At this year's SAIA Annual Convention, we unveiled the next evolution of ScaffPlan – the industry's first fully connected workflow, built specifically for scaffolding and temporary works businesses.
Walk into any busy scaffolding business and you’ll see the same thing: experienced teams delivering great work while information is spread across emails, spreadsheets, WhatsApp messages, printed drawings, yard counts and handwritten notes.
None of those tools are the problem on their own.
The challenge is what happens between them. The same project information gets entered, copied, chased and recreated at every stage of the job.
That's why we built ScaffPlan Workflow.
Built by scaffolders, for scaffolders, it connects every stage of a project – from the first customer enquiry through to estimating, design, site delivery, commercial management and final payment – so every team works from the same information.
The challenge isn’t the work. It’s the handovers.
Most scaffolding businesses rely on a mix of disconnected software, spreadsheets and manual processes. As projects move from sales to design, then onto site and into commercial closeout, information is often re-entered, passed between teams or lost altogether.
Every duplicate entry costs time. Every missing detail creates risk. Every handover creates another opportunity for mistakes.
ScaffPlan Workflow is built around one simple principle: Capture information once. Use it everywhere.
Instead of rebuilding the same project at every stage, information flows through the workflow automatically, giving everyone access to the latest project data when they need it.
A connected platform for every stage of the workflow
ScaffPlan Sales & Estimating
Sales & Estimating helps contractors manage enquiries, build customer relationships, produce accurate estimates and create professional proposals from a single source of information.
New Smart Capture technology automatically converts incoming emails and project information into structured opportunities, reducing administration while ensuring important details don't get lost before work even begins.
ScaffPlan Design
ScaffPlan Design takes projects from early concepts through to detailed, constructable scaffold models across SketchUp, Tekla Structures and Revit.
The platform supports tender-stage visualisation, component-level detailing, drawing production, gear lists and engineering workflows, making it easier to move from estimate to build-ready design.
Engineering features are designed to support qualified engineering review – not replace professional engineering judgement.
ScaffPlan Field Ops
Field Ops connects office teams with what's happening on site.
Planning, digital work packs, scaffold registers, inspections, handovers and corrective actions all stay connected to the same project record, giving everyone a clear view of progress throughout delivery.
Each scaffold also carries its own live digital record. Using QR codes, site teams can instantly access drawings, inspection history and supporting documentation directly from the scaffold itself.
ScaffPlan Assets
Assets gives scaffold businesses complete visibility of the equipment needed to deliver every project.
Scaffold stock, vehicles, tools, harnesses and other operational assets can all be tracked through reservations, deliveries, returns, repairs and quarantine workflows.
Because asset information is linked directly to project requirements, businesses can identify shortages early and make informed decisions about purchasing, transfers, rental or cross-hire before work reaches site.
ScaffPlan Commercial
Commercial connects what was estimated with what actually happened on site.
Budgets, labour costs, variations, claims, retention, invoicing and forecast margins remain linked throughout the project, giving commercial teams better control and helping contractors recover revenue that might otherwise be missed.
Variation requests and supporting evidence stay connected to the project from start to finish, creating a clear commercial record throughout the lifecycle of the job.
Introducing ScaffPlan AI
Also announced at SAIA was ScaffPlan AI, a new intelligence layer that works across every ScaffPlan product.
Rather than relying on generic AI tools, ScaffPlan AI understands the information already held within a company's own projects, estimates, designs, commercial records and operational data.
It can answer questions, prepare draft work, recommend next steps and support decision-making, while keeping people firmly in control. Every recommendation is reviewed and approved by authorised users before action is taken.
Start where it matters most
Moving to a connected workflow doesn't mean replacing every system overnight.
ScaffPlan Workflow is designed to be adopted in stages.
Businesses can start with the area creating the biggest challenge today – whether that's estimating, design, field operations, asset management or commercial control – and expand into the wider workflow as their needs evolve.
That flexibility allows organisations to improve one part of the business today while building towards a fully connected operation over time.
A better way to run scaffold projects
Scaffolding has always been built on planning, coordination and practical problem solving.
The software supporting it should work the same way.
By connecting every stage of a project, ScaffPlan Workflow reduces duplication, improves collaboration and gives every team access to the information they need, when they need it.
The result is fewer handovers, better decisions and greater control – from the first enquiry through to final payment.
One Connected Workflow. Every Scaffold. Every Stage.
See ScaffPlan Workflow in action
Whether you're looking to improve estimating, streamline design, strengthen site operations, gain better control of assets or improve commercial performance, ScaffPlan Workflow gives you the flexibility to start with the area that will make the biggest difference today – and connect the rest as your business grows.