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BuildBeacon

Limited founders lifetime · £59.99 once — seats limited

Automated construction business development, from signal to win

Match UK planning and tender opportunities to your trade, find the people to contact, prepare homeowner letters and email outreach, and see which activity turns into engagement and wins.

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BuildBeacon — Weekly construction leads

Trade lead generation

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45-unit residential — Ipswich

Planning lead · Drylining

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School refurbishment — Cambridge

Tender lead · M&E

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Care home extension — Hertfordshire

Main contractor match

Live signals

UK planning + tenders

Trade matching

Region + package fit

Outreach ready

Contacts + letters + emails

Results visible

Property-letter QR scans + CRM + wins

Two routes to work

One BD system, built around how you win

Approach owners and design teams directly from planning, or follow projects towards tender and approach the winning main contractor. Matching, outreach, and performance stay connected.

Planning workflow · For trades

Win work earlier through planning applications

For trades that win work directly from property owners or through the design team: prioritise planning applications, identify the architect and agent, then make contact while the project is taking shape.

  • Planning schemes ranked for your trade, region, and package fit
  • Architect and agent surfaced from the application
  • Direct mail option to the property owner
  • Tailored email for the architect and related professionals
  • Monitor jobs you are chasing — track contact, quote, and win status as relationships progress

Track engagement from the property-owner letter

Each letter sent to the property owner can include a QR code to your website. When that letter's QR is scanned, you get a notification naming which planning application engaged.

Planning-to-award workflow · For subcontractors

Track projects early, then reach the winning contractor

For subcontractors selling packages to main contractors: use planning applications as the earliest project signal, follow the scheme towards tender, then identify the winner and procurement contacts.

  • Matched planning schemes signal where future packages may emerge
  • Corporate land ownership identified on planning schemes
  • Live and awarded tenders followed as the project progresses
  • Winning main contractor identified where the award is published
  • Key decision-makers and scheme-specific outreach email
  • Monitor the packages that matter — keep a CRM trail from first contact through quote and win
See how both routes work

Connected BD workflow

Turn market signals into measurable outreach

BuildBeacon does more than surface notices. It connects project discovery, identifying decision-makers, outreach, monitoring, engagement, and CRM outcomes in one commercial loop.

  1. Signal1

    Find the right project

    Planning and tender opportunities matched to your trade, region, and package.

  2. Identify2

    Know who to approach

    Architects, agents, buyers, winning contractors, and key people where available.

  3. Outreach3

    Start the conversation

    A homeowner letter or scheme-specific email prepared for the route to work.

  4. Monitor4

    Track the jobs you chase

    Monitor schemes and tenders that matter — keep CRM status from connected through quoted and won, refreshed from source.

  5. Engagement5

    See when interest lands

    QR scans from property-owner letters show which outreach is creating a response.

  6. Win6

    Improve the next match

    Quotes, wins, and losses feed a clearer picture of the work you convert.

Early user feedback

Built around the work specialists actually do

Feedback from early UK subcontractors testing BuildBeacon — names withheld while we grow.

“We stopped wasting mornings on portals. BuildBeacon tells us which planning apps and tenders are actually worth a call.”

M&E subcontractor · East of England

“The contractor list alone paid for itself — we found three mains we'd never have targeted manually.”

Groundworks contractor · Midlands

“It's the first BD tool that understands we're a specialist sub, not a general builder chasing everything.”

Demolition contractor · South East

Free construction pipeline scan for subcontractors

No card required — paste your website and get matched UK planning and tender leads.

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Features

From matched opportunity to first conversation

Contacts, priorities, postal letters, email drafts, and performance tracking—not another dump of construction notices.

Automatic pipeline refresh

BuildBeacon keeps scanning planning and tenders for you — new leads and actions appear without daily portal rounds.

Planning applications for your trade

Approved and pending UK schemes surfaced early - so subcontractors can pitch packages before mains are locked in.

Live and awarded tenders

Open notices and awards from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, and regional portals — scored for packages you quote.

Main contractor targeting

Scored mains active in your sector, with fit reasoning and who to approach on each scheme.

Contact discovery

Decision-makers, buyer teams, and awarded mains per lead — with inferred emails and LinkedIn search links.

Outreach that wins conversations

Architect emails on planning leads, contractor emails on awards, and homeowner letters with tracked QR — subject and body tied to the project.

QR-tracked letters to property owners

Residential letters sent to the property owner link to your website via QR. When that letter's QR is scanned, you are told which planning application engaged.

Trade-aware prioritisation

Every lead ranked by urgency, package fit, and your trade - not generic portal keyword noise.

Actions waiting for you

Know what to chase when you next open the app — BD keeps moving while you are on site.

Performance from outreach to win

Posted property-owner letters, QR engagement, CRM on monitored jobs, wins, and losses show what is working and improve future matching.

For contractors & trades

Built for specialist trades and subcontractors

Packages, not portals — BuildBeacon turns UK market signals into business development you can act on between site days.

Specialist trades & subcontractors

Roofing, M&E, groundworks, drylining, fire protection, and more — automatic lead matching tuned to your package, not generic builder noise.

Contractors chasing better BD

Replace evening portal rounds with a pipeline that refreshes and rematches automatically while you are on site.

Teams who need outreach, not more data

Every automatically ranked lead comes with a next action so business development turns into conversations.

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Guides

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FAQ

FAQ: construction leads and business development software

How does BuildBeacon support different routes to construction work?
Trades can use matched planning applications to approach the architect, agent, or property owner. Subcontractors can track projects towards tender and award, then approach the winning main contractor and key people. Both routes use the same trade-aware matching, outreach, and CRM on monitored jobs — so relationships you are chasing stay tracked from contact through quote and win.
How does the homeowner letter QR code work?
On residential planning letters sent to the property owner, BuildBeacon can print a QR code linking to your company website. When that letter's QR is scanned, you receive a notification naming which planning application / address engaged, and it appears in your Performance letter outreach view.
How does BuildBeacon generate construction leads for subcontractors?
Paste your company website once. BuildBeacon builds a trade profile from your services and regions, then automatically matches live UK planning applications and public tenders to packages you can quote.
What UK data sources does BuildBeacon use?
Planning applications, Find a Tender and Contracts Finder notices, awarded contracts, and main contractor activity signals — filtered to your trade rather than dumped as a raw portal list.
Is the free Construction Pipeline Generator really free?
Yes. Run a free outreach pipeline scan from your website with no card required. Subscribe when you want automatic refresh, weekly action lists, contacts, and outreach on an ongoing basis.
How is this different from Glenigan, Barbour ABI, or a lead database?
Lead databases give you access to notices. BuildBeacon is business development software: it matches leads to your trade, ranks top priorities, identifies key contacts, and provides outreach — refreshed automatically every week.
Who is BuildBeacon for?
UK subcontractors and specialist trades — roofing, M&E, groundworks, drylining, fire protection, and similar package contractors — who need construction lead generation and BD without a full-time researcher.
Can I cancel anytime?
Monthly plans can be cancelled anytime from your account. See pricing for the limited founders lifetime offer and custom team options.

Pricing

Construction lead generation pricing for trades

Limited Founders lifetime offer — £59.99 once while seats last — or monthly from £49.99, or a custom team plan. Construction BD without Glenigan-scale spend. Prefer a lead database? See how BD software compares.

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Limited founders offer

Founders lifetime offer

£59.99 once

one-time · unlimited use for life

Limited founders lifetime offer for a fixed number of seats. When allocation is full, this offer closes and only monthly or Business plans remain.

Early adopters locking in full access before the founders offer closes

  • Everything in BuildBeacon — for life
  • One payment, no recurring subscription
  • Unlimited pipeline refreshes on your account
  • UK planning, tenders & main contractor business development
  • Prioritised weekly actions & outreach drafts
  • Up to 5 eligible homeowner letters posted each calendar month
  • Locked-in founders price — never pay monthly again
  • Includes future core product updates while your account is active
Claim founders lifetime — £59.99

BuildBeacon

£49.99/mo

per month · one account

Solo subcontractors and small specialist firms

  • Trade-aware profile from your website
  • UK planning applications (approved & pending)
  • Live and awarded public tenders
  • Main contractor targeting & contacts
  • Prioritised pipeline & weekly BD actions
  • Homeowner letters & scheme-specific email drafts
  • Up to 5 eligible homeowner letters posted each calendar month
  • Property-owner letter QR scans & Performance tracking
  • Unlimited pipeline refreshes
Subscribe — £49.99/mo

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multi-user · regional teams

Estimating and BD teams sharing one pipeline

  • Everything in BuildBeacon
  • Shared pipeline across estimators
  • Custom regions & trade profiles
  • Dedicated onboarding support
  • Team-friendly account setup
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