Services · Mobile app development · Construction apps
Codeeo delivers construction app development Manchester developers, contractors and residential landlords can rely on from groundbreaking to the years after handover. We build the site app, the design change and RFI workflow, the defects and aftercare tools and the resident facing screens, so that information gathered while a tower goes up is still usable when the building is full of tenants and its safety case is being reviewed.
None of our people are based in Manchester. Codeeo is a team of 80+ working from Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi, and we collaborate with Greater Manchester clients remotely, with discovery, prototype reviews and release demos all held on video calls.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
What we build for Manchester projects
Manchester's skyline has changed fast. Much of the new construction in and around the city centre is tall, residential and owned long term by investors who rent the flats out, which ties the people building a scheme to the people who will run it. Alongside new towers, many older blocks across the conurbation are going through cladding and fire safety remediation while residents still live in them. Further north, Victoria North, a joint venture between Manchester City Council and Far East Consortium, is planned to bring thousands of new homes over many years.
That mix shapes what a Manchester construction app needs: tight control of design changes, strong evidence of fire safety work, careful handling of occupied buildings and records that hand over cleanly to an operator. The capabilities below are chosen and ordered with that in mind, and most clients start with three or four of them.
Every proposed change to design, product or specification is raised in the app, reviewed by the right designers and approved or rejected with reasons. For higher-risk buildings, the app separates changes that need notifying to the Building Safety Regulator from minor ones, so nothing significant slips through.
A clear record of who changed what, when and why.
Site teams raise requests for information against the current drawing revision, attach photos and get answers on their phones. Superseded drawings are flagged on every device, so nobody builds from an old revision printed weeks ago.
Questions answered faster and fewer mistakes from old drawings.
Installers photograph every penetration seal and fire door before it is closed in, tagged to its location and product. Inspectors approve or reject from the same record. This is the evidence building owners, insurers and the regulator ask for, and it is the hardest to recreate later.
Proof of fire safety work that survives handover.
For cladding and fire safety remediation, the app schedules access to flats and balconies, sends notices to residents, records each visit and logs complaints. Contractors and the building's managing agent see the same programme, so residents hear one consistent message.
Fewer missed access visits and better informed residents.
On tall city centre schemes the tower crane and hoists are shared by every trade. Trades book lifts in advance, the lift supervisor approves the plan, and the day's lifting schedule is visible to everyone, so arguments at the hoist door move to the app instead. Wind holds are logged against the bookings they cancel.
Vertical transport planned instead of fought over.
Manchester's wet weather regularly stops roofing, external works and crane lifts. Site managers log weather stoppages against the affected activities, and the planner sees the impact on the programme, building the evidence needed for any extension of time conversation.
Weather delays recorded with their effect, not just their date.
On higher-risk schemes, dutyholders must report certain safety occurrences to the Building Safety Regulator. The app gives site and design staff a quick way to log a possible occurrence with photos, routes it to the person who decides whether it is reportable and keeps the outcome on file.
Safety concerns captured on the day, with a clear decision trail.
Operation and maintenance manuals, certificates, warranties, asset registers and as built drawings are collected as each package completes and delivered to the build-to-rent or student housing operator in a structured, searchable form. Missing items are listed package by package, so gaps are chased before the contractor leaves site.
Handover information that the operator can actually use.
After practical completion, residents or the operator's staff report defects with photos through a simple screen. Reports go to the responsible contractor, are tracked to closure and feed a defects register for the rectification period.
Aftercare that does not depend on a shared inbox.
Operatives sign in and out by scanning a site QR code with their phone, giving the site manager a live headcount for fire roll calls and labour returns without a turnstile installation. Sign in can also check that the operative has completed the site induction and holds a valid CSCS card.
An accurate list of who is on site at any moment.
Who it is for
We are not trying to replace the large construction platforms that some national contractors already run. Our Manchester clients usually want something shaped around a particular business: a developer that builds and then operates, a remediation specialist working in occupied buildings, or a contractor whose sites span several local authorities. Construction management app development Manchester firms ask us for tends to fall into the four groups below, and each starts from a different first release.
You develop rental or student accommodation and keep it, or sell it to an operator you work with closely. The app links construction records to the operational building, so fire safety evidence, asset data and defects carry forward. When the building becomes occupied and higher-risk building duties pass to the accountable person, the information is already organised. Your asset managers also gain early sight of defects and warranty dates, which helps them plan the first years of maintenance.
Construction records that stay useful after handover.
Your sites are full of people who live there. Scheduling access, communicating with residents, recording the condition of each flat before and after works and logging complaints matter as much as the works themselves. We build around those needs first and add commercial tools later. Records of each flat's condition before work begins also protect you if a resident later reports damage.
Resident communication built in from the start.
Your schemes run for years and involve dozens of subcontractors. Design change control, RFIs, fire stopping evidence and crane booking form the core, linked to the document management system you already use, with dashboards for directors who oversee several schemes across the city. Subcontractor access is limited to their own packages, so commercial information stays private.
Strongest where change control is the main risk.
Manchester, Salford and Trafford are separate local authorities, and so are Stockport, Bolton and the rest of the city region. A contractor with sites in several of them deals with different building control teams, environmental health officers and highway rules. The app stores those rules per site, so supervisors see the conditions that apply where they are standing. When a new authority is added, the office updates the settings once and every relevant site picks it up.
Rules held per site, not per company.
Working together
A typical engagement begins with a paid discovery phase, followed by a fixed scope build of the first release. After launch, most clients move to a monthly retainer that covers support, updates for new phones and new features as later phases of a scheme begin. Developers with long pipelines sometimes prefer a dedicated team. What drives cost is the number of roles, the integrations with your existing systems, offline needs and how much data must be migrated from earlier projects. Each of those is costed separately in the proposal so you can phase the expensive parts.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
We usually build cross platform apps for iOS and Android with a browser based console for office teams. Drawings and photos are stored in UK hosted cloud storage where required, and integrations use the APIs of your document, finance and property management systems. Offline storage keeps the field app working in cores and basements with poor signal.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
Yes, one app can serve sites across the whole city region.
The app does not care where the site boundary falls, but the rules do. Each site carries its own local authority, working hours, highway conditions and building control route, so supervisors in Salford see Salford's conditions and those in Manchester see Manchester's. Reporting can still roll everything up for directors, grouped by scheme, client or authority as you prefer. Adding sites in Stockport or Bolton later needs settings, not new development.
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