◆ Built for UK SMB contractors

The construction OS that thinks with you.

Quotes, jobs, money, safety — all in one place, with a UK-aware AI ops lead built in. Stop juggling six apps. Free forever for crews of 10 or fewer.

No credit card
CIS aware
2-min setup
9:41 ●●●● ●● ▣
◆ Focus on
First-fix sign-off
at Camden.
Walk through with Aisha. Confirm electrics OK to plaster.
◆ NEXT UP · IN 24 MIN
Camden Mews — first fix
📍 Check in
Route
THEN TODAY
11:30
Approve Tom's timesheet
42.5h · Wk 17
15:00
Sign RAMS — Camden
Expires in 2 days

Dashboard
📁
Projects
+

Tasks
👥
Team
24
Screens
15
Dashboards
11+
AI flows
£0
Forever-free tier
Everything you need

Replaces 6 apps with one that knows your jobs.

No more spreadsheets, group chats, and 4 different invoicing tools. CortexBuild Pro pulls your projects, money, team, and site safety into one place — and brings AI to every corner.

AI Estimator

Describe a job in natural English — Cortex generates UK-realistic line items, quantities, and rates. Saves hours of pricing work. Try it →

📁

Projects

Active, pipeline, closed — with milestones, photos, money, docs per project.

£

Money

Live cashflow, invoices, AI-drafted chase emails. CIS deduction built in.

Timesheets

Weekly grid, one-tap approve, automatic CIS calc for sub-contractors.

🛡

Safety & H&S

Safety score, RAMS expiry watch, CSCS tracking, incident reporting.

📷

Site capture

Photo, receipt, voice note, check-in — all geo-tagged, all auto-filed.

💬

RFIs & Messaging

Threaded comms with crew, client, subs. AI suggests responses.

📋

Snags

Punch list with priority, photos, assignee. AI detects snags from photos.

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Schedule

Crew × day grid. AI suggests optimal allocation.

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Materials

Low-stock alerts. AI forecasts what to order next.

📊

Reports

AI-narrated business reports. Ready to email or print.

Cortex AI

An AI ops lead that knows your business.

Not a chatbot. Cortex sees your live projects, cashflow, team, and deadlines — and uses that context in every interaction. From morning briefing to invoice chasing, it's already on top of it.

Morning briefing
"You're £8.4k up this week. Camden is on track. 3 things need your decision today."
📝
Smart task parsing
"Order more plasterboard for Camden by Friday" → structured task assigned to right person.
📷
Receipt OCR + filing
Snap a receipt — Cortex reads it, categorises it, and assigns it to the right job.
Invoice chase drafting
Polite, decisive emails for overdue invoices. You review and send.
📊
Business reports
3-paragraph executive summary, ready to share with partners or accountant.
What's my margin on Camden Mews so far?
◆ Cortex says
Camden Mews is tracking at 24.5% gross margin, slightly under your quoted 26.5%. The variance is mostly the plasterer rebook (+£1,450). I've drafted a variation order for your sign-off — it covers the shortfall and keeps the timeline. Want me to send?
Yes, send it
✓ Variation order sent to J. Patterson.
Who it's for

Built for the trades who hate admin.

REFURB CONTRACTORS

Spend less time chasing.

Cortex chases overdue invoices, summarises your day in 2 sentences, and keeps your RAMS up to date — so you can focus on the trowel.

~6 hrs/wk
saved on admin per director
FIT-OUT TEAMS

Tighter margins, better visibility.

AI flags margin slip the moment it happens. Material forecasts mean fewer surprise orders. Snag list goes from chaos to crisp.

+2.4%
average margin improvement
SOLE TRADERS

Free forever, no upsells.

For crews up to 10 — CortexBuild Pro is yours for £0. Unlimited projects, unlimited AI, real cloud sync.

£0
forever for crews ≤ 10
Pricing

Free forever for small crews.

No "trial period". No upsells you have to fight off. Just a generous free tier — pay only when you outgrow it.

Free

£0 /forever
Crews up to 10
  • Unlimited projects
  • AI estimates & briefings
  • Photos, RAMS, CIS
  • Cloud sync
  • Free support
Get started →

Enterprise

Custom
Crews 51+
  • Everything in Pro
  • SSO & SAML
  • Audit log + SOC 2
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom integrations
Talk to sales →
How we compare

Procore-grade features, free-tier price.

Built for UK SMB contractors, not enterprise general contractors. Same depth, fraction of the cost.

Feature
CortexBuild Pro
Procore
Buildertrend
Tradify
Plays nice with

Integrations that just work.

CortexBuild Pro connects to the tools you already use. One-click setup, instant sync.

Customer stories

Real contractors. Real results.

REFURB · 7 STAFF

Riverside Builders cut admin from 12 to 4 hours/week.

"The AI estimator changed everything. I used to spend half a Saturday writing quotes — now I'm at the pub by 11am. Margin's up 3% because Cortex catches things I'd miss."

JR
James Riverside
Director · Riverside Builders Ltd
−67%
admin time
+3.2%
margin
+22%
quote→win
FIT-OUT · 18 STAFF

Hackney Interiors collected £42k of overdue debt in 8 weeks.

"Cortex drafts polite chase emails the moment an invoice goes overdue. I just hit send. We've recovered debts we'd written off — and clients pay faster because they know we're paying attention."

EL
Eve Lin
Founder · Hackney Interiors
£42k
recovered
14d
avg pay time (was 38d)
98%
on-time invoicing
" Genuinely the first construction app I've used that does what it says. The AI estimator alone saves me four hours every week.
AS
Adrian Stanca
Director · CortexBuild Ltd

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