2023 Technology Supplier of the Year

Abilo

Abilo's revolutionary features offer a complete package for streamlining construction operations. Real-time cost tracking, progress monitoring, and seamless collaboration ensure full control over business operations. Rapid monthly valuations save valuable time, benefiting financial management. Instant access to various reports empowers senior managers for transparent decision-making. A 20% reduction in overhead costs and enhanced cash flow management bring better financial control. Remote monitoring capabilities and efficient project costing maximize productivity. Abilo's client empowerment fosters better cost and progress control, ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction. Centralized data management covers estimates, resource planning, CRM, and invoicing. Abilo transforms the construction business, promoting environmental sustainability by reducing carbon emissions and ensuring safety through real-time monitoring. Seamless data sharing reduces operational risks. Abilo maximizes efficiency, profits, and digitizes the entire construction process. It has been battle-tested for 13 years, providing expertise, talent, and proficiency for improved business control and reduced administrative costs.

Biosite Systems

Biosite provides a sophisticated digital workforce and competency management solution for SCS (Skanska Costain STRABAG), a Joint Venture constructing 13 miles of twin-bore tunnels on the HS2 route. Putting safety first, the solution reduces risk by automatically recording the compliance and competency of more than 16,000 operatives across 30 sites based on pre-enrolment data such as online induction, competency management, ethnicity, diversity and inclusion, time and attendance and toolbox talks. All data is linked with Biosite’s biometric access control systems to show who is on site, how long they have been on site and highlight their individual records. With complete visibility, SCS has the power to quickly and easily spot imminent/expired qualifications, identify additional training requirements and manage site hours to reduce risks on site.

DataScope Systems

Privately owned with a very strong entrepreneurial spirit, DataScope has always taken huge pride in a culture centred on innovation and continual development above all other considerations. A strong, long serving and passionate workforce – supplemented by fresh ideas and enthusiasm from a customer base hungry for change, has meant that DataScope has been able create software that truly makes a difference in keeping sites safe and productive. In the last 18 months, we have moved from a provider of innovative digital solutions to a truly integrated platform where project planning is the primary driver, supported by the collection and analysis of big data sets across workforce, logistics, QHSE and project planning. The HSW, productivity and time saving benefits of these solutions are not only realised by the main contractor but also by the subcontractors and supply chain, which is key in ensuring the continued success of digitisation in construction.

Open ECX

Creating and providing innovative purchase-to-payment products hosted on the cloud, Open ECX is an advanced digital transformation solution for the construction and civil engineering industry. Each product offers a faultless, completely digital technology, automating business transactions and connecting companies with their partners. The use of digitally-enhanced invoicing and ordering solutions ensures greater accuracy and accountability are being upheld throughout the industry. Open ECX is revolutionising everyday ways of working, allowing businesses to advance processes and focus more on business growth, with its market-leading products. Partnering with Open ECX allows customers full automation and accounts payable efficiencies, with significant time and money-saving benefits, and provides the opportunity to improve sustainability credentials to those within the sector considerably. They are trusted by some of the biggest names in the industry including Grundfos, Wolseley, and NG Bailey. Open ECX is incredibly proud to operate globally, servicing a large international client base.

Qflow

The past 12 months of product development has focused on making the QFlow data accessible and valuable. This has led to powerful integrations with industry logistics and BREEAM tools to reduce construction waste and carbon, and resulted in >85% reduction in time spent collecting data, >90% improvement in data quality and availability and real time tracking of embodied carbon and waste compliance. Leading clients including Landsec, HS2 and Multiplex are reaping the benefits of these developments, and the future of Qflow is set to push the decarbonisation of construction even further.

SitePlex

Designed by industry professionals for industry professionals - SitePlex is construction project planning made easy. Software to manage site activity with project management reporting, adaptable to allow businesses to even streamline their own processes, answering the daily and long-term challenges faced by the industry, packaged into one app. One of our clients quoted: “SitePlex has revolutionised the way we connect with site; improving efficiency, progress tracking and engagement with our teams. It’s powerful, easy to use & delivers better value than other solutions.”

SymTerra

SymTerra and Thames Water have updated a well-established construction process by implementing a disruptive digital application that facilitates the seamless flow of information. This innovative application represents a novel bottom-up approach and prioritizes mobile accessibility. It enables project teams to efficiently capture, leverage, and maximize information from project teams operating across 1000+ locations. Furthermore, it facilitates progress tracking as part of a high-volume output program for works across a 110,000 kms. By starting the digital adoption process at the work site itself, this solution effectively resolves the challenge associated with embracing digital tools. It establishes a user-friendly and efficient information pipeline from the site, immediately enhancing visibility and commercial defensibility. Additionally, it provides automated reports and project insights for the entire project team.

Tarmac

Tarmac’s automated Pave Technology Solutions is a game-changer in construction, delivering digital planning, 3D modelling and low carbon solutions for automated road construction. Launched in November 2021, Pave offers solutions for everyday surfacing challenges, offering project teams real-time transparency across projects. Proven in trials across the UK, the technology has been continuously developed and is now being deployed on National Highways work across Tarmac’s business. This technology solutions in process and programme modelling is setting the blueprint for building better road surfaces and delivering the next generation of highways. 18 months on from launch. Tarmac is now building on this technology to utilise AI to break new boundaries in road management and maintenance. 

UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels (Cares)

The construction industry is advancing technology, largely driven by the unfortunate failures dissected by Dame Judith Hackitt. Her account of the failures has progressed the need for better supply chain visibility, and provenance which provide a golden thread of critical information to enhance safety from the manufacture and testing of products and through the building’s lifecycle. CARES Cloud is an innovative platform that has revolutionised the reinforcing steel (rebar) supply chain by seamlessly integrating digital technology to address critical challenges faced by today’s building and construction sectors. This world-first solution has demonstrated exceptional benefits in assuring product safety, supply chain traceability and enabling the reporting of the as-built carbon footprint, as well as significant overall operational efficiency. Benefits include; Digital Integration, Improved Material Provenance, Digital Golden Thread of product Information, Reduces Carbon Footprint, Efficiencies, Data Driven Policy Decision making, Digital Human Rights Record - all in one App.