Building Ictus - Construction Intelligence

Imagine opening your laptop on Monday morning and knowing—actually knowing—which projects need your attention and which are flowing smoothly. No chasing site managers for updates. No surprises in the weekly meeting. No scrambling to piece together what happened when things go wrong.

Know where work is stuck, the moment it stops

Real-time dashboards show live project health across your entire portfolio. When a blocker appears on any site, you see it immediately—not three days later in a progress report.

Spot your best people—and support those who need help

Performance analytics reveal which site managers consistently keep work moving. Recognise excellence. Identify where additional support could make a difference. Make decisions based on patterns, not politics.

See problems coming before they hit the programme

Predictive intelligence flags issues likely to escalate. Intervene when a delay is a day, not when it's a week. Stop small problems cascading into claims and confrontation.

Know which subcontractors actually deliver

Cross-project pattern recognition shows you who resolves issues fastest and who creates them. Build your supply chain around evidence, not gut feel.

The Problem We Solved

Project managers excel at solving problems—but they need to see them first. The critical insight came from watching operational and commercial teams scrambling for information at project end to validate costs and change.

Most of that intelligence lived in people's heads, inaccessible to senior management and lost when they moved to new projects.

The question became: what if we could capture real-time operational intelligence and make it visible across the entire organisation?

How It Works

When work slows or stops, anyone on site logs it in 30 seconds: photo, location, quick description. That's it. No forms. No desktop. No end-of-day admin.

The system creates a virtuous cycle. Subcontractors document when they're blocked because it protects their programme. Managers gain visibility before issues escalate. Commercial teams see risk patterns weeks in advance. Everyone benefits from transparency.

The Build Journey

Development began October 2024. Six weeks later: a production-ready, multi-tenant SaaS platform.

Technical Stack

Next.js 14

Instant mobile and desktop experiences. Simple interfaces optimised for gloves and sunlight.

Supabase PostgreSQL

Secure multi-tenant architecture. Your data stays yours. Complete isolation between companies.

Vercel

Global deployment. Improvements reach every user immediately.

Development Approach

The build leveraged Claude Code extensively—translating three decades of construction management expertise into production software. AI-assisted development enabled rapid iteration while maintaining quality.

6 Weeks

Concept to Production

30 Secs

To Log an Issue

Multi

Tenant Architecture

Ready to Stop Flying Blind?

Whether you want to use Ictus or build something similar for your own operations, let's talk about what visibility could do for your business.

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