The relationships that keep your pipeline full
Trails helps design-build firms — contractors, structural and services engineers, and specialist consultants — build new relationships and keep the ones they have warm. We track planning applications and what firms are up to, and surface who you already know in common.
Three jobs, one quiet system
Target the right firms
Pick who's worth pursuing, ranked by fit — not just who's out there. The architect already chose someone this time. Make sure it's you next time.
Maintain the ones you have
Get flagged before a good relationship quietly goes cold — so the work doesn't stop because you happened to look away.
Position yourself well
Know what's moving in your market, and how to talk about it when you show up. Market context built in, not a separate report to read.
What feeds it
Planning applications
The earliest public signal that a project — and a need for someone like you — exists.
Firm activity
News, hires, expansions — what a firm is up to, without you checking their website yourself.
Mutual connections
Who you already know that knows them — turning a cold approach into a warm introduction.
Build the relationship before the tender exists
Join the design-build firms using Trails to be in the room before the work is even out to bid.