Built and used by MVV Construction, London
Made by a builder, used on every job.
MVV Portal runs MVV Construction's programme, costs, invoices, site photos, labour and legal paperwork. AI assistants draft and check the paperwork. The people in the office still make the decisions.
Example day
- 07:30 · legal · upcoming deadlines flagged
- 08:15 · site · 14 WhatsApp photos filed to the job
- 09:05 · money · receipt photographed, expense filled in
- 10:40 · programme · steel two weeks late, later phases moved
- 11:20 · money · invoice overdue, reminder sent in your wording
- 12:30 · project manager · call minutes written up
- 14:10 · people · next week's crew suggested
- 15:00 · legal · reply drafted for review
- 56 AI agents
- 6 levels of access, from owner to client
- 95 releases in September
- 3 ways in: phone, browser and Mac app
- 24/7 AI help line you can talk to, in the app
Where it comes from
MVV Technologies comes from MVV Construction.
We're a London design and build contractor first. Our own jobs are where the software gets tested, every day.
MVV Construction
Our building company. The software was written for its jobs first.
Used every day
Every job's programme, money, site photos, people and legal paperwork runs on MVV Portal.
Then other firms
A change reaches other firms only after three months on our own jobs.
Why we built it
MVV Construction builds extensions, refurbishments and interiors in London. The admin was eating our evenings: photos lost in group chats, costs typed in twice, programmes redrawn every time a delivery slipped. So we wrote our own software and started running the jobs on it.
Everything on this page is in use on our own jobs today. Where something is only an example, it says so.
The assistants
Office
Questions answered in the app, on WhatsApp or on a call.
- Atlas answers on WhatsApp from the live records and files site photos
- Ask MVV explains how to use the screen you're on
- Support a help line you can call and talk to
- The Day Planner fits your tasks around your calendar
- The Closer asks the right questions when a task is ticked off
Counsel
Disputes, letters and legal deadlines.
- The Lawyer builds the case file and drafts letters from the job's own records
- Ongoing Counsel reviews a job's legal position and flags what needs doing
- Delay Explanation writes a factual record of why a delay happened
Money
The books, checked every time they change.
- The Accountant re-runs the sums and reports anything that doesn't tie
- Vera reads the ledger each morning and flags what looks wrong
- The Bookkeeper checks the bank reconciliation before it goes to the accountant
- Receipt Reader photograph a receipt and the expense fills itself in
- Agency Invoice Reader checks agency invoices against the weekly board
- Progress Valuer estimates how far each line has got, for the valuation
Programme
When one task slips, the ones after it move.
- The Project Manager keeps the detailed plan behind the client's programme, and takes calls
- Programme Planner lays out the weeks, or imports a programme you already have
- Programme Scheduler links the phases, so one delay moves the ones after it
Site & People
Site reports from photos and notes.
- Site Report turns site notes and photos into a proper report
- Site Photo Auditor checks WhatsApp photos really show the site before filing them
- Photo Tagger tags each photo so you can search by what's in it
- Health & Safety drafts inductions, risk assessments and method statements
- Handover writes the home user guide for the client
- Sub Reviewer a quick check when you add a subcontractor
56 AI assistants in all. Each one has an off switch, and they all share one monthly spending limit that the owner sets.
A normal day
A day on our jobs, and what the software does in it.
Deadlines first
Legal deadlines coming up are flagged before anyone gets to site.
Photos from site
Operatives send photos to the company WhatsApp. They're checked, tagged and filed to the right job, so nobody has to upload anything.
A delivery is late
Steel is two weeks late. Every phase that depends on it moves, and you see the new finish date and the cost before you confirm.
A call with the Project Manager
You ring the AI project manager from site and tell it what got done. It updates its plan for the job and writes up the minutes.
A letter to answer
The Lawyer drafts a reply from the job's own records. You read it, change what you need to and send it yourself.
The books
Receipts photographed during the day are already filled in. First thing tomorrow, Vera reads the ledger and flags anything that doesn't add up.
Next week's crew
The Project Manager suggests who goes where next week, starting from where everyone is now. It stays a suggestion until someone in the office adopts it.
Money and programme
When a job slips, you see what it costs.
The money side was built by people who price jobs for a living. Invoices take VAT at 0, 5 or 20 per cent and keep works, deposits and client-supplied materials on one document, and profit is worked out on the net figure. On the programme, a late phase moves everything linked to it, and you see the weeks lost and the cost before you confirm.
- 14,000+automated tests
- 95releases in September
- 3VAT rates: 0, 5 and 20%
+8 days · later phases moved · cost shown
Security
Clients see their job, never your costs.
Who sees what is enforced by the database, table by table, not just hidden on the screen. Files open through private links that expire. Every Monday an automatic check looks over the database's security settings and tells us if anything has changed. AI use is logged by person and by assistant.
- Clients see their programme, shared files and valuations, never your costs or profit
- Architects can certify valuations but can't see company money
- The legal vault is owner-only, and every action in it is logged
- The AI never emails, texts or calls your clients
The Estimator
A price for building work, in minutes.
The Estimator is our second product. Describe the job, add photos or a plan if you have them, and answer a few questions. You get a price range with a breakdown by trade, on screen and by email.
- For homeowners and builders, anywhere in England
- Prices for anywhere in England, by postcode
- One payment per estimate, shown before you start
- An estimate, not a quotation, and prices exclude VAT
Runs on themvv.co.uk, MVV Construction's website. Opens in a new tab.
We're opening it to a few other builders.
MVV Portal is used every day at MVV Construction. We're now opening it to a small number of other building firms. The first ones get a direct line to the people who built it.