App allows users to track project鈥檚 progress from beginning to end

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Gleeds has launched a new app to boost collaboration between different parts of the supply chain and simplify the construction process.

It is initially being used by 100 companies chosen by Gleeds but the 拢180m turnover consultancy hopes will become industry standard and over time create a 20% improvement in productivity across the sector. 

Called Frame, the app allows users to track a project from its inception until its end, guiding them toward next steps, providing resources and allowing segments of schemes to be actioned to a party.

While the app is currently being used for free, Gleeds may look at introducing an advertising component or sell the app later.

Richard Steer, Gleeds chairman, said: 鈥淔rame will help make the construction process more transparent while reducing the cost of building.鈥�

鈥淔or the best part of a decade our productivity growth has been consistently weaker than at any point since 1965. A lack of technological progress has hit the construction sector especially hard.鈥�

The development costs of the app are understood to have run in to the hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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