One
queue
ApproveEvery item waiting on you, with a live pending count carried through to the mobile app menu.
- Purchase and subcontract orders
- Small works orders
- Subcontractor invoices
- Expenses, holiday, plant
Inside · ApprovalsLive
Comms and reporting
Nobody types anything
Nobody types anything
into these reports.
The engineer clocking in, the buyer raising an order, the clerk logging an invoice: all doing their own job. The management picture is assembled from what they did, current to the hour.
In plain terms
Reporting software assembles the management picture from work already recorded: hours, orders, invoices and valuations, with an approval queue and an audit trail behind it. Unibuild’s does that for UK trades and contractors of 5 to 300 people. Unlimited users, one monthly figure, a 14-day trial and no card.
The yes queue
Everything that needs a decision, in one place, with a count on it.
Orders, invoices, expenses, holiday and plant requests. In most firms each has its own route, its own chaser and its own person who forgot. Here they arrive together.
One
ApproveValue-banded
routes
CommitteeAuthority is set by value, not by seniority alone, so the right number of signatures is enforced rather than remembered.
- One approval to £5,000
- Committee member above that
- Two approvals above £25,000
- Notified when raised
Inside · Approval committeeLive
Told,
not chased
NotifyThe approver hears about it where they already are, rather than finding it next time they log in.
- Push to the field app
- Email to the office
- Committee notified on raise
- Logged when sent
Inside · NotificationsLive
Announcements
and reminders
TellThe things everyone needs to know, and the things that come round again whether anyone remembers or not.
- Company announcements
- General reminders
- Expiry driven prompts
- Seen on the app
Inside · AnnouncementsLive
See the month assembled without anybody typing it, then ask for a figure.
The five that carry it
Five reports that carry the business.
The reports menu holds fourteen items. These five carry most of the weight.
Labour hours and cost
Any date rangeReal effective-dated ratesHeadline figures, then chartsSortable tableCSV, XML and JSON export
Monthly totals per person
Payroll-stylePer operativeOvertime multipliers appliedDated rate history
Purchase order spend
Across suppliersAcross projectsCommitted valueSortable and exportable
Subcontract exposure
OrdersInvoices raisedPayments madeOrder value against invoiced
Live cost and margin
Labour in automaticallyPurchase orders at committed valueApproved expenses and invoicesMargin against contract value
Where the numbers come from
Every figure on these reports is a by-product of work already recorded: the timesheet line, the approved order, the supplier invoice, the valuation. Nothing is retyped and nothing is assembled by hand, which is why the cost position and the margin against it are current to the hour rather than to the last month end.
The record behind it
Every change carries a name
Every change carries a name
and a time.
Reporting is only worth as much as the record underneath it. The log is added to, never edited.
- On every login
- Successful, failed and blocked attempts are all recorded with the IP address, and marked as a web or an app event.
- On records created
- The request URI, IP address, browser user agent and country code are written alongside the record itself.
- On approvals
- Who approved, when, and against which value band. Rejection is recorded as an event, not as an absence.
- On notifications
- What was sent, to whom and when, so a claim that nobody was told can be checked rather than argued.
- On exports
- CSV, XML and JSON files are built server side from the same query that drew the screen, so the file and the page cannot disagree.
Ask for a quote
Tell us a little about the firm.
Tell us a little about the firm.
We do the rest.
Two minutes. A written figure by email, usually the same working day. Unlimited users, so every approver and every reader of a report is included.
Client testimonialSME Building Services,
SME Building Services,
in their own words.
Niki ScarthOffice administrator, SME Building Services LtdCroydon · on Unibuild since 2023
Read the SME case studyIt has always been a pleasure to work with Darshan and his team to create our completely bespoke system, which I can only describe as brilliant.
The system is constantly growing and improving. Whenever we need something added or changed, whether it's a new form that would work better for us or a new idea to improve the way we work, Darshan works his magic and makes it happen!
It has genuinely changed the way we work for the better, improving our record-keeping, automating processes and standardising practices across the company, saving us both time and money.
It's also improved the service we provide to our clients, who love being able to view their job and asset information live, at the click of a button.
Thank you, Unibuild!
Asked in every demo
What directors ask
What directors ask
about the numbers.
The rest sit on the FAQ page, including payroll exports and the accounts package.
Is this construction reporting software?
Yes, for UK trades and specialist contractors, construction one of them, with the approvals and the audit trail that reporting rests on. Unibuild assembles labour, spend, subcontract and margin reports for UK trades and specialist contractors from the records the team keeps while doing the work. Every change behind a figure carries a name and a time.
What does it cost?
One monthly figure, quoted in writing, fixed for three years, unlimited users. No per-user charge, so every approver, every director and every reader of a report is included.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, 14 days of the full platform, no card. Run a live job through it and read the cost position at the end of the fortnight without anybody building it.
How long does it take to go live?
Most firms go live in about two weeks, in phases. The reports fill as the records arrive: the first labour report runs from the first week of clock-ins, and the cost position builds as orders and invoices are approved.
Can it tell me whether a job is profitable?
Yes, while the job is running. Labour flows in at each person’s rate on the day, purchase orders at committed value, and supplier invoices and staff expenses as they are approved. The contract value from your client’s own orders sits alongside, and the margin is worked out against it. Estimated hours and quantities are compared with actual, section by section, so a job drifting from its price shows while there is still job left to run. The job profitability report puts every job on one page, by project manager and by department.
How current are the figures?
Current to the hour, because nothing is keyed in twice. The report is assembled from the clock-ins, orders and invoices your team recorded while doing their own work. There is no monthly cycle to fall behind, and nobody’s holiday stops the numbers appearing.
Can I approve from my phone?
Yes. Orders, invoices, expenses, holiday and plant requests arrive in one queue, on the field app as well as the web portal. The pending count is carried into the app menu, and a push notification reaches the approver when an item is raised.
Can we show who approved what, and when?
Yes. Every approval records who gave it, when, and against which value band, and a rejection is recorded as an event in its own right. Notifications are logged with what was sent, to whom and when, so a claim that nobody was told can be checked. Every change carries a name and a time, and the log is added to, never edited.
Can we track KPIs?
Yes. A range of key performance indicators (KPIs) is reported as standard, and we build bespoke KPIs for any measure your firm already runs on. Each one is drawn from records your team keeps while doing the work, so nobody assembles it by hand at month end.
Who can see the reports?
Whoever you decide. Web access is set menu by menu and section by section for each person, and app access is a separate list set independently. Specific controls sit on sensitive things, including whether someone can see hourly rates at all. See access and permissions.
Can we take the figures out into Excel or our own reporting?
Yes. Reports export as CSV, XML or JSON, built from the same figures that drew the screen, so the file and the page cannot disagree. Payroll exports and the accounts package connections are covered on the integrations page.
Last reviewed
The platform
The rest of the platform.
Same platform, same records. How people reach it, what it produces, and what it connects to.
One level down
The record of what was said,
The record of what was said,
six months later.
Two articles on where site communication goes when nobody designs it.
Next step
Stop ringing the office
Stop ringing the office
to ask how the month is going.
