in a spreadsheet and an inbox. For a UK buyer the category has four extra tests that most global products treat as a localisation: CIS deduction, the VAT domestic reverse charge, Construction Act payment dates, and the safety and certificate records a regulator asks for. Estimark is built around those four.
What UK buyers should hold the category to
Does it deduct CIS correctly?
On labour only, excluding materials, VAT and plant, on a 6th-to-5th tax month. Anything else under-pays a subcontractor or over-deducts.
Does it know the reverse charge?
Section 55A shifts the VAT to the customer and puts statutory wording on the invoice. It is not a tax rate you can set.
Does it date payments by statute?
The Construction Act fixes the due date, the final date for payment and the pay less deadline. A guessed date is a lost argument.
Does it work with no signal?
A basement, a plant room or a rural site has no coverage. A form that will not submit is a record that never gets made.
Overview: how it works
What does construction management software cover?
The whole life of a job: winning it, pricing it, running it, getting paid for it, and handing it over.
- Quoting and estimating from a price book, with variations tracked against the original.
- Job costing: actual, committed and forecast cost per job, and cost value reconciliation.
- Purchasing, subcontractors and plant, with the cost landing on the job.
- Site safety: RAMS, inductions, permits, attendance and the muster roll.
- Payment: applications, notices, retention and invoicing on the right dates.
- Handover: snagging, certificates, O&M and warranty.
What makes UK construction software different?
Four statutory obligations that have no equivalent in the market most construction software was written for.
| Obligation | What it requires |
|---|---|
| CIS | Deduction on labour only, 6th-to-5th tax months, HMRC verification, CIS300 |
| VAT domestic reverse charge | Section 55A wording, nil VAT, controlled per client |
| Construction Act | Due date, final date for payment, pay less deadline, retention |
| Awaab’s Law | Statutory investigation and repair timescales for damp and mould |
- Regulated trades add certificates on top: EIC, EICR, Minor Works and PAT for electricians, CP12 for gas.
- Most UK firms keep their books in Xero, QuickBooks or Sage, so the figures have to reach one of those.
How does Estimark cover it?
One record from quote to warranty, with the four statutory obligations handled as ordinary behaviour rather than as settings.
- CIS deducted on labour only, HMRC verification when connected, CIS300 recorded with both statutory declarations.
- Section 55A reverse charge applied per client, with the statutory wording on the invoice.
- Payment applications on Construction Act dates, with the pay less deadline calculated and retention tracked to release.
- Reactive maintenance on priority SLAs, including Awaab’s Law damp and mould timescales.
- Certificates with typed test results, not free text: EIC, EICR, Minor Works, PAT and CP12.
- A field app that works offline, syncing when the signal comes back.
NoteEstimark does not file CIS300 returns to HMRC, does not submit MTD VAT returns, does not post accounting journals and does not do BIM or IFC coordination. It holds no security certification: no ISO 27001, no SOC 2, no Cyber Essentials.
Who is it for, and who is it not for?
UK trades and small to mid-sized contractors. Not large capital programmes with many tiers of contractor.
- Sole traders quoting and invoicing from a phone, through to contractors running a commercial pipeline.
- Electricians, plumbers and heating engineers, builders, property maintenance firms, housing associations and councils.
- A capital project with owners, designers and several tiers of contractor has coordination needs a job-level record does not carry.
The category, in numbers
- CIS base
- Labour only
- CIS tax month
- 6th to 5th
- CIS300 due
- 19th of closing month
- Reverse charge
- Section 55A
- Payment terms
- Construction Act
- Accounting
- Xero, QuickBooks, Sage
- Field app
- Works offline
- Data held in
- United Kingdom
Every plan
From £39 a month +VAT
CIS Compliance is included from Solo upward, so every plan carries it. Job Costing is included from Core, Payment Applications from Pro and Health & Safety from Solo.
What you get
- Quote and estimate from a price book
- Job costing with cost value reconciliation
- CIS, reverse charge and Construction Act dates
- RAMS, inductions, permits and the muster roll
- Certificates with typed test results
- Offline field app for the people on site
Questions
Construction management software: frequently asked
What is construction management software?
The system of record for a construction business: quoting and estimating, job costing, purchasing, site safety, payment and handover in one place. For a UK firm it also has to handle CIS deduction, the VAT domestic reverse charge, Construction Act payment dates and the certificates a regulated trade produces.
What should a UK contractor look for?
Four things a global product often treats as a localisation. CIS deducted on labour only across 6th-to-5th tax months. The section 55A reverse charge with statutory wording on the invoice. Payment applications dated by the Construction Act, including the pay less deadline. And a field app that works with no signal, because a basement has none.
Does Estimark integrate with Xero, QuickBooks or Sage?
Yes, with all three. It does not post journals, does not submit MTD VAT returns and does not run a two-way sync.
Is Estimark suitable for a sole trader?
Yes. The Solo plan starts at £39 a month +VAT and carries CIS Compliance, quoting and invoicing from the phone, so a one-person firm gets the deduction and the VAT treatment right without a bookkeeper.
Where is the data held?
In the United Kingdom. Estimark is built and run by Flavoureak UK LTD, company number 16410737.
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CIS compliance
Labour-only deduction, 6th-to-5th tax months, HMRC verification, CIS300 recorded.
For builders & contractors
Job costing, CIS, payment applications, site safety, plant and fleet.
Pricing
Every plan and every module, with the current price against each one.
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