AI app development for builders.
Apps with AI built in, built around how a building company actually works.
Records of Building Work, photos and variations organised as the job runs, ready for the code compliance certificate.
Where most building companies engagements actually deliver value.
Builders run multiple sites at once, and the paperwork behind each one grows faster than anyone has time to manage.
Variations, supplier orders, and client updates are the admin layer that determines whether a build stays on schedule.
Built around how New Zealand works.
AI features that handle personal information under the Privacy Act 2020, with processing kept on the phone when the data should not leave it.
- What the Privacy Commissioner expects
- Personal data sent offshore
- Serious breaches get reported
From one-person trades to national organisations, we find the hours :)
Quotes with GST, consent paperwork, LBP records and health and safety logs: the admin every New Zealand trade business carries.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Not your typical AI agency.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
How much is the admin really costing you?
Nine hours a week of admin is 468 hours a year. That could drop to about 52.*
*Illustrative, based on 9 hours a week of admin at a typical 80% automation rate. The calculator uses your own numbers.
Less admin.
More weekend.
No theatre.
What AI app development covers
You try the AI feature on a real phone against your own documents or photos before the rest of the app is built.
- Camera, voice and document understanding designed into the core screens
- On-device models for offline use and sensitive data, cloud models where they earn their place
- Models post-trained for New Zealand English and local context where that fits
- Evaluations and guardrails shipped with the app, tested before release
- No AI theatre
- No annual contracts
Straight answers
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default AI app development stack we reach for is Swift, Kotlin, Expo, Core ML, LiteRT, but we'll bend it around whatever you already run - Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Cin7, your own in-house apps. The discovery week maps every data source before any build starts.
Can you walk us through a comparable build?
Yes - on the first call we'll pick the closest engagement we've shipped to what you're describing and walk through the outcome, the headcount and the time it took. You try the AI feature on a real phone against your own documents or photos before the rest of the app is built.
What's a typical engagement length for building companies?
Six to twelve weeks for the build, then a short managed-services month while the system goes from "shipped" to "owned by your team". After that you keep us on retainer if you want, or take it from there yourself.
Will it work alongside Fergus or Tradify?
We build around the tools you already run instead of replacing them. Fergus and Tradify are both job management tools built in New Zealand for trades.
Can it keep track of ACC levies?
Yes. ACC work levies are set by the classification unit your work falls under, and self-employed people are invoiced after filing their tax return.
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