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Electrical

Cable LookupPro

Preliminary lookup for named Doncaster 70°C multicore copper cables using published current-capacity and voltage-drop data. Final circuit design remains with a competent electrician.

DownlightsPro

Calculate optimal downlight spacing and positioning for any room size.

Voltage DropPro

Calculate voltage drop using an exact public Doncaster table for named 90°C single-core copper cables. No cable selection or compliance claim.

Structural

ConcreteFree

Calculate concrete volumes for slabs, footings, columns, and steps. Get mix ratios and material quantities.

Steel WeightPro

Calculate indicative section weights and create a steel schedule. This is not structural member sizing.

Stair GeometryPro

Create a straight private-stair set-out and compare rise, going, pitch and 2R+G with Approved Document K guidance for England.

ScaffoldingPro

Calculate scaffolding hire costs for independent, birdcage, and tower scaffolds. Erection, hire, and dismantle pricing.

Catnic LintelPro

Check an engineer-supplied total UDL against Catnic's February 2026 TS90/100, TH90/100 and TX90/100 table for one defined cavity-wall build-up.

Timber Span CheckPro

Capture the inputs needed for a current timber span-table check and identify when a project-specific structural design is required. No section size is inferred.

General Building

VAT & CISFree

Calculate VAT at 20% and CIS tax deductions for construction industry subcontractors.

Plaster & RenderPro

Calculate plaster and render quantities for walls and ceilings. Multi-coat support.

WeightPro

Calculate weights of common construction materials by volume or dimensions.

U-Value EstimatePro

Estimate an idealised layer-stack U-value and compare it with a selected current Part L limiting value. Not a compliance calculation.

PaintFree

Calculate how much paint you need for any room. Accounts for doors, windows, coats, and tin sizes.

CIS CertificatePro

Generate CIS Payment and Deduction Statements for subcontractors. Calculates deductions, produces HMRC-compliant PDFs with all required fields.

Documents

Profit CheckerFree

Check whether a quote covers materials, labour, overheads, contingency, and your target profit margin before you send it.

Quote GeneratorAIPro

Generate professional construction quotes and estimates with AI. Customizable templates.

RAMS GeneratorAIPro

Generate Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) with AI for construction projects.

Lift PlannerAIPro

Plan crane lifts with AI assistance. Calculate load charts, radius, and safety factors.

Plumbing CertsAIPro

Generate plumbing compliance certificates with AI. Covers unvented hot water, gas safety, and more.

T&CsAIPro

Build a proper set of UK builder terms — deposits, variations, unforeseen work, guarantees and late-payment interest — and send them with every quote.

InvoiceFree

Create a review-ready UK invoice with transparent VAT, CIS deduction and domestic reverse-charge fields, plus quote conversion.

RatesPro

Your day rates, material prices and hire costs — saved once, used in every quote and estimate.

Sign DocumentPro

Place a drawn or typed signature image onto a PDF in your browser. This is not identity verification or a digital-signature audit service.

Snag ListPro

Create and manage snagging lists for construction projects. Track items with photos, priorities, and status updates.

Variation OrderPro

Create professional variation orders on site. Record scope changes with costs and get client sign-off before work starts.

Subcontractor AgreementAIPro

Generate a simple one-page subcontract agreement covering scope, rate, payment terms, CIS status, and liability.

Incident ReportPro

Produce an on-site incident or injury report with RIDDOR check. Records facts, witnesses, and flags HSE reporting requirements.

Site Management

Profit CheckerFree

Check whether a quote covers materials, labour, overheads, contingency, and your target profit margin before you send it.

RatesPro

Your day rates, material prices and hire costs — saved once, used in every quote and estimate.

TimesheetPro

Track work hours for employees. Calculate weekly totals, overtime, and pay.

Holiday TrackerPro

Track regular and irregular-hours leave using real work patterns, leave-year boundaries and transparent bank-holiday treatment.

Mileage TrackerPro

Log business journeys and compare them with the date-versioned HMRC approved mileage payment benchmark. This does not calculate a cash tax refund.

Project TimelinePro

Build a visual Gantt-style project programme. Add tasks with durations and dependencies. Export as PDF or image for clients.

Roofing

RoofingPro

Calculate roof area, tiles needed, battens, felt, and ridge tiles for pitched roofs.

U-Value EstimatePro

Estimate an idealised layer-stack U-value and compare it with a selected current Part L limiting value. Not a compliance calculation.

Carpentry

Spindle SpacingPro

Calculate equal spindle and end gaps against a designer-chosen clear-gap maximum. The complete guarding still needs verification.

Stair GeometryPro

Create a straight private-stair set-out and compare rise, going, pitch and 2R+G with Approved Document K guidance for England.

Timber Span CheckPro

Capture the inputs needed for a current timber span-table check and identify when a project-specific structural design is required. No section size is inferred.

Stone Masonry

Spindle SpacingPro

Calculate equal spindle and end gaps against a designer-chosen clear-gap maximum. The complete guarding still needs verification.

StoneSmartPro

Calculate stone volumes and costs with labour and markup. Toggle m³/ft³. Save and load jobs to continue later.

WeightPro

Calculate weights of common construction materials by volume or dimensions.

Bricklaying

Stone, Blocks & BricksPro

Calculate stone, bricks, blocks, and mortar needed for walls. Supports stone walling, standard UK brick and block sizes.

Landscaping

FencingPro

Calculate fence panels, posts, concrete, and gravel boards for any fence run.

PatioPro

Calculate paving slabs, sand, cement, and sub-base materials for patios and landscaping.

DeckingPro

Calculate decking boards, joists, noggins, posts, and fixings needed. Full materials list ready for the merchant.

Turf & LawnPro

Calculate turf rolls, topsoil, and fertiliser needed for any garden. Supports rectangle, L-shape, and circular lawns with waste allowance.

Plastering

Plaster & RenderPro

Calculate plaster and render quantities for walls and ceilings. Multi-coat support.

Groundworks

WeightPro

Calculate weights of common construction materials by volume or dimensions.

Drainage FallPro

Check bounded Approved Document H minimum falls using actual internal pipe size, design flow, connected WCs and run length.

Gravel & AggregatePro

Calculate tonnes of gravel, MOT, sand, topsoil, and aggregate needed. Built-in bulk densities, multi-area support, and bulk bag counts.

General Utilities

Merchant LocatorPro

Find nearby builders merchants including Toolstation, Screwfix, Travis Perkins, and Jewson.

Floor PlanPro

Create a concept room-layout sketch by placing rooms, doors and windows. The exported PNG is not a measured or scaled construction drawing.

Skip GuidePro

Find the right skip size for your project. Select your waste type and amount to get a recommendation with approximate costs.

Measurements

Unit ConverterFree

Convert between metric and imperial units — length, area, volume, weight, temperature, pressure and speed.

Heritage & Planning

Permitted DevelopmentPro

Check if your project falls under permitted development rights. Guided Q&A based on GPDO 2015 rules.

Party WallPro

Check if your project triggers the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Guided Q&A covering Sections 1, 2, and 6.

Damp InspectionPro

Record moisture observations, urgent hazards and investigation prompts without turning a symptom questionnaire into a diagnosis.

Heritage ImpactAIPro

Generate a structured Heritage Impact Assessment framework for listed building consent or planning applications. Follows Historic England HIA guidance and NPPF. AI drafting available.

Pre-App CheckerPro

Decide whether to seek pre-application advice from the conservation officer and get a structured pre-app request framework.

LBC HelperAIPro

AI-powered tool to draft supporting text for minor listed building consent applications — description of works, heritage rationale, and conservation justification.

Compliance

Working at HeightPro

Limited visual prompt lists for ladders, scaffolds, MEWPs, and harnesses, with planning and competent-inspection warnings.

CDM TriagePro

Triage five common CDM 2015 triggers: F10, principal roles, the construction phase plan and health and safety file.

Asbestos ChecklistPro

Pre-work asbestos awareness checklist. Identifies likely ACM locations based on building age and work type.

Site SetupPro

First-day-on-site checklist covering welfare, safety, signage, and fire requirements. Generates a sign-off record.

Manual HandlingPro

Record six manual-handling prompts and route the task to the appropriate HSE assessment. This is not the MAC tool or a risk rating.

Tiling

Tile CalculatorPro

Calculate tiles, adhesive, and grout for floors and walls. Supports straight, brick bond, and diagonal layouts with wastage.

Plumbing & Heating

Gastite LookupPro

Conservative lookup of Gastite Table 9.1 for its own CSST carrying natural gas under the published fixed conditions. For competent Gas Safe engineers only.

Radiator / BTUPro

Create a rough early-stage heating-load placeholder. Final emitter selection requires room-by-room heat-loss design and manufacturer output data at the actual system temperatures.