Quoting, job management, document control, variation tracking. Properly built, not patched together in spreadsheets.
I work with UK construction firms turning over £1m to £20m to build the tools, systems and automations that remove admin friction and give the office back its time.
I focus on three things. Each one removes friction from how UK construction firms actually operate, so your office team stops wrestling spreadsheets and your margin stops leaking on admin.
Before any code gets written, I sit with your office team. Where does time leak? Which spreadsheets get copied between people? What's the job nobody wants on their desk? You leave with a written diagnosis and a clear recommendation — even if that recommendation is not to build anything.
Quoting, job management, document control, variations tracking, AI-assisted admin. I build whatever removes the most pain first, scoped to weeks not months. Always something you own outright. Never a ten-module platform you'll resent paying for next year, and never a tool that needs a consultant to use.
Software drifts when no one owns it. I stay on as a light-touch partner — refining what's there, adding the next tool when the business is ready, and being the person your office manager calls when something isn't working at 4pm on a Friday.
Most places would've sold us a CRM and moved on. Xzist Digital built us a structured, simplified, project operating system that actually matches how a civil engineering contractor works. More than that, Chris has become our tech partner and we have no desire to look any further for the support offered and provided by him.
Most of the firms I work with don't need just software — they need the brand, the website, the IT, the AI workflows, the words and the marketing around it to keep up. Rather than send you to half a dozen other suppliers, I do those too. Same operator, same standard.
Marketing sites for construction firms that want enquiries, not awards. More on web →
Logos, type, colour, and the templates that put them to work — quotes, RAMS, signage, livery. More on brand →
Microsoft 365, accounts, devices, the quiet things. Same-day response, month-to-month. More on IT →
Emails into tasks, voice notes into quotes, site reports into summaries. One workflow at a time. More on AI →
Case studies, web copy, tender narrative, blog, social. Sounds like a contractor — not an agency. More on content →
SEO and local search, paid ads done carefully, positioning that points them at the right buyer. More on marketing →
I take on a small number of clients at a time. That keeps the work personal, the response times fast, and the overhead out of your fees. You get the person who understood the problem on the call, building the thing that fixes it — not a junior account handler passing notes to an offshore team.
Based in Suffolk, working with construction firms across the UK.
A proper conversation, no script. I want to understand how the business actually runs before I suggest anything. By the end, you'll know whether there's a real case for building — and I'll tell you straight if there isn't.
Short cycles, real software in your office's hands fast. Your team uses it on live jobs, I tune it based on what they actually find. No long specs to sign off, no six-month silence between kickoff and demo.
When something breaks, you call me, not a ticket queue. When the business changes, the software changes with it. When a tool stops earning its keep, we retire it. The relationship doesn't end at go-live.
Short timelines, honest contracts, the same person on every call. Nothing dressed up to look bigger than it is.
Typical time from first conversation to a working tool in your office.
Email me before 5pm UK and you'll hear back the same working day.
Month-to-month only. No multi-year contracts. No termination fees.
Built, supported, and answered from Suffolk.
Tell me where the time and margin are leaking. If I can help, I'll say so. If I can't, I'll point you at someone who can.
You'll hear back the same working day.
