Sectors: housebuilding
AI for housebuilders
Housebuilding multiplies the same paperwork across plots, which turns a manageable document set into a volume problem. Aldbry removes the repetition: the records that differ only by plot number are produced and checked automatically, and the judgements stay where they are.
The documentation load
The documentation load in housebuilding
The same documents, many times over, across a site that moves plot by plot.
01
Multi-plot site diaries
One record per plot per day, or one record covering many plots, depending on how the site runs. Either way the volume is the problem, not the complexity.
02
Subcontractor onboarding at volume
Trades arriving and leaving continuously, each needing insurances, competence records and a checked pack before they start.
03
Plot handover packs
Assembled per plot from records produced across months, by trades who finished long ago.
04
Warranty inspection records
Stage inspections recorded and evidenced, because what is not evidenced is treated as not done.
Where AI helps
What comes off your team
Repetitive, document-shaped work, applied inside the way your firm already works.
Produced and checked automatically
- Build diaries across plots from a single walk, with the work attributed to the right plots
- Check subcontractor packs and chase what is missing before a trade mobilises
- Flag competence records that expire before the work they cover is due
- Capture stage inspection evidence as it happens rather than reconstructing it
Which modules are live
Site Diaries, RAMS Assurance and Subcontractor Onboarding are live on UK construction sites with a small number of contractors.
Inspections and Quality, Progress Reporting and Handover Packs are in development. We do not describe a module as live until it is running on a real site.
Where the line sits
What stays with competent people
AI drafts, checks and flags. People decide, and the accountability does not move.
- Inspection decisionsWhether a stage passes is a judgement by the person inspecting it.
- Accepting a subcontractorThe decision to let a trade start stays with your competent person.
- Plot acceptanceWhether a plot is ready is not a document check.
- Every CDM 2015 dutyUnchanged.
Common questions
Questions we hear in housebuilding
How can construction firms use AI to cut admin?
Construction firms cut admin with AI by applying it to the documents they already produce every week, not by replacing the people who produce them. The work that responds best is repetitive and document-shaped: site diaries written from spoken notes, subcontractor packs checked for missing insurances and expired cards, RAMS cross-checked for conflicts and gaps before a competent person signs them off, and progress records assembled from what was already captured on site. Aldbry applies AI inside your existing workflows rather than asking you to move to a new platform, and a competent person reviews and signs off every output. If you want to size the problem before spending anything, the Construction Admin Cost Calculator gives you a headline figure in a couple of minutes.
How do you check a subcontractor RAMS pack?
Read the pack as one submission and compare the documents against each other, because that is where the real problems sit. The checks that matter are the figures that must agree across documents, plant and substances that need a matching assessment somewhere in the pack, controls that are missing from the document where they count, references and revisions that do not line up, and sign-offs that are absent or out of date. Aldbry does this as a managed service and inside Corvleo, and the output is an evidenced review sheet rather than a verbal opinion, so you can show what was checked. The decision to accept the pack stays with your competent person.
Is it safe to use AI on RAMS and safety documents?
Yes, provided AI checks and flags while competent people write, review and sign off. AI is good at finding missing sections, inconsistent figures, expired certificates and requirements that have not been addressed, and it does not get tired at the end of a long pack. It is not a competent person and should never be treated as one. Aldbry designs every workflow so that a named person approves the output, and Corvleo presents findings for review rather than issuing decisions. Accountability under CDM 2015, LOLER 1998, COSHH 2002 and your other duties stays exactly where it sits today.
Can one site manager record several plots in a single walk?
That is how Site Diaries is designed to work. The manager walks the site, talks through what is happening and photographs it, and the record is structured with the work attributed to the plots it belongs to. It is live on UK construction sites with a small number of contractors. The alternative, a separate write-up per plot at the end of the day, is where the time goes.
We onboard trades constantly. Does that scale?
Volume is where onboarding checks repay most, because the work is identical each time and the failure mode is always the same: something expired, something missing, something that contradicts another document in the pack. Subcontractor Onboarding is live and checks and chases packs before anyone reaches site. The decision to accept a trade stays with your competent person.
Next step
Start with one plot's worth of paperwork.
The free RAMS pack check reviews one subcontractor pack and sends the findings back. Or book a short call about the records your work generates each week.