● Prepared for McConnell · In response to your H&S brief

A SHEQ platform built around how McConnell actually works.

One platform for training & competency, H&S/SHEQ, and the HR certificate hand-off — replacing the spreadsheet and what you pay Mango for. Mobile-first, works offline on site, on your own domain. And instead of just describing it, we've built a working demo you can try right now.

Replaces 3 systemsSpreadsheet · Mango · manual cert flow
Bespoke web app (PWA)On a McConnell domain, you own it
From £4,875MVP, fixed-price per phase
A quick hello

It's been great building your intranet — here's how we'd join the rest up.

This started as training-management automation, then your H&S brief landed — and they're really the same job. Today the training matrix lives in a fragile spreadsheet, certificates get copied by hand between HR, H&S and Mango, and your SHEQ records sit in a separate paid system. We'd bring all of it into one platform McConnell owns. We already know your environment and teams, so rather than a written response we've built a real, clickable version you can open on your phone right now.

The problem today

A spreadsheet can't run live site compliance.

Your current training and compliance lives in a macro-heavy workbook. It works — but it's fragile and entirely manual.

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Fragile. Live calculation errors already sit in the data — one bad edit cascades.
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Manual. Expiry dates, new starters, costs and every reminder are keyed by hand.
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Office-bound. Nothing reaches site teams or subcontractors where the work happens.
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Disconnected. Certificates in Mango get re-typed into Excel — duplication and drift.
The solution

One app for site, office and subcontractors — on your domain.

A bespoke Progressive Web App (PWA) in React. It installs to the home screen like a native app, works offline, and is built around your real processes — integrating Mango and Microsoft 365 rather than replacing them.

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Works offline on site

Capture incidents and inspections with no signal — they save on the device and sync automatically when you're back online.

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Geotagged evidence

Photos captured with location and time, attached straight to the record.

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Training that runs itself

Compliance, expiries and the bookings to make — who, what, by when, and the CITB grant recoverable.

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One system, not three

Replaces the training spreadsheet and what you pay Mango for, and tidies the HR cert hand-off — all under McConnell's control, signed in with Microsoft 365.

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Certificates that file themselves

Add a new starter or upload a certificate in seconds — it files itself, the training matrix updates, expiry is calculated and reminders fire. No more copying between HR, H&S and Mango by hand.

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Subcontractor portal

Subbies maintain their own operative records and certificates — less admin for McConnell, clearer compliance.

How it meets your brief

Every requirement, covered.

Your requirementHow we deliver it
Incidents, near misses & investigations; root cause; witness statementsStructured forms with configurable investigation steps; integrates Mango where it adds value
Inspections, audits & checklists; nested + linked actionsConfigurable form & audit engine with linked corrective actions; full offline capture
Action tracking, escalation, sign-off & notificationsWorkflow & status engine with scheduled escalation and email/Teams alerts
Live dashboards, cross-project analytics, traffic-lightsInteractive dashboards with red/amber/green compliance and trend analysis
Subcontractor & operative records, certification, expiryRelational records with validity-based expiry tracking and automated alerts
Self-service subbie portal; flag / restrict operativesSecure external portal; compliance status with card/disciplinary flags and access control
Training matrix, inductions, role-based competencyBuilt-in training module with matrix, assessments and role requirements
Mobile-first completion with offline capabilityPWA with offline capture and background sync — core to the design
Geotagged photo evidence; auto-filingDevice camera + GPS; completed forms filed automatically by project
Practical AI to reduce admin; search & trendsAI search, trend analysis and a scheduled admin-reduction agent
Try it yourself

Don't take our word for it — open the demo.

A real, branded prototype with sample data. Best on your phone, but works anywhere. Takes two minutes.

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    Open it on your phone and choose “Add to Home Screen” — it installs like an app.
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    Go to Report, flip the top badge to Offline, and log an incident with a photo. It saves on the device — switch back to Online and watch it sync.
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    Open Training for live compliance, what's due, and the bookings the system tells your co-ordinator to make.
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    Use the View switch (top right) to see it as a Site Operative, SHEQ Manager or Subcontractor.
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    As SHEQ Manager, open Training → Manage, add a starter or upload a certificate — and watch the compliance dashboard update itself in real time.
Launch the demo

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Why this approach

Built for McConnell — not rented from a vendor.

  • It pays for itself. Replaces your Mango subscription and the spreadsheet — you own the platform, with only low-cost hosting after build, not a per-seat fee that grows with headcount and subbies.
  • On your domain, your data. Everything sits under McConnell's control, not locked inside a third-party product.
  • Incumbent advantage. We already run your intranet — we know your environment and move fast.
  • Three jobs, one system. Training & competency, H&S/SHEQ, and the HR certificate hand-off stop being separate — no more re-keying the same cert in three places.
  • Fast & AI-accelerated. We build with AI tooling alongside your team — that's why the day-count and cost are a fraction of a traditional bespoke quote.
  • Phased & low-risk. Fixed-price per phase — sign off and pay one phase at a time, pause whenever you like.
Scope & cost

A phased plan, with a usable MVP early.

Effort in developer-days, confirmed at the end of Discovery. Phases are delivered fixed-price and signed off one at a time.

#PhaseWhat you getDays
0Discovery & designMap the end-to-end flow with HR, Diane, H&S & IT; data model, sign-in & security, migration plan2 – 3
1FoundationApp on your domain, offline PWA shell, staff + subcontractor sign-in, database & storage3 – 4
2SHEQ coreIncidents, near misses, investigations, actions, sign-off, central registers4 – 6
3Forms & auditsConfigurable forms, nested audits, offline capture + sync, geotagged evidence4 – 6
4SubcontractorsCompany/operative records, certs, expiry, self-service portal, access control3 – 5
5Training, competency & HR automationTraining matrix & bookings, role-based competency, and the automated cert flow (HR → H&S → matrix), replacing the spreadsheet4 – 6
6DashboardsLive dashboards, traffic-light compliance, cross-project trends3 – 4
7Mango replacement & go-liveMigrate off Mango, M365 sign-in, security review, user testing, training, launch4 – 6
Project managementPlanning, coordination, demos, reporting (~10%)3 – 5
Day rate £375 · fixed-price per phase
Whole platform (indicative)
£11,250 – £16,875 · 30–45 days
Start here — MVP, Phases 0–3
£4,875 – £7,125 · 13–19 days

The MVP delivers offline site forms plus the incident/inspection core, live on your domain. The later phases layer on subcontractors, the training & cert automation, dashboards and the Mango replacement. We build fast with AI-assisted tooling, work in the open with your team, and you pay one small phase at a time — set against what you currently spend on Mango, it pays for itself. Estimates are confirmed at the end of Discovery.

Indicative timeline: MVP usable around week 3; full go-live in roughly 5–7 weeks.

To get going

A couple of things from you

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    The Appendix 1 & 2 sample forms from your brief — so we can scope the forms work.
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    Mango API access — a service account for the integration.
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    A subdomain (e.g. sheq.mcconnell.co.uk) to point at the platform.
Next steps

How we'd start

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Have a play with the demoThen we book the 30–45 minute walkthrough.
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Confirm the commercial modelFixed-price per phase — start with Discovery + MVP.
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Discovery workshopWe lock scope and issue the formal quotation.