Product workflow

Construction business development, from signal to win

BuildBeacon matches planning and tender opportunities to your trade, identifies the people to approach, prepares postal and email outreach, and keeps engagement and outcomes connected.

Automated process

Set up once. Keep matching automatically.

Your website profile powers both workflows. BuildBeacon continuously ranks planning applications and tender opportunities by trade, package fit, and region.

Tell us your trade

Your website becomes a trade-aware BD profile in minutes.

Paste your company URL on onboarding. BuildBeacon scrapes your public site and extracts a structured profile — company name, primary trade, services, regions covered, sectors, and strengths. That profile powers matching across every route to work.

Information provided

Company name, trade label, and services list
Geographic coverage (counties and regions served)
Typical sectors and project types (residential, commercial, or mixed)
Track record — past project types and scale evidenced on the site
Optional overrides: preferred area, project types, job size, exclusions

buildbeacon.app/onboarding

Paste your website. Get a live BD dashboard.

Your company website

www.brackmere-me.co.uk

Optional targeting

South East · 40mi

Residential, refurb

Extracted profile

Trade: M&E subcontractor

Region: Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk

Track record: NHS hospitals, commercial fit-outs, residential new-build

Services: HVAC, ventilation, controls

Build my dashboard

We scan and match live UK sources

Planning and tenders scored to your packages — refreshed automatically.

BuildBeacon searches live UK data on a recurring schedule: planning applications, Find a Tender and Contracts Finder notices, and awarded contracts. Every hit is scored against your trade profile and region so you start with a matched pipeline, not a raw notice feed.

Information provided

Automatic pipeline refresh on a recurring schedule
Planning: address, status, authority, applicant, and proposal text
Tenders: title, value band, closing date, buyer, award where published
Trade package matching — schemes you can actually resource
Priority score and urgency so you know what to open first

buildbeacon.app/planning

Planning · 24 matched

45-unit residential — Ipswich

Approved · IP3

Care home extension — Colchester

Open · CO4

Office refurbishment — Cambridge

Approved · CB1

PlanningTendersContractors

Map · your region

Two routes to work

Approach the project directly—or follow it to the winning main

Trades can use planning to reach owners and design teams. Subcontractors can use the same early signal, track tender and award, then approach the contractor buying their package.

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.

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Prioritised planning applications
Residential and commercial schemes ranked for your trade, region, and package fit — not every consent in the county.
2
Architect and agent contacts
BuildBeacon surfaces the agent and architect so you know who is running the application.
3
Direct mail option · email to the architect
Use the direct mail option to the property owner. Copy a tailored email for the architect and related professionals.
4
CRM on monitored jobs
Monitor the schemes you are actively chasing. Record connected, quoted, and won status against each job, keep them under History → Monitoring, and let BuildBeacon refresh planning status from source so follow-ups stay current.

Property-owner letter QR → notification when scanned

Letters sent to the property owner can include a tracked QR code to your website. When that letter's QR is scanned, you get a notification naming which planning application / address engaged — and it shows in Performance letter outreach.

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 the people responsible for procurement.

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Planning applications as an early signal
Matched planning schemes show where future packages may emerge, giving you time to monitor the project and prepare before tender lists are fixed.
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Corporate land ownership identified
BuildBeacon surfaces corporate land ownership for screening on the planning application — display only, not used for outreach.
3
Tender and winner identified
Follow live and awarded tender signals. Where an award is published, BuildBeacon highlights the winning main contractor as the supply-chain target.
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Key people and outreach email
Find decision-makers and contact routes at the winning main, then copy a tailored introduction referencing the scheme and your package.
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CRM on monitored packages
Monitor the tenders and awards you are pursuing. Track customer relationships from first contact through quote and win, keep them in History → Monitoring, and re-check award or closing status automatically on refresh.

Matching applies here too — only tender winners and packages that fit your trade.

One connected workflow

Discovery is only useful when it leads to action

BuildBeacon keeps each project connected from the first market signal through identifying who to approach, outreach, monitoring, engagement, and the final CRM outcome.

Signal1
Find the right project
Planning and tender opportunities matched to your trade, region, and package.
Identify2
Know who to approach
Architects, agents, buyers, winning contractors, and key people where available.
Outreach3
Start the conversation
A homeowner letter or scheme-specific email prepared for the route to work.
Monitor4
Track the jobs you chase
Monitor schemes and tenders that matter — keep CRM status from connected through quoted and won, refreshed from source.
Engagement5
See when interest lands
QR scans from property-owner letters show which outreach is creating a response.
Win6
Improve the next match
Quotes, wins, and losses feed a clearer picture of the work you convert.

Features

Everything needed to move a matched lead forward

Live discovery, contact routes on every lead, and outreach you can send the same day — including QR-tracked letters in the planning workflow.

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.

Data sources

Live UK construction intelligence

Planning applications

Live approved and pending UK applications via Plota and planning data — filtered so subcontractors see schemes that need their package, not every householder consent.

Public tenders

Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, and regional OCDS feeds — open notices and awarded contracts you can quote or approach the winning main on.

Contractor intelligence

Main contractors scored by sector fit, recent activity, and overlap with your packages — so outreach targets buyers who actually buy your scope.

Industry signals

Construction press and project news turned into early-stage opportunities you can act on before tender lists open.

Built for specialists

UK construction data, matched to your packages

BuildBeacon connects to live planning and tender sources — then filters to match your business. So you see schemes that need your skills, not every application in the county.

Refreshes automatically
UK planning & tender sources
Trade-aware package matching
Your workspace data stays private

See what BuildBeacon would prioritise for your business

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