VE+ is a value engineering platform that helps construction commercial teams identify compliant, cost-effective product alternatives for architectural finishes and FF&E. The platform structures fragmented UK supplier data and applies AI to match specified products with like-for-like alternatives, delivering real supplier quotes and pricing evidence in days rather than weeks.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Construction projects run on tight margins and tighter deadlines, yet reviewing the wider UK market for cost-saving product alternatives typically takes days that tender deadlines and project programmes do not allow. Most value engineering exercises are constrained by bias, limited visibility, and reliance on recommendations from subcontractors or agents whose commercial relationships shape what they suggest. As a result, many strong, compliant options never surface during the VE process, and procurement decisions are made without full market visibility.
Solution
VE+ provides a value engineering platform that gives construction commercial teams instant access to the full UK market for architectural finishes and FF&E. The platform centralises and structures fragmented supplier data into a unified, searchable system, then applies AI to match specified products with compliant, cost-effective alternatives that are fully technically aligned to the original specification. Each line in a schedule is reviewed against the wider market and matched with real supplier quotes, enabling teams to surface credible, like-for-like alternatives before submission. The service delivers a complete value engineering package with pricing and evidence ready for teams to present, strengthening bids and protecting margins without compromising design intent or compliance.
Target Audience
Primary customers are quantity surveyors, contractors, and developers working on residential developments, hotels and resorts, and refurbishment projects where specification is crucial and margins are tight. The platform also serves commercial teams preparing tenders who need credible, supplier-backed alternatives to strengthen bids.
Features
- AI-powered product matching that aligns alternatives to like-for-like specifications, including performance and appearance requirements
- Centralised, structured supplier data aggregated continuously from across the UK market, making product information consistent, comparable, and searchable at scale
- Real supplier quotes with pricing evidence included for every alternative, ready for teams to review, present, or procure
- Line-by-line optimisation across finishes and FF&E scopes, with savings that compound into measurable project-level impact
- Fast turnaround with average delivery of a complete value engineering package in days, not weeks
- Defensible alternatives review process that gives commercial teams full market visibility for procurement decisions