The site office toolbox
The site office toolboxRun the job, not the paperwork.
Measure from a drawing, Easy CAD and Edit PDF, free in your browser. No card needed. Take-off, quotes, invoices, the job register and 40+ more tools in Sitehelm PRO, coming soon for your PC. A phone app is in development.
Sign up now for a free 1-year Sitehelm PRO licence, and lock in the founding price (£99/yr) for life after your first year.
28-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Nothing renews unless you choose to.
✓Scale 1:50 read off the drawing and checked
✓Lounge measured at 21.60 m²
- £0Sitehelm Free: measure from a drawing, Easy CAD and Edit PDF in your browser. No card needed
- RAMS, quotes, invoicesand 40+ more tools in Sitehelm PRO, from take-off to final invoice
- 104ready-made RAMS tasks for a competent person to make site-specific
- Your kitjobs save to your own devices and your own Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox
Free for good
Sitehelm Free
Measure from a drawing, Easy CAD and Edit PDF in your browser. No card needed and nothing to install. Use it with or without an account, in an up-to-date browser on any Windows PC or Mac.
- Measure from a drawing. Open a PDF or a picture of a drawing, set the scale and measure lengths, areas and volumes on screen. Full take-offs, priced and saved, come with Sitehelm PRO.
- Easy CAD, every feature. Type the room sizes and Sitehelm draws the walls, dimensions and floor area. Doors, windows, hatching and a proper title block. PDFs from Sitehelm Free carry the Sitehelm logo; PRO puts your own branding on them.
- Edit PDF, every feature. Add notes, sign, fill in, merge, split, rotate and reorder pages, then save the PDF. Free adds a small Sitehelm logo in the corner.
- Weather. The forecast for where you are, Met Office warnings and the rain radar. Sitehelm PRO keeps a weather record for every job.
- A look at every PRO tool. RAMS, quotes, the diary and the rest open in Free, so you can see what they do before you upgrade.
- Free for good. Sitehelm Free never runs out, and padlocks show what PRO unlocks.
✓Free in your browser
Coming soon
Sitehelm PRO. The rest of the site office.
Building on from Sitehelm Free is the PRO tier. Build up detailed take-offs on screen with costs and export them to a quote. Make CAD drawings your own with your own branding and get a toolbox of over 40 more tools to make your job easier.
PRO covers all the key tasks of a site manager and a project manager, with plenty of office, surveying and builders' tools thrown in for good measure.
If you work in construction, you'll find something here that saves you time. And we're only just getting started: we will never stop building and improving Sitehelm.
Get in touch to suggest a tool we could build. If we like your idea, you'll get a free 2-year licence to Sitehelm PRO (Windows, Mac and iOS).
Safety paperwork. Sitehelm's RAMS, COSHH and CDM templates are a starting point. A competent person must check them for each job. You stay responsible for safety on your site.
Claim your free 1-year licence today and price-lock the founding price (£99/yr) for life.
| Feature | Free | PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Easy CAD and Edit PDF | Included. PDFs carry our logo | Included, with your own branding |
| Take-off | Measure from a drawing on screen | Saved, priced, into quotes and Excel |
| Every other tool | A look at each one | Included |
| Jobs and work saved | Not included | Included |
| PDF, Word, Excel, print and send from every tool | CAD and PDF only | Included |
| Windows desktop app | Not included | Included |
| Phone app, kept in step with your PC | Not included | Coming later |
| Files in your own cloud | Not included | Included |
| Price | £0 | First year free, then £99/yr for life First 500 sign-ups only. Regular price £199/yr. |
Sitehelm PRO tour
See the paperwork you do every week
Every screen on this page is from the app as it is today, filled in for an example job. Pick the job once and every tool knows which job you're on.
- Scale checked for you. Sitehelm reads it off the title block and checks it against the drawing's own dimensions.
- Lengths, areas and counts, grouped in folders by trade, with heights and depths for walls and digs.
- Straight into a quote, or out to Excel and a PDF of the drawing with your measurements on it.
- Labour as you think about it. Type 2 x 10 x 8 for two people, ten days, eight hours.
- VAT your way: 20%, 5%, zero-rated, no VAT, or the domestic reverse charge wording.
- One click to an invoice, and another for each stage payment.
- 104 tasks in 13 folders, from site set-up and demolition to roofing and M&E.
- Your site details go in. Edit the hazards and controls to suit the job before you issue it.
- RAMS packs: several tasks for one job, numbered and kept together.
Safety paperwork. Sitehelm's RAMS, COSHH and CDM templates are a starting point. A competent person must check them for each job. You stay responsible for safety on your site.
- Weather filled in once the job's location is set. Useful when you claim an extension of time.
- People, deliveries and visitors recorded, with yesterday's carried over.
- Mileage logged as you go, ready for a claim at HMRC rates.
- Tick the activities from a library of construction stages, then drag the bars into place.
- Closures built in, like Christmas and Easter, plus any weeks you block out.
- Links and the critical path, out to PDF and Excel.
- Each job is a folder with its own colour, so you always know which job you're in.
- Search everything: jobs, quotes, RFIs, diaries, reports and people.
- A to-do list that tools add to, like RIDDOR deadlines from the accident book.
More of Sitehelm PRO
Fifteen more screens, straight from the app
From the drawing board to the office. Tap any screen to see it full size.
Drawings
Easy CAD: a floor plan from room sizes
Type each room's width and depth and Sitehelm draws the walls, dimensions and floor area. Free in Sitehelm Free too.
Drawings
Edit PDF on any drawing
Clouds, notes, measurements, stamps and signatures on a PDF, then save it. Free in Sitehelm Free too.
Buying
A material list from the take-off
What you measured becomes an order list with waste added, ready to send to your merchant for prices.
Money
Spreadsheets with trackers ready to fill in
Cost trackers, valuations and CIS payments, in a spreadsheet that opens and saves Excel files.
Office
Letters on your letterhead
Ready-made starts for neighbours, notices of delay and practical completion, out as Word or PDF.
Running the job
RFIs, numbered for you
Your logo, the job, the drawing references and photos, emailed and tracked until the answer comes back.
Running the job
Confirm a verbal instruction
Told on site to change something? Put it in writing straight away, with a reminder to chase the reply.
Health and safety
Construction phase plan
The CDM plan every job needs, domestic too, filled in from the job you've already set up.
Health and safety
Toolbox talks
A library of 53 talks to give on site, made your own, signed and kept in a register.
Health and safety
COSHH data sheets
Common building materials in folders, with the hazard codes and the maker's sheet a click away.
On site
Weekly checks, on time
Scaffold, PUWER and safety inspections on your to-do list the day they're due, filled in from last time.
Estimating
Builder's calculators
Bricks and blocks, concrete, slates, roof pitch and stairs, worked out in seconds.
Estimating
U-value calculator
Build up a wall layer by layer and see straight away whether it meets the Part L limiting U-value.
Estimating
Book of rates
Example UK rates for measured work, plant and prelims, with where each came from and the date. Change one and it's yours.
Office
Job register
Every job with its number, client and value, and what's been invoiced so far.
Safety paperwork. Sitehelm's RAMS, COSHH and CDM templates are a starting point. A competent person must check them for each job. You stay responsible for safety on your site.
Who it's for
Built for British industry
Builders and contractors
Price it, run it, invoice it: one app, not four subscriptions.
- Take-off and quotes
- Programme
- Invoices and dayworks
Site managers
Your RAMS, RFIs and drawings in one place on the PC, with a phone app to follow.
- Site diary
- Inspections and permits
- Temporary works register
Self-builders
Plan, draw and track your build like a pro, and keep the Part L photos building control may ask for on a new home.
- Take-off and calculators
- U-value calculator
- Part L photos
Trades and sole traders
Measure off the drawing, price it and send the quote before you leave the van. VAT, CIS and retention worked out for you.
- Quotes and invoices
- Daywork sheets
- Timesheets
What it replaces
One app instead of four subscriptions
Bought separately, entry-level plans from popular products in each category add up to £1,284 a year. Sitehelm PRO puts all four in one app, and Sitehelm Free already gives you measuring from a drawing, Easy CAD and Edit PDF for nothing.
Every tool
Take-off, RAMS, invoices and 40+ more
Every tool in Sitehelm PRO, with no modules to buy one at a time. Measure from a drawing, Easy CAD, Edit PDF and Weather are free for good, and every PRO tool opens in Sitehelm Free so you can have a look.
Free yours for good in Sitehelm Free. PRO open them in Free for a look; using them for real comes with Sitehelm PRO.
Estimating and buying8 tools
Measure the drawings, price the job and get the materials ordered.
- Take-off PRO
- Measure from a drawing Free
- Site visit survey PRO
- Builder's calculators PRO
- U-value calculator PRO
- Book of rates PRO
- Quotes PRO
- Purchase and subcontract orders PRO
Drawings and files5 tools
Draw, edit PDFs and print, with every photo and drawing in the job's folders.
Health and safety8 tools
The site safety paperwork, written from the job you've set up.
- RAMS PRO
- Toolbox talks PRO
- COSHH data sheets PRO
- Construction phase plan PRO
- H&S policy PRO
- Site fire plan PRO
- Accident book and RIDDOR PRO
- Temporary works register PRO
Safety paperwork. Sitehelm's RAMS, COSHH and CDM templates are a starting point. A competent person must check them for each job. You stay responsible for safety on your site.
On site9 tools
The day on site, recorded as it happens.
- Site diary (with mileage) PRO
- Site report PRO
- Inspections, permits and weekly paperwork PRO
- Part L photos PRO
- Weekly photos PRO
- Goods received PRO
- Weather (forecast, Met Office warnings, rain radar) Free
- Timesheets PRO
- Daywork sheets PRO
Running the job9 tools
The programme, the questions, the delays and the handover.
- Programme PRO
- RFIs PRO
- Confirm a verbal instruction PRO
- Meetings and minutes PRO
- Pre-start meeting PRO
- Delays and extension of time PRO
- Construction management plan PRO
- Site waste management plan PRO
- Handover pack (golden thread) PRO
Office and money7 tools
Invoices, letters and the company's own paperwork.
- Invoices PRO
- Job register PRO
- Letters and documents (including applications for payment) PRO
- Spreadsheets (valuations, CIS payments, cost trackers) PRO
- Company tracker (tickets and insurance) PRO
- Diary and reminders PRO
- Recycle bin (undo any delete) PRO
Your data
Your jobs. Your data. Your kit.
Your jobs save to your own devices and your own cloud storage. Phone-to-PC sync is optional. Share any drawing, quote or RAMS as a PDF, and back up by keeping your Sitehelm folder in OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox.
Works with Claude
Ask your own Claude app to do the typing
Add the Sitehelm plugin to Claude on your PC and ask it to read your diary, price a take-off or draft a letter. What you ask Claude to read goes to Anthropic under your own Claude account, not through Sitehelm. You never need Claude to use Sitehelm.
On your own devices
Sitehelm PRO runs on your Windows PC, and later on your phone. Your jobs save there.
In your own cloud
Connect Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox and share job folders with your team the way you do now.
Ordinary files
Quotes, RAMS, letters and programmes come out as PDF, Word and Excel files that open in anything.
Nothing deleted behind your back
Sitehelm is built not to delete files from your folders: delete something in Sitehelm and it goes to its own recycle bin. One backup zip holds every record and file, and restoring keeps the newer copy of anything.
Who's behind it
Built by a working site manager
Sitehelm was born out of years of working in the building trade, and far too much time spent on the paperwork that comes with modern building. From site diaries to take-offs and invoicing, Sitehelm will speed up every task in your day and help make sure nothing is missed.
Founder's statement
Sitehelm is in its infancy, but we already believe it offers something unique. From one-man bands to tier 1 contractors, Sitehelm has something for everyone.
To reward early adopters, we'll price lock your plan for life. Even if you leave and come back, as long as you register with the same email address.
Our goal is simple:
- Provide an affordable, value-for-money service.
- Provide better quality, simpler tools for your computer and phone.
- Cut the time you spend on admin and sending information to each other, with automatic team sharing.
- Replace half a dozen clunky apps on your site phone with one easy app that saves time.
Get on board now and help shape what Sitehelm becomes.
You may need 100 tools on a building site, but Sitehelm will be the one you need in the office.
Founding offer
Sign up now for a free 1-year licence
Then lock in the founding price (£99/yr) for life after your first year - half the regular price.
Claim your free 1-year licence today and price-lock the founding price (£99/yr) for life.
28-day money-back guarantee
Not happy within 28 days of paying? Tell us and we'll refund you in full. No questions asked.
No surprise renewals
Your licence doesn't renew by itself. It only renews if you switch auto-renew on.
Self-builders
Short licence
Building your own home? One seat and every tool for the length of your project.
Tell me when it's readyEducation licence
Free
Teach with the tools learners will use on site. For colleges, training providers and construction students.
Get in touchTeams and larger firms
Team plans
Seats for the boss, the site and the office on the same jobs: £299/yr for three seats, £599/yr for ten. More than ten seats: price on request.
Contact usLaunch referral offer
Refer a friend: £50 for you, £50 off for them
Share your link with a friend in the trade. When they become a paying customer, they get £50 off and you get £50 of site credit off your next year. Prefer cash? Site credit cashes out at 50p in the pound (£25). There's no limit on how many people you refer. Rewards are paid once their 28-day money-back period has passed.
28-day money-back guarantee. Nothing renews unless you choose to.
Where it runs
On the office PC, in a browser and on site
Sitehelm Free in your browser
Available nowIn an up-to-date browser on any Windows PC or Mac. Measure from a drawing, Easy CAD (PDFs with our logo) and Edit PDF in full, and a look at every PRO tool.
Sitehelm PRO on Windows
Coming soonThe full Sitehelm on the office PC, with every tool and the Claude plugin.
Phone app
In developmentSite diary, inspections, permits and photos, filled in on the job and kept in step with your PC.
Questions
Before you sign up
Something not covered here? Ask in the sign-up form or email [email protected] and you'll get a straight answer.
What's the difference between Sitehelm Free and Sitehelm PRO?
Sitehelm Free runs in your browser and is free for good, with or without an account. No card needed. Measure from a drawing, Easy CAD, Edit PDF and Weather work in full (their PDFs carry the Sitehelm logo, which PRO replaces with your own branding), and every PRO tool opens so you can have a look.
Sitehelm PRO is the full site office: your jobs and work saved, PDFs, Word and Excel from every tool, the Windows app (with a phone app to follow), and your files in your own cloud. It's coming soon.
How much will Sitehelm PRO cost?
Regular prices are £199 a year for one seat, £299 a year for three seats and £599 a year for ten. More than ten seats: price on request.
The first 500 people to sign up get their first year free, then the founding price of £99/yr for life - half the regular price. Once those 500 places are claimed, the next 1,000 customers get the same founding price of £99/yr, for life.
Is the first year really free?
Yes. Sign up now and you get a free 1-year Sitehelm PRO licence when it launches, with every tool. When the year ends you choose whether to carry on, and if you do, you keep the founding price (£99/yr) for life.
What does 'founding price for life' mean?
Everyone in the first 500 locks in the founding price (£99/yr, half the regular £199) for Sitehelm PRO, starting after their free first year. You keep that price for life, even when prices go up for everyone else, and even if you pause or cancel your membership and come back later, as long as you use the same email address.
Is there a referral scheme?
Yes. Every Sitehelm PRO user gets a referral link. With our launch referral offer, when someone you refer becomes a paying customer, they get £50 off and you get £50 of site credit off your next year. You can take the credit as cash instead, at 50p in the pound (£25).
There's no limit on how many people you refer. Rewards are paid once the person you referred is past their 28-day money-back period.
Is there a money-back guarantee?
Yes. If you're not happy within 28 days of paying for Sitehelm PRO, tell us and we'll refund you in full. No questions asked.
Will my licence renew automatically?
No. Licences are set not to renew. Your licence only renews if you choose to switch auto-renew on, and you can switch it off again at any time.
Is there an education licence?
Yes, and it's free for colleges, training providers and construction students. Get in touch through the sign-up form.
What about bigger firms?
Three seats are £299 a year and ten seats £599 a year. For more than ten seats, get in touch through the sign-up form for a price.
Does it handle VAT and CIS?
Quotes and invoices handle 20%, 5%, zero-rated, no VAT and the domestic reverse charge. Your VAT number goes on every quote and invoice.
The subcontractor payments sheet works out CIS deductions at 0%, 20% or 30%, with retention. Sitehelm doesn't file your CIS return; your accountant's software still does that.
Can I rely on the RAMS, COSHH and CDM templates?
Sitehelm's RAMS, COSHH and CDM templates are a starting point. A competent person must check them for each job. You stay responsible for safety on your site.
Put your site details in, then edit the hazards and controls to suit the job before you issue anything.
Can I invoice in stages?
Yes. Make an invoice from a quote in one click, then another from the same quote for each stage. There's also an application for payment letter and a valuations sheet with retention.
Can I use my own drawings?
Yes, as PDFs. Sitehelm reads the scale, checks it against the dimensions on the drawing and tells you if they don't agree. CAD files such as DWG need exporting to PDF first.
Can I bring in my existing quotes and spreadsheets?
Quotes can be brought in from Excel, the spreadsheet tool opens and saves Excel files, and the document tool opens Word files you've been sent.
Where are my files kept, and what if I stop?
Your jobs save to your own devices and your own cloud storage. Phone-to-PC sync is optional.
Quotes, letters, RAMS and the rest save as ordinary PDF, Word or Excel files in your own folders, and in your own Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox if you connect it, so they stay yours whatever you decide.
Can my team work on the same jobs?
Yes, with Sitehelm PRO. Team sharing is part of PRO, which is coming soon. Until then, you can share job folders with each other in your own cloud storage.
Is there a free version?
Yes. Sitehelm Free is free for good. No card needed, nothing to install, and you can use it with or without an account: it runs in your browser.
Measure from a drawing, Easy CAD, Edit PDF and Weather work in full, PDFs included. PDFs made in Free carry the Sitehelm logo (big on Easy CAD drawings, small in the corner on Edit PDF), and Sitehelm PRO puts your own branding on them instead. Every PRO tool opens in Free so you can have a look; using them for real comes with Sitehelm PRO. Locked buttons show a padlock, so you can always see what upgrading adds.
Does it work on a Mac?
Sitehelm PRO's desktop app is for Windows. Sitehelm Free runs in an up-to-date browser on any Windows PC or Mac.
Does it link to Xero or QuickBooks?
Not yet. Invoices and registers export to Excel and PDF for your accountant.
Does Sitehelm use my data to train AI?
No. Your jobs save to your own devices and your own cloud storage, and phone-to-PC sync is optional. If you use the Claude plugin, what you ask Claude to read goes to Anthropic under your own Claude account and their terms.
Does it do domestic jobs as well as commercial?
Yes. Extensions, conversions and refurbishments are the everyday work it's built for, and the construction phase plan covers domestic jobs too.
Sign up now
Get a free 1-year licence
Sign up now for a free 1-year Sitehelm PRO licence, and lock in the founding price (£99/yr) for life after your first year. Sitehelm PRO is being tested now, and you'll hear first when it's ready.
- A free 1-year Sitehelm PRO licence when it launches, for the first 500 to sign up
- The founding price (£99/yr) locked in for life after your first year
- No card needed. Launch news only, nothing else unless you ask