https://estimark.co.uk/ https://estimark.co.uk/shots/dashboard.png Construction management software dashboard Estimark dashboard showing revenue, pipeline value and a live map of active projects across the UK https://estimark.co.uk/shots/reactive.png Reactive maintenance board with SLA targets Reactive maintenance board showing repairs with priority-driven SLA targets https://estimark.co.uk/og-image.png Estimark share card Estimark: Construction Management Software for UK Builders. https://estimark.co.uk/estimark-badge.png Estimark logo The Estimark mark: a three-by-three grid of rounded squares on navy, one of them copper. https://estimark.co.uk/modules/reactive_maintenance https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/reactive_maintenance.png Reactive repairs list with SLA priorities Reactive repairs with an emergency no-hot-water job for an elderly resident at the top of the list https://estimark.co.uk/modules/property_compliance https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/property_compliance.png Landlord compliance register with gas safety and EICR dates Landlord compliance records per property, showing gas safety and EICR renewal dates https://estimark.co.uk/modules/health_safety https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/safety_actions.png Health and safety actions tracker Safety actions with an item three days overdue, its owner named, and the two-person verification step for high-risk work https://estimark.co.uk/modules/site_diary https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/site_diary.png Construction site diary software A site diary entry recording the day's progress and who was on site https://estimark.co.uk/modules/variations https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/variations.png Construction variation order awaiting approval A variation raised against a job for additional groundworks, awaiting a decision https://estimark.co.uk/modules/purchase_orders https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/purchase_orders.png Construction purchase order software A purchase order to a merchant with line items priced against the job https://estimark.co.uk/modules/job_costing https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/job_costing.png Construction job costing dashboard Job costing showing live profit and loss across active jobs, with margin bands https://estimark.co.uk/modules/payment_applications https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/payment_applications.png Application for payment example with retention An application for payment with the cumulative gross valuation and retention held back https://estimark.co.uk/tour https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/price_book.png Construction price book with materials catalogue The price book, with a searchable national materials catalogue of construction products and separate tabs for your own items, your favourites and your assemblies. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/quotes.png Construction quoting software quote list The quote list with filters for draft, sent, accepted, declined, expired and converted, showing each quote’s number, title, total and stage. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/jobs.png Construction job board with kanban columns The job board, with columns for pending, active, on hold, complete and invoiced, and each job card showing its number and value. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/subcontractor_management.png Subcontractor register with CIS details The subcontractor register for a builder, with a row each for plumbing and heating, roofing, plastering and groundworks, showing the trade, the accounts email address and the town for every firm. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/site_diary.png Site diary entries per construction job The site diary, with one dated entry per job and the number of people on site shown on each entry. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/site_hub_terminal.png Site sign-in tablet showing who is on site The Site Hub terminal as it appears on a cabin wall: the number of people on site in large type, the name and sign-in time of each of them beneath it, the emergency card alongside, and a line saying how many of the people on site have signed the current RAMS and naming the ones who have not. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/statutory_inspections.png Statutory inspections register with scaffold inspection The statutory inspections list, with an overdue scaffold inspection at the top showing its seven-day interval and the regulation behind it, and an excavation due before every shift below. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/payment_applications.png Construction payment application (valuation) list The valuations screen, listing an application for payment against a job with its application number, date, net value and stage. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/invoices.png Construction invoice list with payment status The invoice list, with filters for unpaid, partially paid, paid, credited and void and a date range across the top, then a row for each invoice showing its status, total, the amount paid, what is still outstanding and the date it falls due. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/job_costing.png Job costing with estimated and actual margin per job Job costing, with one row per active job showing contract value, revised value, estimated and actual cost, and estimated and actual margin, banded by colour. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/reactive_maintenance.png Reactive maintenance repairs by priority Reactive maintenance, with open repair and SLA counters above a list of repairs by priority, including an emergency job for a resident with no hot water. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/tenders-and-estimating https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/price_book.png Construction price book with materials catalogue The price book, with a searchable national materials catalogue of construction products and separate tabs for your own items, your favourites and your assemblies. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/tenders.png Construction tender register The tender register for an electrical contractor, listing an emergency lighting upgrade, an EICR programme across 40 lets and a rewire, each with its own reference, return date and status, and a filter for archived ones. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/sor.png Schedule of rates repair pricing A damp and mould repair priced off a schedule of rates. The resident’s report, the category and the access note sit on one side, the response and completion clocks and the operative it is assigned to on the other, and below them a coded rate picked from the live rate schedule, showing the quantity, the rate and the client uplift on the line. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/quotes-and-winning-work https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/quotes.png Construction quoting software quote list The quote list with filters for draft, sent, accepted, declined, expired and converted, showing each quote’s number, title, total and stage. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/clients.png Client register in construction management software The client register, with residential and commercial clients in one list and a column each for their type, email address and phone number. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/jobs-and-scheduling https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/jobs.png Construction job board with kanban columns The job board, with columns for pending, active, on hold, complete and invoiced, and each job card showing its number and value. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/schedule.png Construction resource schedule for a week The resource schedule for one week, with team members down the side, days across the top and unassigned jobs in a strip ready to drag onto the grid. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/variations.png Construction variations register The variations register, listing each change with its number, title, amount and approval stage. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/subcontractors-and-suppliers https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/subcontractor_management.png Subcontractor register with CIS details The subcontractor register for a builder, with a row each for plumbing and heating, roofing, plastering and groundworks, showing the trade, the accounts email address and the town for every firm. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/on-site https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/site_diary.png Site diary entries per construction job The site diary, with one dated entry per job and the number of people on site shown on each entry. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/timesheets.png Construction timesheet software The timesheet screen, with total hours, labour cost and the number still awaiting approval across the top, then a row for each entry giving the worker, the job, the hours, the rate and the cost, and a payroll export button. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/site-hub-terminal https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/site_hub_terminal.png Site sign-in tablet showing who is on site The Site Hub terminal as it appears on a cabin wall: the number of people on site in large type, the name and sign-in time of each of them beneath it, the emergency card alongside, and a line saying how many of the people on site have signed the current RAMS and naming the ones who have not. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/site_hub_office.png Site Hub sign-in tablets managed from the office The office side of the Site Hub, listing the tablets on one site: the first is set up and showing its live board, and the second is still waiting for its enrolment code to be typed in, with its last contact shown as never. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/health-and-safety https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/statutory_inspections.png Statutory inspections register with scaffold inspection The statutory inspections list, with an overdue scaffold inspection at the top showing its seven-day interval and the regulation behind it, and an excavation due before every shift below. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/health_safety.png RAMS register in health and safety software The RAMS register, described on screen as versioned risk assessments and method statements with an operative acceptance register. This demo account has none yet. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/safety_actions.png Safety actions list with an overdue action The safety actions list, with an overdue action to replace a missing toe board showing its owner and due date, and a done-then-verified close-out below it. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/getting-paid https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/payment_applications.png Construction payment application (valuation) list The valuations screen, listing an application for payment against a job with its application number, date, net value and stage. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/cis-and-vat https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/invoices.png Construction invoice list with payment status The invoice list, with filters for unpaid, partially paid, paid, credited and void and a date range across the top, then a row for each invoice showing its status, total, the amount paid, what is still outstanding and the date it falls due. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/control-and-reporting https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/job_costing.png Job costing with estimated and actual margin per job Job costing, with one row per active job showing contract value, revised value, estimated and actual cost, and estimated and actual margin, banded by colour. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/purchase_orders.png Purchase order list with committed and received totals The purchase order list, with committed, received and outstanding totals across the top and each order’s supplier and stage below. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/dashboard.png Construction management software dashboard The dashboard, with revenue, pipeline value, overdue invoices and labour utilisation tiles above a project map and a live operations feed. https://estimark.co.uk/tour/housing-repairs-and-compliance https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/reactive_maintenance.png Reactive maintenance repairs by priority Reactive maintenance, with open repair and SLA counters above a list of repairs by priority, including an emergency job for a resident with no hot water. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/modules/property_compliance.png Property compliance register grouped by obligation The property compliance register, grouped by obligation, showing gas, electrical and fire risk assessment items with an overdue count against each property. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/certificates.png EICR certificate register The certificate register filtered by type, listing EICR certificates with the property, who issued them, the issue date and the result. https://estimark.co.uk/shots/tour/voids.png Void management for social housing Void management, with open and overdue counters above two voids at the notified stage, each waiting on keys received. https://estimark.co.uk/tools/cis-deduction-calculator https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/cis-deduction-calculator/card.png CIS deduction calculator Work out the deduction on a payment, on labour only, at the right rate, in the right tax month. https://estimark.co.uk/tools/construction-act-payment-dates https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/construction-act-payment-dates/card.png Construction Act payment date calculator Due date, payment notice deadline, final date for payment and the Pay Less Notice cut-off, from… https://estimark.co.uk/tools/vat-reverse-charge-checker https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/vat-reverse-charge-checker/card.png VAT domestic reverse charge checker Six questions from VAT Notice 735, and the answer names the condition that decided it rather… https://estimark.co.uk/tools/retention-calculator https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/retention-calculator/card.png Construction retention calculator What is held on a valuation, what the cap does to it, and the two dates the money comes back. https://estimark.co.uk/tools/markup-vs-margin-calculator https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/markup-vs-margin-calculator/card.png Markup vs margin calculator Convert between the two, and see what price a target actually needs. Adding 20% to cost is a… https://estimark.co.uk/tools/software-spend-calculator https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/software-spend-calculator/card.png Construction software spend calculator Add up what you pay a month for HR, clocking in, job management, estimating and safety… https://estimark.co.uk/tools/compliance-calendar https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/compliance-calendar/card.png The UK construction compliance calendar Every recurring statutory date a UK contractor works to, with the instrument that sets it: CIS… https://estimark.co.uk/tools/public-tenders https://estimark.co.uk/og/tools/public-tenders/card.png Public construction tenders in your trades and regions Every Monday, the public sector construction notices published in the last seven days for the… https://estimark.co.uk/templates/pay-less-notice https://estimark.co.uk/og/templates/pay-less-notice/card.png Pay Less Notice template The two things section 111 requires, laid out so a notice is not defective for missing one. https://estimark.co.uk/templates/payment-application https://estimark.co.uk/og/templates/payment-application/card.png Payment application template A cumulative valuation with the build-up and the dates that start the Construction Act clock. https://estimark.co.uk/templates/rams https://estimark.co.uk/og/templates/rams/card.png RAMS template Risk assessment, method statement, emergency arrangements and the briefing record that… https://estimark.co.uk/templates/snagging-list https://estimark.co.uk/og/templates/snagging-list/card.png Snagging list template Numbered items with a location, a trade and a sign-off, because an open list holds up retention. https://estimark.co.uk/templates/toolbox-talk https://estimark.co.uk/og/templates/toolbox-talk/card.png Toolbox talk record template Subject, key points, actions and a signed attendance register, which is the part that evidences… https://estimark.co.uk/templates/cis-payment-and-deduction-statement https://estimark.co.uk/og/templates/cis-payment-and-deduction-statement/card.png CIS payment and deduction statement template Every field HMRC requires, in the tax month the payment actually falls in, due within 14 days. https://estimark.co.uk/compare/procore https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/procore/card.png Estimark and Procore, compared for UK contractors Procore is built for general contractors and owners running large projects. Estimark is built… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/buildertrend https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/buildertrend/card.png Estimark and Buildertrend, compared for UK builders Buildertrend is built around home building and remodelling, from a US base. Estimark is a UK… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/houzz-pro https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/houzz-pro/card.png Estimark and Houzz Pro, compared for UK trades Houzz Pro pairs project tools with lead generation on the Houzz marketplace. Estimark is the… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/access-construction https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/access-construction/card.png Estimark and Access Construction, compared Access Construction is a UK suite sold to contractors and homebuilders across a large product… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/tradify https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/tradify/card.png Estimark and Tradify, compared for UK trades Tradify is job management for small trade businesses, priced per user. Estimark covers the same… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/simpro https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/simpro/card.png Estimark and simPRO, compared for UK contractors simPRO is field service and trade contracting software sold with an implementation. Estimark is… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/commusoft https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/commusoft/card.png Estimark and Commusoft, compared for UK firms Commusoft is built around service and maintenance businesses. Estimark runs reactive… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/joblogic https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/joblogic/card.png Estimark and JobLogic, compared for UK contractors JobLogic is built for commercial service and facilities maintenance. Estimark carries that… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/servicem8 https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/servicem8/card.png Estimark and ServiceM8, compared for UK trades ServiceM8 is job management for small field service teams, built around Apple devices. Estimark… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/powered-now https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/powered-now/card.png Estimark and Powered Now, compared for UK trades Powered Now is UK paperwork software for micro trade businesses. Estimark starts at the same… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/bigchange https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/bigchange/card.png Estimark and BigChange, compared for UK contractors BigChange is field service management sold around the vehicle and the mobile workforce… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/payaca https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/payaca/card.png Estimark and Payaca, compared for UK installers Payaca is aimed at clean-tech and renewables installers. Estimark is a general UK construction… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/buildxact https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/buildxact/card.png Estimark and Buildxact, compared for UK builders Buildxact is estimating and takeoff for builders. Estimark covers the estimate and then the… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/re-flow https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/re-flow/card.png Estimark and Re-flow, compared for UK civils Re-flow is field operations software with highways and civils firms at its centre. Estimark… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/brighthr https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/brighthr/card.png Estimark and BrightHR, compared for UK contractors BrightHR sells HR software with an employment law advice line and optional tribunal insurance… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/breathe-hr https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/breathe-hr/card.png Estimark and Breathe HR, compared for UK trades Breathe HR is UK SME HR software charged per business in headcount bands. Estimark holds the… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/myhrtoolkit https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/myhrtoolkit/card.png Estimark and myhrtoolkit, compared for UK trades myhrtoolkit is UK SME HR software on a rolling monthly contract, priced per company by band… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/quickbooks-time https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/quickbooks-time/card.png Estimark and QuickBooks Time, compared for UK trades QuickBooks Time tracks hours for firms whose wages run through QuickBooks. Estimark starts at… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/planday https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/planday/card.png Estimark and Planday, compared for UK contractors Planday builds shift rotas for hourly staff and belongs to Xero. Estimark checks people onto… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/timekeeper https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/timekeeper/card.png Estimark and TimeKeeper, compared for UK construction TimeKeeper is GPS clock-in and timesheets for construction and field service. Estimark puts the… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/hbxl-estimatorxpress https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/hbxl-estimatorxpress/card.png Estimark and HBXL EstimatorXpress, compared for UK builders EstimatorXpress is UK estimating software licensed per machine per year. Estimark carries the… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/bluebeam-revu https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/bluebeam-revu/card.png Estimark and Bluebeam Revu, compared for UK contractors Bluebeam Revu is PDF markup and measurement, billed per user a year. Estimark measures… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/price-a-job https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/price-a-job/card.png Estimark and Price A Job, compared for UK builders Price A Job sells estimating, accounting and project management as separate per-user modules… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/handshq https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/handshq/card.png Estimark and HandsHQ, compared for UK contractors HandsHQ is RAMS authoring with a maintained library of method statements behind it. Estimark… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/safetyculture https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/safetyculture/card.png Estimark and SafetyCulture, compared for UK sites SafetyCulture is inspections and checklists on a phone, free for a team of up to ten. Estimark… https://estimark.co.uk/compare/evalu-8-ehs https://estimark.co.uk/og/compare/evalu-8-ehs/card.png Estimark and Evalu-8 EHS, compared for UK contractors Evalu-8 EHS is modular safety software sold per licence, with RAMS and COSHH quoted rather than… https://estimark.co.uk/for/sole-traders https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/sole-traders/card.png Job software for the one-man band Solo at {{plan.solo|a-month}}: {{limit.solo.users}} users, {{limit.solo.jobs}} open jobs, quote… https://estimark.co.uk/for/builders https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/builders/card.png Construction software for builders and contractors Pro at {{plan.pro|a-month}}: payment applications and HR, on top of job costing, CVR, CIS and… https://estimark.co.uk/for/property-maintenance https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/property-maintenance/card.png Software for reactive repairs and property maintenance Repairs on priority SLAs, appointment windows residents accept, schedule-of-rates pricing and… https://estimark.co.uk/for/housing-associations https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/housing-associations/card.png Repairs and compliance software for social landlords Awaab’s Law timescales, the Big Six compliance register, void turnaround and SOR-priced works. https://estimark.co.uk/for/electricians https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/electricians/card.png Certificates, jobs and invoicing for electricians EIC, EICR, Minor Works and PAT certificates with typed test results and a signature on the… https://estimark.co.uk/for/plumbers-heating https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/plumbers-heating/card.png Software for plumbing and heating firms CP12s, appointment windows residents accept, maintenance contracts and van stock. https://estimark.co.uk/for/roofers https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/roofers/card.png Job, safety and payment software for roofers Working-at-height permits and versioned RAMS, weather and delays in the site diary, and the… https://estimark.co.uk/for/groundworks https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/groundworks/card.png Plant, muck-away and valuations for groundworks contractors Owned and hired plant with usage booked to the job, waste by disposal route, and a valuation… https://estimark.co.uk/for/scaffolders https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/scaffolders/card.png Hire stock, inspections and handovers for scaffolders Stock on hire with QR tags and recurring schedules, inspection records built as your own form… https://estimark.co.uk/for/plasterers https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/plasterers/card.png Labour-only CIS, day rates and invoicing for plasterers The trade where the whole payment is the CIS deduction base, so verification and the right rate… https://estimark.co.uk/for/bricklayers https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/bricklayers/card.png Price work, gang hours and CIS for bricklayers Coded rate sets for measured work, gang hours booked to the job, and CIS handled across the… https://estimark.co.uk/for/joiners https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/joiners/card.png Workshop, site and materials for joiners One job spanning workshop and site, materials on purchase orders, and the CIS split that keeps… https://estimark.co.uk/for/painters-decorators https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/painters-decorators/card.png Quotes, snags and reminders for painters and decorators Quotes accepted and signed online, numbered snags tracked to sign-off, and reminders that stop… https://estimark.co.uk/for/gas-heating-engineers https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/gas-heating-engineers/card.png Software for Gas Safe engineers and heating firms CP12 and tightness certificates typed on the device, the Gas Safe card held cell by cell… https://estimark.co.uk/for/solar-heat-pump-installers https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/solar-heat-pump-installers/card.png Job software for solar PV and heat pump installers Optional lines the customer ticks, the kit receipted as it lands, the EIC typed, and a handover… https://estimark.co.uk/for/tilers https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/tilers/card.png Measured rates, CIS and snagging software for tilers Rates by the square metre, the preparation priced as a variation from the phone, CIS on the… https://estimark.co.uk/for/flooring-contractors https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/flooring-contractors/card.png Job software for flooring contractors Materials off the CIS deduction base, rolls and packs receipted against the order, subfloor… https://estimark.co.uk/for/kitchen-bathroom-fitters https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/kitchen-bathroom-fitters/card.png Job software for kitchen and bathroom fitters Five trades on one job, stage payments on a plan, the units receipted as they land, variations… https://estimark.co.uk/for/windows-doors-glazing https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/windows-doors-glazing/card.png Software for window, door and glazing installers Survey to deposit to order to fit: frames receipted against the fabricator’s order, the fitting… https://estimark.co.uk/for/landscaping-driveways https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/landscaping-driveways/card.png Job software for landscapers and driveway contractors Plant on and off hire with the rate visible, spoil on a waste transfer note, the rained-off day… https://estimark.co.uk/for/drylining https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/drylining/card.png Subcontract software for drylining contractors Valuations with retention and the notice dates on them, gang hours by QR, pay less notices to… https://estimark.co.uk/for/damp-timber https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/damp-timber/card.png Software for damp proofing and timber treatment specialists A survey form with photographs and a signature, COSHH for the biocides, the guarantee dated per… https://estimark.co.uk/for/passive-fire-protection https://estimark.co.uk/og/for/passive-fire-protection/card.png Evidence software for passive fire protection contractors A before-and-after pair per penetration, a checklist with a pass and a photograph per item… https://estimark.co.uk/for/england 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