William (Will) Doyle MRICS, founder of Gather, describes losing £20 million on the Northwest Electrification project because project records were unstructured and not contract-ready. He presents Gather as a purpose-built construction record management system designed around NEC and JCT contracts to capture and structure site records (shifts, resources, photos, instructions), tag them to clauses/compensation events, and make them contract-ready. Gather is already used on rail, highways, nuclear frameworks by firms including Balfour Beatty, Amy Murphy's and Volcarail; the platform has logged over 1 million site records, can be live in 24 hours, and holds ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certification. The video closes with a demo CTA.
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£20 million
William (Will) Doyle MRICS
Northwest Electrification project
Over 1 million site records
24 hours
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£20 million. That's what we were set to lose on the Northwest Electrification project. Not because the work wasn't done, but because we couldn't actually prove it. There were records, but they were scattered in paper diaries, in inboxes, half filled forms. They were everywhere. None of it was contract ready, none of it was structured. So the claim didn't stand. And guess what? The payment didn't land. That project forced a hard realization. On jobs like these, your records are your protection. If you can't back up the work, then you are exposed. That was the turning point. And that's why I built Gather. I'm Will Doyle. I used to be a quantum surveyor. Now I run a business to stop losses like that from ever happening. Because it's not just one project, it's happening everywhere. Commercial teams chasing down site diaries, rebuilding timelines from WhatsApp messages. Trying to turn unstructured data into something contractual. Days or weeks after the fact. And when the pressure is on, those gaps cost you. Claims fall through, delays go undefended. And your team, they spend more time firefighting admin than actually managing risk. And the tools that most people rely on, they weren't built for this form. Builders, spreadsheets, paper records. You can log the data, but when it's time to stand behind it, you've got nothing solid to show. That's the real risk. And that's exactly what we built Gather to fix. Gather replaces the chaos with with structure. It's not another generic reporting tool. It is a construction record management system, purpose built for complex infrastructure projects and construction, designed by commercial professionals, structured around NEC and jct. Built to protect your position under the demands of today's modern contracts. Every shift, every resource, every photo, even every instruction captured once, structured automatically and then tagged to the right clause or compensation event. So when something goes wrong or gets challenged, you've got the evidence in the right format, ready to go. Gather is already trusted by some of the biggest names in the industry. Balfour Beatty, Amy Murphy's and Volcarail. It's live on major frameworks across rail, highways, nuclear and more. So far, over 1 million site records have been logged through the platform. Gather isn't hard to roll out. There's no three month onboarding period, there's no IT headaches and there's no retraining your team from scratch. We can be live in 24 hours. The system is simple, it's intuitive and it fits around how your team already work, whether they're on site, in the office or moving between both. We are ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials plus certified. When you need help, you won't be stuck in a ticket queue. You'll speak to someone who actually knows how your contract works. If your current setup can't stand up in a dispute, then it's not protecting your business. Gather will. So book a free demo. We'll show you how it works in your world and on your terms.