1. Education → Industry Trends & Pain Points
In the fast-paced world of construction, time and accuracy are everything—especially for subcontractors managing material procurement across multiple jobs. Yet many are still using traditional methods that involve manually contacting suppliers, waiting on quotes, and tracking communication across spreadsheets, email chains, and phone calls.
These outdated approaches aren’t just inefficient—they’re holding your business back. Inconsistent pricing, delays in supplier response, and the time wasted chasing updates can all eat into your profit margins. Worse, they make it difficult to scale. When you’re relying on fragmented tools and manual outreach, you’re already behind before the work starts.
That’s where The Build Chain offers a smarter, faster way forward.
2. Features & Benefits → Unlocking Efficiency Through Automation
At the heart of The Build Chain is a simple, powerful idea: one enquiry should unlock all your options.
With The Build Chain, subcontractors can submit a single digital enquiry and have it automatically sent to all their onboarded suppliers—plus over 500 additional merchant branches across the UK. No more chasing responses, manually comparing prices, or waiting days for feedback. You receive all your quotes in one place, clearly laid out and ready for review.
Key features include:
- Automated Supplier Matching: Your enquiry goes to the right suppliers based on your material needs and location.
- Side-by-Side Quote Comparisons: Evaluate offers by price, delivery time, ESG credentials, and more.
- Centralised Order Management: Track responses, manage communication, and place orders from one unified dashboard.
- Preferred Supplier Integration: Maintain and prioritise your relationships with regular suppliers, while gaining access to new ones when needed.
- Custom Procurement Workflows: Tailor your experience to the way your business operates.
It’s a complete rethink of how procurement should work—made for subcontractors who want to take control of their time and margins.
3. Comparison → Why One Enquiry Beats the Old Way
Traditional procurement methods demand time, energy, and patience. Subcontractors often spend half an hour—or more—sending individual emails or making repeated calls just to gather basic quotes. And once those responses start trickling in, the real admin work begins: digging through inboxes, copy-pasting numbers into spreadsheets, and manually comparing prices, delivery times, and supplier terms.
The Build Chain eliminates that chaos.
With just one digital enquiry, you can reach a wide network of suppliers—both your preferred merchants and over 500 branches nationwide. The entire process takes less than two minutes. Quotes are delivered back to you in a centralised dashboard, where you can instantly compare them side by side. No mess, no miscommunication, and no missed opportunities.
Instead of juggling ten tasks to manage a single material order, The Build Chain streamlines everything into one fast, intuitive process. It’s not just easier—it’s smarter.
4. Social Proof → What Contractors Are Saying
Subcontractors using The Build Chain have reported significant time savings, smoother communications, and faster project progress. Rasico, a specialist contractor, is just one example.
Before using The Build Chain, their team was spending up to four hours a week managing supplier enquiries and quote comparisons. After switching, they reduced that time to under one hour—while also expanding their access to more competitive pricing and new local suppliers.
It wasn’t just about saving time—it was about unlocking more value on every order. And they’re not alone.
5. Call to Action → Book a Free Demo Today
If you’re still relying on old-school email chains and scattered spreadsheets, it’s time to make a change. The Build Chain brings all your procurement tools together into one seamless platform—designed for subcontractors, backed by data, and ready to scale with your business.
✅ Save time
✅ Compare smarter
✅ Win more work
