Construction intelligence &
specification protection

Win the right projects earlier with intelligence, and defend
revenue you've already specified with real-time swap alerts.Track earlier. Detect threats faster. Protect revenue.

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Candour construction intelligence dashboard

Built with major industry design partners across construction and engineering sectors.

One place for Construction
Manufacturers
Marketers & Field Sales Teams
Builders & Distributors
Architects & Specifiers
Contractors

to win & protect

Our platform uncovers upcoming projects early, equips you with the know-how to win, and puts you in front of the right decision-makers before the rest of the market arrives.

Product intelligence that protectsrevenue at every stage

Candour Intelligence, Revenue Shield, and Pipeline View work together from spotting the right project early, to defending the specification through construction, to managing the entire pipeline without spreadsheets.

Candour Intelligence

Early project signals

Candour Revenue Shield

Revenue actively defended

Candour Pipeline View

Pipeline visibility, no spreadsheets

Project data as it should be

Candour Intelligence

  • Auto-capture planning amendments and detect secret product swaps
  • Ingest and filter your legacy Barbour ABI and Glenigan feeds
  • Connect effortlessly to your existing CRM and tech stack
  • Send matched technical specifications to architects via secure, no-log-on links

Outcome

Early project signals

AI notification user interface showing a new project match

Field sales action, anywhere, anytime

Candour Revenue Shield

  • Arm your reps with project insights instantly
  • Agentic AI trained on your product specifications and building regulations
  • Monitor public registers after award and flag value-engineering and substitution risk early
  • User-friendly mobile alerts, offering the exact script to defend the specification

Outcome

Revenue actively defended

Contact intelligence interface showing enriched key contacts and relationship history

Executive pipeline visibility and reporting

Candour Pipeline View

  • Unify your entire commercial defense strategy into a single boardroom dashboard
  • Push verified opportunities and threat alerts directly into Salesforce or HubSpot
  • Track the exact monetary value of specifications saved from value-engineering
  • Generate instant reports on margin defense, pipeline health, and field team performance

Outcome

Pipeline visibility, no spreadsheets

CRM dashboard showing project stages from lead to won and retentions

The Problem with Legacy Data

Traditional construction databases sell you a list of names and expect your team to do the heavy lifting. They tell you when a project is born, but they abandon you during the post-tender phase, exactly when the Main Contractor attempts to swap your specified products for cheaper alternatives.

Candour does not sell project directories. We provide an end-to-end commercial workflow that identifies your technical matches early and actively defends your closed pipeline.

Breaks at Discovery

Legacy databases sell directories of names, not technical project matches. Your team still does the heavy lifting to find where your specification can actually win.

Stalls in Manual Alignment

Commercial and technical teams burn hours reviewing planning files line by line to map your products to requirements, and strong opportunities get missed.

Fails in Silence

After tender award, contractor value engineering can downgrade your specified product. Without continuous monitoring, the swap is discovered too late to protect revenue.

Before Candour vs. With Candour.

From fragmented registers, legacy feeds, and blind spots—to Intelligence, Revenue Shield, and Pipeline View in one connected layer.

Manual Planning & tender searches
Outdated feeds into your CRM
Amendments, VE & spec drift spotted too late
Candour Platform
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Intelligence — unified project data
Revenue Shield — field alerts & defence
Pipeline View — reporting & deal value
CRM & integrations
Material finance via verified project data

Why Enterprise Manufacturers Choose Candour

Zero Integration Friction

No complex software rollouts required for your team or the Architects you target.

Building Safety Act Alignment

We track the exact specification changes that expose Developers to compliance risks.

Guaranteed Pipeline Protection

We stop the hidden material swaps that cost manufacturers millions in lost sales every year.

Platform performance at a glance

The numbers and capabilities teams use every week.

Tracking Hundreds

of UK planning authorities

100%

UK public tender coverage

UK construction intel

Candour

Lead to defended spec.

Up to

6-18 months

ahead of public tender

Weekly Refresh

new planning & tender intel

Only Approved

planning, tender & contact data

Pipeline View

Stages, value & next steps

Mobilise in

24h

finance on verified projects

Revenue Shield

Post-award VE (Variation/Evaluation) + amendment alerts

Matched to

Your products

region, capacity & spec profile

Up to

18 months

post-tender monitoring

FAQ

How early does Candour detect product substitutions and value engineering?
Candour operates in real-time. The moment a contractor files a planning amendment or technical submittal to the local council attempting to swap your specified product, our engine flags it. We typically provide field sales teams with an 18-day early warning before the alternative material is officially ordered, giving you the time needed to intervene.
How do you track construction projects after the main contractor is appointed?
Once the tender is awarded, your specification is at its highest risk. Candour actively monitors public compliance portals and cross-references new contractor uploads against the original architect's design. If the winning contractor attempts to engineer out your product to increase their own margin, we instantly push a "Kill Sheet" to your field rep to block the swap.
Do we need to cancel our existing project directory subscriptions to use this?
No. Candour is designed to subjugate your legacy project directories. You can drag and drop your raw project data feeds directly into our platform. We filter out the noise, cross-reference it with live portal tracking, and extract only the actionable threats.
What types of construction manufacturers is Candour built for?
We partner with Tier-1 enterprise manufacturers who invest heavily in getting their products specified at the design stage. Our active tracking is highly effective for manufacturers of mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems, HVAC, structural heavy materials, and life-safety or passive fire protection products.
Does Candour require architects or contractors to create an account?
No. Candour is an independent intelligence engine. We do not rely on architects or contractors manually updating a shared portal. We independently track public planning records and ingest your existing data, meaning your targets never have to interact with our software or change their behaviour.
Will Candour integrate seamlessly with our existing CRM?
Yes. You do not need to change your sales process or force your reps to log into another dashboard. Candour sits invisibly on top of your existing tech stack. We push verified project updates and threat alerts directly into your existing CRM environments. For field reps, we can route urgent alerts directly via WhatsApp or Microsoft Teams.
How does the pricing model work for enterprise fleets?
We charge a flat annual platform fee. We do not charge per-seat licences. We believe your entire commercial, marketing, and operations teams should have access to the same threat radar and pipeline visibility without restrictive user caps.

Stop losing specified revenue to silent product swaps.

Candour gives specification sales teams the intelligence to win earlier and the alerts to defend what they've already won.

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