The video, narrated by William Doyle MRICS, showcases how Tier‑1 contractor Costain achieved a 40% reduction in reporting time on the A12 upgrade and Gatwick Station redevelopment by adopting the Gather construction record‑management system. Costain’s PMO and commercial teams, together with subcontractors, mapped NEC‑required data, configured Gather to enforce a uniform workflow across multiple packages, and captured access, activities, events, and resources in real time. This produced auditable, consistent, and accurate records that fed directly into leadership reporting packs, eliminated manual data chasing, and enabled early‑warning and compensation‑event tracking, keeping NEC compliance watertight. Cross‑package dashboards gave senior leaders a clear, real‑time view, allowing faster decision‑making. The narrative emphasizes Gather’s pre‑configured, audit‑ready nature, ease of deployment, and its role in maintaining consistency, clarity, and confidence on large infrastructure programmes. The video ends with a call to book a demo.
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Tier 1 contractors like Costain don't leave consistency to chance. It's part of their DNA, and it's how they deliver some of the UK's most complex infrastructure programmes. On the A12 upgrade and the Gatwick Station redevelopment, it meant every subcontractor working to the same playbook from day one. Gather was a huge part of that, turning hundreds of records into one clear, consistent picture that leadership could act on. There were multiple subcontractor packages, each with their own teams, scopes, and reporting style. Every single record had to match the same high bar. It had to be auditable, consistent, and accurate. Without real structure from the start, reporting becomes inconsistent, data gets diluted, and small risks can snowball. Costain chose Gather to make consistency a given. Working with Costain's PMO and commercial teams, we mapped out exactly what needed capturing under NEC, right down to the scope wording for the subcontractors. Then we configured Gather so that every package would follow the same workflow. From access, activities, events, and resources, they were all captured in real time, not days later. Data fed straight into reporting packs ready for leadership without anybody having to chase it down. Meanwhile, weekly drop-ins kept internal champions supported while reporting kept everything on track. From day dot, the impact was obvious. There was consistent daily reporting from every subcontractor, and reporting time was cut by nearly 40%. The commercial and PMO teams teams were free from chasing or reformatting data. Early warnings and compensation events were tracked as they happened, keeping NEC compliance watertight and disallow costs off the table. Leadership could see the whole picture through cross-packaged dashboards, and they could make sharper calls faster. Costain didn't need to reinvent the wheel. They needed a proven construction record management system that they could roll out across the supply chain. Gather came pre-configured for exactly that, audit-ready records, consistent processes, and ease of use for the site teams. Quick to deploy, simple to adopt, and part of how Costain delivers today. Big projects don't slow down for messy records, and neither should you. Gather gives you the consistency, clarity, and confidence to keep things moving. Book your demo now to see it in action across your supply chain.
