Nobody disputes what you've already approved.
For UK M&E subcontractors on jobs under £5m: log work from site, approve it, and build the payment application from it.
Your engineers log the work. You approve it the same day, time and photo attached. By the time you invoice, there's far less to argue about.
Quote it.
Price the job from your own rates and send it from your phone.
Do it.
Engineers log progress and photos from site, with RAMS signed before they start.
Approve it.
You check each update the same day and approve it. Photo and time stay attached.
Get paid.
Approved work becomes the invoice or the payment application. Nothing to retype.
Work done. Not paid.
The job is finished and the money is still open.
Extras argued over.
Extra work with nothing on paper to back it.
Evidence lost in WhatsApp.
The photo exists. Nobody can find it when it matters.
Get paid the way the job is set up.
Day-rate and smaller fixed-price jobs go out as an invoice. Jobs for a main contractor go out as a payment application. Both are built from work you've already approved.
Validate Lite and Validate
Invoice
For day-rate work and smaller fixed-price jobs.
- Lines come from the work you approved, with the dates.
- Your letterhead, your terms, your bank details.
- Photos and times, where there are any, stay on file against the line.
- Late? Work out the interest you are owed with the free calculator.
Validate
Payment application
For jobs where a main contractor certifies your work each month.
- Built from approved work, valued from your agreed rates.
- Retention held back and shown on each application.
- Previous payments carried forward, so nothing is claimed twice.
- Late? Raise the payment notice from the application and download it.
Take-off
Survey a job. Get the BOM with the working shown.
Take-off is part of the Validate plan.
Built by Building Digital Limited, from ten years of running M&E projects.
Everything the job needs.
One login, run from your phone.
| Sheet | Title | What it does | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-01 | Quotes | Priced from your own labour, plant and material rates. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-02 | Projects and schedule | Every job, its tasks and who is on it. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-03 | Engineer app | Clock in, log progress, add photos. Works on site. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-04 | RAMS and permits | Written once, signed on the phone before work starts. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-05 | Electrical certificates | EIC, EICR and minor works, filed against the job. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-06 | Invoicing | Built from approved work, sent with your terms. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-07 | Purchasing | Orders and deliveries checked against the job. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-08 | People | Timesheets, holidays, cards and expiry dates. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-09 | Clients and documents | Client records and every file, kept by job. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-10 | Business margin | What each job made, against what you quoted. | Validate Lite, Validate |
| S-11 | Payment applications | Monthly applications with retention, for main contractor work. | Validate |
| S-12 | Tenders | Find, price and win work. A won tender sets up the job. | Validate |
Two plans. Per company, not per person.
Validate Lite
For contractors who quote, do the work and invoice. Built to run from a phone.
- Quotes, projects and schedule
- Engineer app, RAMS and permits
- Electrical certificates
- Invoicing, purchasing and margin
- People, clients and documents
Validate
The standard plan
For contractors working for main contractors on monthly applications.
- Everything in Validate Lite
- Payment applications with retention
- Tenders
- Payment notices you raise and download
- Close-out and final account
Unlimited people.
Per company, not per seat.
Extra storage is optional.
30 days free, no card.
Try it on a live job.
30 days, no card. Prove it on your own work first.