Construction Website Design

What usually goes wrong

• Projects are a gallery of untitled photos with no value, no sector and no client named.
• Accreditations sit as a row of logos in the footer with no numbers behind them.
• The information a prequalification form asks for is scattered across five pages or missing.
• Recruitment is a mailto link, while you are short of trades.
• The site says quality, safety and integrity, which is the same as every competitor.
• The whole thing was built for desktop, and half your visitors are on a phone in a van.

Questions construction firms ask us

Do you work with contractors or subcontractors?

Both, though the site does a different job. A main contractor is usually selling capability and safety record to clients. A subcontractor is usually selling reliability to main contractors and needs the prequalification information front and centre.

How much does it cost?

It depends on how many sectors and projects you need covered. We give you a fixed, itemised quote after a short call. No day rates that drift, and no change requests appearing later.

We do not have good project photography. Is that a problem?

It is the most common gap and it is fixable. Site photos from a phone, taken deliberately, beat stock images of somebody else's building. We will tell you what to capture on the next job.

Who keeps the projects and accreditations up to date?

You do, and it is built to make that quick. Adding a completed project or updating an expiry date is a form, not a developer job. Accreditations going stale on a live site is worse than not listing them.

Most of our work comes from repeat clients. Why bother?

Repeat clients still check you before recommending you, and prequalification assessors look you up whether or not you sent them a link. The site is doing work in both cases. If it is thin or out of date, that is what it is telling them.

More questions we get from construction firms

What accreditations should a construction website show?

Show the ones a client or main contractor will check. CHAS, Constructionline and SafeContractor are the common prequalification schemes. ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 cover quality, environment and health and safety. Trade specific bodies matter too, such as Gas Safe, NICEIC or NHBC depending on what you do. Publish the registration number alongside each one, not just the logo.

How should we present past projects?

As pages, not a gallery. Each project needs the sector, roughly what it was worth, how long it took, the contract form and what made it difficult. A photo of a finished building tells a prospective client nothing about whether you can handle theirs. If a client will not let you name them, describe the job and say the client is confidential.

Can a website help with prequalification and tenders?

It shortens the work. Most prequalification questionnaires ask the same things: accreditations, insurance levels, health and safety record, environmental policy, relevant experience and financial standing. If those live in one clear place, your bid team stops rebuilding the answer each time and an assessor checking you up front finds what they need.

Does a construction firm need the website for recruitment?

Increasingly yes. Trades check a company before applying, the same way clients do. A vacancies page with real roles, what the site is like, what the rates and hours are and who to speak to will outperform a mailto link, and it costs you nothing to keep current.

How do we show our health and safety record without overclaiming?

Use figures you can evidence. Accident frequency rate, RIDDOR reportable incidents, training hours, near miss reporting. State the period they cover. Vague claims about putting safety first read as filler, and a main contractor assessing you will discount them.