API integrations
Direct connections to your packages' APIs, with fields, units and project coding explicitly mapped.
- Field mapping recorded and traceable
- Authentication and key management handled
- Resilient to vendor version changes
Make your software work together instead of side by side.
Most construction organisations don't lack software — they lack coherence. We connect estimating, ERP, CRM, planning, BIM and document management through robust, secure and manageable integrations, so data is entered once and correct everywhere.
Where data gets stuck in the construction chain.
Each system is sensibly set up on its own. The problem arises at the transitions, where people act as the integration.
- Estimating and budgeting
- Estimating packages and in-house models hold the basis for planning, purchasing and invoicing, but often stand apart.
- ERP and finance
- Project administration, purchasing, hours and invoicing form the financial truth and require consistent project coding.
- CRM and tenders
- Relations, enquiries and tenders contain information needed again later in the project.
- Planning and capacity
- Schedules often live beside the project administration, so progress and capacity don't align.
- BIM and drawings
- Models and drawings hold quantities and object data that are copied by hand into estimating and work preparation.
- Document and field systems
- DMS, site apps and inspection tools produce valuable records that rarely flow back into the administration.
From source system to usable insight.
The diagram below shows how data from your source systems is normalised, validated, enriched and routed to where people work with it.
Integration patterns we apply.
Middleware and integration layer
An intermediate layer handling translation, validation and routing, so systems don't become directly dependent on each other.
- One place for rules and translations
- Systems can be replaced individually
- Overview of all data flows
Synchronisation
One-way or two-way synchronisation of master data, projects, hours and documents, with clear rules on which system leads.
- Leading system per data type
- Conflict handling instead of overwriting
- Periodic or real time as needed
Legacy and files
Older software without a modern API is connected through database access, file exchange or structured export and import.
- CSV, XML, XLSX and SFTP exchange
- Database connections where required
- A migration path to a newer solution
Webhooks and events
Processes start the moment something happens: an award, an approval, a completed inspection or a new invoice.
- Immediate processing instead of batches
- Retries on temporary failures
- Ordering and duplicate handling guarded
Monitoring and support
Every integration is monitored on operation, throughput and errors, with alerts before a user reports the problem.
- Logging of every message
- Alerts on outage or backlog
- Recovery without data loss
How we deliver an integration.
- 01
Inventory
We map systems, owners, data types and existing exchanges, including the manual steps in between.
- 02
Data model and mapping
Per data type we record which system leads, how fields relate and how exceptions are handled.
- 03
Technical assessment
We assess APIs, limits, permissions and vendor licence terms before anything is built.
- 04
Build and test
The integration is built with validation, error handling and logging, and tested on real historical data.
- 05
Controlled go-live
We start with a limited data flow, compare outcomes and then scale up.
- 06
Support
After go-live we monitor the integration, absorb vendor changes and extend where it adds value.
Why our integrations keep working.
- One truth per data item
- For every data item one system leads. Without that agreement an integration moves the problem instead of solving it.
- Validation before processing
- Incomplete or illogical data is blocked and reported instead of being passed on silently.
- Idempotent processing
- A message arriving twice does not create duplicate projects, hours or invoices.
- Traceability
- For every value you can trace which system, which moment and which rule produced it.
- Security and GDPR
- Encrypted connections, minimal data sharing, key management and processing within the EU.
- No vendor lock-in
- The integration layer is yours and documented, so you can switch packages or partners.
Questions about integrations.
The integrations that deliver most in construction.
These are the data flows where we most often realise time savings and error reduction in construction and real estate. Almost every engagement starts with one of them and grows from there.
Estimating to ERP
The approved budget is converted automatically into project structure, cost types and budget lines in your project administration.
- One project coding across systems
- Budget versus actuals without retyping
- Changes and variations traceable
Hours and field capture to administration
Records from site reach time administration and project reporting the same day.
- Daily instead of monthly progress
- Fewer correction rounds at invoicing
- Objective basis for post-calculation
CRM to project
Won enquiries flow through into the project file, schedule and document management without re-entry.
- No tender information lost
- Faster project start-up
- Full history per relation
BIM and drawings to estimating
Quantities and object data from models are structured for estimating and work preparation.
- Less manual take-off
- Consistent quantities
- Model changes immediately visible
Document flows and DMS
Contracts, inspections and handover files are classified automatically and filed in the right place.
- Findable, complete files
- Demonstrable compliance
- Automatic versioning
Maintenance, IoT and operations
Tickets, sensor data and inspections come together in one view of asset condition.
- Signals before failure
- Substantiated long-term planning
- Less emergency work
What an integration project realistically requires.
An integration is rarely purely technical. These points determine in practice whether it works quickly and keeps working.
- Lead time for a first integration
- A defined integration between two systems with available APIs typically takes four to eight weeks, including testing and monitoring.
- What drives the lead time
- Mostly the quality of the source systems: API availability, master data consistency and how uniform project coding already is.
- Systems without an open API
- Older packages can still be unlocked via database connections, file exchange or scheduled exports. We choose the safest, most stable route per case.
- Operations after go-live
- Every integration runs under monitoring with alerting on failures or unusual volumes, so issues are caught before users notice them.
- Handling vendor changes
- API versions change. We isolate that dependency in the integration layer, so a vendor change costs one adjustment instead of a chain of repairs.
- Data quality as a precondition
- An integration amplifies existing errors. Cleaning and harmonising master data is therefore part of the engagement, not a separate surcharge.
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