Kahua for Contractors

One management platform across every construction project.

Your Common Data Environment (CDE), health and safety, and commercial management in one place, configured to how your team already works. Pre-configured to ISO 19650.

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The Kahua Solution

A common data environment built for how builders actually work.

Kahua is the single system of record for your projects, with documents, commercial, and governance in one environment.

Structured information (CDE)

ISO 19650-aligned control of drawings, RAMS, permits, and RFIs in one place, with version history and a clean audit trail.

Financial control

Budgets, orders, and valuations alongside your documents. Margin stays visible.

Configurable governance

Workflows and approvals configured to your business without developers.

See it in action

Take a tour of Kahua.

Walk through the platform in minutes. Documents, H&S, commercial, and analytics, at your own pace. No call required.

Simple to do business with

Getting started is easy with Kahua.

We start by understanding how your business actually runs today. Then we hand you Kahua configured to it, ready to go live on a real project from day one.

1
Week 1
Onboarding call
A short call to understand your projects, framework obligations, and how your team works today.
2
Weeks 2-6
Setup
Users, projects, and document structure configured to ISO 19650 and your workflow. 20 implementation hours included.
3
Week 8+
Go live
One live project on Kahua. Field and office users trained. PM, SHEQ lead, and QS all in the same system, up and running in 8+ weeks.

Simple packages to get you up and running.

Pricing is tied to your annual construction value, so you know what it costs before the call.

Essentials

Ideal for contractors up to ~£50m annual construction value

The fastest way to replace email, Teams, and SharePoint with one system of record. Clears finance without procurement escalation.

  • Document management (RAMS, permits, drawings, transmittals)
  • H&S workflows and incident reporting
  • Project analytics and portfolio roll-up
  • Mobile for site teams, PMs, and SHEQ leads
  • Pre-configured to ISO 19650
  • 20 hours implementation included
 
Ready when you are

A better way to run projects, live in weeks.

Give us one short kick-off call. We take the time to understand how your PM, SHEQ lead, and QS actually run projects today. Then we hand you Kahua configured to it, ready to run a live project from day one.

Frequently asked questions

What contractors ask us.

How quickly can we actually go live?

Essentials customers are typically live on a real project in 8+ weeks. One onboarding call, a short configuration window, then you run a live job on Kahua from day one. No lengthy implementation. No change-request backlog before you see value.

Do we need developers or IT to configure it?

No. Kahua is configured, not custom-built. Workflows, approvals, document templates, and project structures are set up without code. Most of our UK contractors do not have a full-time IT function, and they do not need one to run Kahua.

Is it really ISO 19650 compliant out of the box?

Yes. The document environment, naming, version control, and audit trail ship pre-configured to ISO 19650. That means you can stand up a compliant Common Data Environment on day one, without paying a consultancy to build one for you.

What does it cost, and will I need procurement sign-off?

Pricing is tied to your annual construction value, so you know the number before the first call. Essentials is priced to clear finance approval without a procurement escalation. Implementation is a fixed fee, not time-and-materials.

We are already on Aconex, Autodesk, or Asite. Can you migrate us?

Yes. A lot of our UK conversations start with a renewal quote that has jumped 15 to 30 percent. We can migrate historical documents, keep your existing project structure, and go live on the next live job. You do not have to rip and replace mid-project.

Does commercial management cover valuations and payment applications?

Yes. Commercial workflows cover budgets, orders, valuations, payment applications, and subcontract management, all in the same environment as your documents and H&S. Your QS team runs commercial in the same system the PM and SHEQ lead already use.

Will it work for site teams, not just the office?

Kahua is mobile-first for field users. Site teams capture RAMS acceptance, permits, daily reports, snags, and incident reports from a phone or tablet, and it lands in the same record the PM and SHEQ lead see in the office. No double entry. No Teams drift.

Where is our data hosted? Is it secure?

Kahua runs on enterprise cloud infrastructure with UK and EU hosting options, role-based access, SSO, and full audit logging. Security controls align with the standards UK clients expect, including Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 expectations.

Can we start on Essentials and upgrade to Premium later?

Yes. Most contractors start on Essentials to replace email, Teams, and SharePoint, then upgrade to Premium when they want cost management, subcontract management, and commercial reporting in the same place as their documents and H&S. No re-platforming.

Book a 20-minute call

Tell us about your projects.

Share a few details and we will set up an onboarding call with the UK and Ireland team. We will walk through how Kahua fits the way your projects already run, and you can run a live project on the platform from day one.