The launch period gives early professionals something later applicants cannot recreate.
Founding Professional status
Approved professionals joining during launch can be identified as part of the founding professional network rather than a later standard applicant.
Be visible before wider rollout
Build your profile and referral route while the professional directory is still being established, so your practice is present as the network expands.
Only 249 free founding places remain
The first 250 approved professionals join the Founding Professional Network free. Once the allocation is filled, this launch offer closes and later applications move to the standard professional route.
Purpose-built entry points for the people who influence contractor selection.
Architects
Architect-led residential, refurbishment, structural alteration and commercial projects.
For architects →Building surveyors
Survey-led repairs, façades, roofs, dilapidations, maintenance and remedial works.
For surveyors →Structural engineers
Structural alterations, steelwork, extensions and prepared remedial packages.
For structural engineers →Quantity surveyors
Cost-managed projects, tendering support and contractor discovery for prepared scopes.
For quantity surveyors →Designers & project professionals
Prepared projects moving from design, coordination or technical development into delivery.
For designers →Registration, membership and contractor experience are separate checks.
Architects can provide ARB registration details. Surveyors can provide RICS membership or regulated-firm information. Contractors can submit market-experience information independently of Companies House verification. BuildConnect records what has actually been checked rather than treating one data point as proof of overall competence.
BuildConnect UK is independent and does not claim endorsement by ARB, RICS or another professional body.
Professional profiles are opt-in, never automatic.
Approved members can choose to publish a professional profile with their role, practice/website, service areas, specialisms and specifically reviewed professional-body information. Work email addresses are not displayed.
Bring professionally prepared work to the BuildConnect contractor network.
Architects, building surveyors and RICS members, structural engineers, quantity surveyors and project professionals can use BuildConnect as an additional contractor-discovery route. The professional can prepare the information; the client or authorised representative controls publication and contractor introductions.
Create a contractor-ready project brief.
Use the free project brief generator with clients to organise scope, design status, approvals, access, programme, budget and contractor requirements before posting.
Project brief generatorProfessional involvement does not remove client choice.
Clients remain responsible for deciding who to appoint. Professionals can introduce the BuildConnect route, help prepare information and support procurement while the client controls introductions through the platform.
How BuildConnect works for clientsKnow a UK architect, building surveyor, engineer or QS who should be here?
Share the Founding Professional launch with practices and professionals in your network. Referred visitors still make their own decision whether to apply, and public professional profiles remain opt-in.
Stay close to the professional launch without creating an account.
Receive occasional professional-network updates, new project-referral routes and useful construction resources. This gives architects, surveyors, engineers and QSs a low-friction way to stay connected until there is a reason to apply or bring a client project.
Apply before the free allocation is filled.
The first step asks only for the essentials and takes about a minute. Free Founding Professional status is confirmed only after approval and while places remain. Professional registration information can be added immediately or reviewed after your application is received.