Know where your money is.
Stop losing money between the work being done and the cash reaching your bank.
Beamward gives specialist contractors one commercial view of applications, variations, certification, payments and retention — then shows you where your money is getting stuck and what needs attention next.
Built for UK specialist contractors.
Live contract value
£2,418,600
Potential recoverable cash
£184,720
Overdue payments
£28,400
Outstanding variations
£31,200
Retention held
£94,230
Commercial inbox
- High £18,300 payment 12 days overdueChase payment →
- Attention Application 09 due FridayPrepare application →
- High £8,700 certification deduction unresolvedReview deduction →
The problem
Your money is spread across spreadsheets, emails and applications.
A job can be profitable on paper while thousands of pounds remain trapped in unpaid applications, unagreed variations, forgotten retention and unresolved deductions.
Beamward brings the commercial position together and highlights the items most likely to affect cash.
Applications
- What have we applied for?
- What has actually been certified?
Variations
- What has been submitted?
- What still has not been agreed?
Payments
- What should have reached the bank already?
Retention
- What can now be requested back?
Site changes
- What work has been done but never turned into a variation?
Certification
- Where has the client deducted money from our application?
Know what you're owed. Know what's at risk. Know what to do next.
See
Money owed
- Applications awaiting certification
- Certified but unpaid amounts
- Overdue invoices
- Retention awaiting release
- Outstanding variation value
Identify
Money at risk
- Unapplied agreed variations
- Unresolved certification deductions
- Site changes not converted into variations
- Ageing variations
- Overdue retention
Clear actions
Action required
- Chase Payment
- Review Deduction
- Prepare Application
- Price Variation
- Request Retention
- Review Site Change
Money Recovery Centre
See where your cash is getting stuck.
The Money Recovery Centre brings together potential cash sitting across the commercial process.
Beamward doesn't just show historical reports. It highlights commercial items that may require action before money is lost, delayed or forgotten.
Potential recoverable cash
£184,720
- Awaiting certification£72,500
- Certified but unpaid£41,300
- Overdue£28,400
- Outstanding variations£31,200
- Retention available£11,320
Example figures for illustration.
Commercial Inbox
Your commercial priorities, in one place.
- 1Urgent£18,300 payment 12 days overdueChase Payment →
- 2Due soonApplication 09 due FridayPrepare Application →
- 3AgeingV017 awaiting response for 31 daysReview Variation →
- 4Urgent£8,700 certification deduction unresolvedReview Deduction →
- 5Ready£6,400 retention now eligibleRequest Release →
Example figures for illustration.
Site to cash
Follow the money from site to bank.
- Site change
- Evidence captured
- Variation created
- Application submitted
- Certification checked
- Invoice raised
- Payment tracked
- Cash received
- Retention recovered
- Site change
- Evidence captured
- Variation created
- Application submitted
- Certification checked
- Invoice raised
- Payment tracked
- Cash received
- Retention recovered
Variation capture
Capture change before it becomes lost revenue.
Site teams can record a potential change from their phone, attach photos and supporting evidence, and send it directly into the commercial workflow.
Site users can contribute without needing access to the contractor's full financial position.
Site change
- Project
- Riverside Apartments
- Change
- Additional secondary steel around Level 3 opening
- Requested by
- Main Contractor
- Evidence
- 3 photos
- Estimated value
- £5,060
- Status
- Potential Variation
Example figures for illustration.
Certification
See exactly what was cut from your application.
Application 14
- Applied
- £137,400
- Certified
- £118,700
- Difference
- −£18,700
- Secondary Steel−£7,000
- Variation V012−£8,500
- Variation V018−£3,200
Example figures for illustration.
Retention
Stop forgetting money that's already yours to request.
Total retention held
£94,230
Due within 90 days
£32,400
Overdue
£8,700
Example figures for illustration.
Commercial Health
Know which projects need attention first.
Riverside Apartments
- £24k overdue
- £31k variations >42 days
- Application deadline approaching
Birmingham Office Fit-out
- Application due in 3 days
- £14k certification difference
Coventry Hospital Upgrade
- No urgent commercial issues
Example figures for illustration.
Who it's for
Built for specialist contractors.
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Steelwork
- Groundworks
- Drylining
- Roofing
- Cladding
- Fit-out
- Scaffolding
- Civils
- Traffic Management
- Highways
Why not Excel?
Excel records the numbers. Beamward follows the money.
Spreadsheets
- Separate project files
- Manual reminders
- No central commercial inbox
- Difficult site capture
- No automatic variation ageing
- No automatic payment alerts
- Limited audit trail
- Commercial information spread across multiple locations
Beamward
- One commercial view
- Linked records
- Automatic ageing
- Payment alerts
- Site-to-variation workflow
- Retention tracking
- Commercial actions
- Money Recovery Centre
- Audit history
Getting started
You don't have to start from scratch.
Import your Schedule of Values from CSV and build existing projects into Beamward without manually recreating every line.
More import options are planned as Beamward develops.
- Upload CSV
- Map columns
- Review
- Create project
Additional module
HighwayDesk by Beamward
Commercial and highways workflows in one platform.
For contractors carrying out highway or street works, HighwayDesk provides a dedicated place for permit records, deadlines, status tracking and supporting documents while sharing the same Beamward projects and users.
- Draft
- Submitted
- Awaiting Decision
- Approved
- Requires Action
- Expiring Soon
Beamward Managed
Don't want another system to operate?
We can operate it for you.
Beamward Managed is being developed for contractors who want the benefits of structured commercial control without adding more administration to their own team.
Built around commercial outcomes.
Recover Cash Faster
Surface overdue and potentially recoverable items.
Reduce Commercial Leakage
Identify agreed variations, retention and deductions requiring action.
Capture Change Earlier
Connect site evidence to the variation process.
Protect Visibility
See the commercial position across every active project.
Reduce Spreadsheet Hunting
Bring connected commercial information into one system.
Prioritise Your Team
Turn issues into clear actions.
Beta programme
Help build Beamward with us.
We're currently inviting a limited number of UK specialist contractors to test Beamward and help shape the next stage of the product.
We're particularly interested in contractors currently managing commercial information through spreadsheets, PDFs, emails and accounting software.
Beta participants can:
- Test the platform
- Give direct product feedback
- Influence future features
- Discuss their current commercial workflow
- Potentially access early adopter pricing once commercial plans launch
Trust
Your commercial information is sensitive.
- Secure authentication
- Organisation-level data separation
- Role-based access
- Module permissions
- Audit history
- Secure document storage
Frequently asked questions
Know where your money is.
See what you're owed, where cash is getting stuck and what your commercial team needs to do next.