Find out where AI fits in your business.

We're an independent AI consultancy for UK construction. We'll tell you if AI is worth it, where it pays off and how to bring it in.

Sound familiar?

Most construction firms know AI matters. Very few know where to start, what to trust or what to ignore.

35%

of a construction professional's week goes on non-productive work: looking for information, resolving conflicts and dealing with rework. That is where AI earns its keep.
Autodesk and FMI, Construction Disconnected, 2018
  • Everyone says AI. Nobody says how.

    You've had the pitches. Nobody has shown you where it fits in your business.

  • Your team already uses ChatGPT

    With no rules on what goes in. Client data and tender prices included.

  • You've bought software nobody uses

    Another login, another subscription, and the team went back to spreadsheets.

  • Admin is eating the week

    QSs and site managers re-keying timesheets, invoices and reports instead of running jobs.

  • Tenders go out late, or not at all

    Estimating is at capacity, so you bid on fewer jobs than you could win.

  • Reports arrive after the problem

    CVRs and progress reports land weeks late, when it's too late to act on them.

Three questions. One clear plan.

Do you need AI? Where will it pay off? How do you bring it in? Our AI Readiness Review answers all three, using evidence from your own business.

  1. Discovery

    Do we need AI?

    How your jobs, office and systems really run, and how your team already uses AI.

  2. Mapping

    Where will it pay off?

    Every opportunity scored on time saved, cost and effort. AI only where it wins.

  3. Roadmap

    How do we bring it in?

    The right tools, a pilot plan, training and simple rules for using AI safely.

What you walk away with

  • A straight answer on whether AI is worth it for you
  • Opportunities ranked by time saved, cost and effort
  • Independent tool recommendations, with no commissions
  • A phased rollout plan and a simple AI use policy

Want help putting it in place?

We can stay on to set up the tools, connect them to the software you already use and train your teams. No long contracts. Your call.

How it works

Where AI earns its keep.

The areas we look at first in every review. Each one is judged on time saved and money protected, not on how clever the tech sounds.

  • Commercial and QS

    Your commercial team should be protecting margin. Instead, most of their week goes on pulling numbers together by hand.

    • Valuations drafted from site progress
    • Variations logged and priced as they happen
    • Cost to complete every week, not at month end
  • Estimating and tendering

    Most firms could win more work if estimating had more hours in the week.

    • Tender packs summarised in minutes
    • Scope gaps flagged before you price
  • Site and project delivery

    Site managers should be running sites, not writing reports at the kitchen table.

    • Site diaries from voice notes and photos
    • Weekly progress reports put together for you
  • Health, safety and compliance

    The paperwork is essential. Doing all of it by hand is not.

    • RAMS drafted from your own templates
    • Subcontractor documents tracked before they expire
  • Back office and finance

    Every number typed twice costs time and invites mistakes.

    • Invoices matched to orders and deliveries
    • Timesheets into payroll without retyping

We don't sell software.

We're paid for advice, not licences. So we can tell you what actually fits, including when the answer isn't AI.

How Pernox compares with a software vendor
TopicA software vendorPernox.
Where they startWith their productWith how your jobs actually run
How they're paidLicences, seats and renewalsA fee for advice. No commissions, ever.
What they recommendTheir software, for most problemsWhatever fits: software, automation or a simpler process
How it rolls outOne big go-live dateIn phases, around live projects
When AI isn't the answerRarely says soTells you, and saves you the spend

Straight answers.

Something we have not covered? Call 07713 912846 and ask us straight.

  • What does an AI consultancy for construction actually do?

    We help you work out whether AI is right for your business, where it would make the biggest difference and how to bring it in. We start by looking at how your jobs and office really run, then give you a practical, costed plan. If you want us to, we help you put it in place.

  • Do we actually need AI?

    Maybe not everywhere. Most firms have a handful of places where AI clearly pays and plenty where it does not. Our job is to tell you which is which, using evidence from your own business.

  • Are we too small for AI?

    Usually not. Many of the most useful tools cost less than a junior hire and work with software you already use. If a firm your size would not see a return, we will tell you straight away.

  • Our team already uses ChatGPT. Is that a problem?

    It can be. Without clear rules, staff may paste client data, tender prices or personal details into public tools. Every roadmap we write includes a simple AI use policy so your team can use these tools safely.

  • Will AI replace our staff?

    That is not the aim. The goal is to take repetitive admin off skilled people, so your QSs, estimators and site managers spend more of their week on the work only they can do.

  • Will it disrupt our live projects?

    No. We fit around your site and office teams, and anything new is piloted on a single job before it goes any wider.

  • Are you paid by software companies?

    No. We do not resell software or take commissions, so our recommendations stay independent. Whatever we suggest, it is because it fits your business.

Find out where AI fits in your business.

Tell us how you run your jobs and we'll give you an honest view of where AI could help, and where it won't.

What happens next

  1. 1

    Get in touch

    Use the form, email or phone, whichever suits you.

  2. 2

    Talk it through

    How you run jobs, where it hurts and what you have tried. No sales pitch.

  3. 3

    Get a straight answer

    Where AI could help, where it would not, and whether an AI Readiness Review makes sense for you.