SHT 01 · General arrangement · Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand

We build the operating system your business should have been running on.

Bespoke, AI-native operational platforms — built around how your business actually works, not configured out of someone else's product.

Project
Your operating system
Client
Operations-heavy SMEs
Drawn by
Fareham Lane, Nelson
Scale
Weeks, not months
Sheets
01–06
Revision
A — current
SHT 02 · The problemAs existing · survey notes

The business outgrew the spreadsheet years ago. Nobody had time to notice.

Scheduling lives in one head. Quotes live in another. Work gets texted, lost and re-explained. The owner becomes the single point of failure — and off-the-shelf software either ignores how the work happens or buries it in complexity nobody adopts.

“Where's that job up to?”Asked six times a day
“I thought you were chasing that.”Nobody owned it
“It's on the whiteboard.”One copy, one office
“Ask him, he'll know.”The single point of failure
SHT 03 · The methodProposed · for construction

Discovery first. Built with you, not at you.

01Map the operationEvery job, quote, crew, asset and handover as it actually happens today. Detail in, surprises out.
02Spec and agreeEach module written down and signed off before a line is built. You see it before you commit to it.
03Stand it upOn a proven core, so you are using something real in week one and shaping it from there.
04Run and evolveCore improvements land with you without overwriting what makes your build yours.
80% proven core
20% yours
Scheduling · quoting · job tracking · costing · field tools · accounting
Custom
FIG 1 — Already running somewhere real · hatched portion built around exactly how you work
Schedule of deliverables
DiscoveryOperational map and module listWeek 1Your business written down
DesignSigned module specificationsWeeks 1–2The build agreed before it starts
BuildWorking instance on the proven coreWeek 1 onwardsA real schedule view you can use
RunEvolving platform, AI trained on your dataOngoingMargin signals and less admin

A working view in week one. Weeks, not a 12-month rollout.

SHT 04 · The work · tradeconnect.co.nzAs built · construction · twelve trades

We ran the method twelve times in one industry to prove it forks.

TradeConnect is a family of trade-specific platforms on one shared core — concrete and construction live in real businesses, ten more sequenced. Same method, twelve times, and it holds.

ConcreteConnectConstructionConnectCivilConnectRoofingConnectPlumbingConnectElectricalConnectGlazingConnectScaffoldConnectPlasteringConnectPaintingConnectFlooringConnectLandscapingConnect
“Honestly, it's changed how we run. I can see every job's profitability live, adjust the schedule with ease, and identify problems before they become serious issues.”
Andrew Gentles · H&H Concrete, Nelson
TradeConnect schedule — live Gantt view of jobs, crews and pours
FIG 2 — ConcreteConnect schedule, live at H&H Concrete, Nelson
Scheduling
A whiteboard in one office → One live schedule everyone sees
Quoting
Rebuilt from memory each time → Assisted from your own pricing history
Invoicing
Chased at month end → Raised on job completion
Drawn from the H&H Concrete build — Andrew Gentles, Nelson
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SHT 05 · QuestionsRequest for information · answered

The questions everyone asks before they commit.

How long before we're actually using it?

A working view in the first week, on the proven core. The parts built around your process follow while you're already using it.

What if our process changes?

That's the 20%. It's built to be changed — and core improvements land without overwriting what's specific to you.

Is the AI going to make decisions for us?

No. It assists quoting, surfaces margin trends and cuts admin, always with a human in the loop. Your data, your call.

We're not construction. Does that matter?

No. The trade platforms proved the method forks cleanly; the same approach applies to any operations-heavy business run out of one person's head.

What does it cost?

An upfront customisation fee once you've seen and signed off the demo — you pay for the 20% built around you, not the proven core. From go-live, a monthly subscription covers support, hosting and AI costs.

Who owns the software at the end?

You own your instance and your data — they're yours, full stop. We own the shared core it runs on, and code escrow is available if you want that security in writing.

SHT 06 · Who drew thisFareham Lane Consultants NZ Ltd

We've sat in the ute, read the plans, and watched a pour go sideways.

We've also done enterprise tech, with the architecture discipline to back it. That combination is why the software fits — in construction, and in any business still run out of one person's head. We partner closely with a small number of businesses at a time, because building software that genuinely fits takes real attention.

Issue for tender · contactNo obligation

Let's map what you're actually running on.

A no-obligation discovery call. We'll find your biggest time-wasters and tell you plainly whether this is worth building — including if it isn't.

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