Project Management Software for UK AV Integrators & Smart-Home Installers

BRCKS is project management software for UK AV integrators and smart-home installers — the CEDIA-tier residential integrators and boutique commercial AV teams delivering distributed audio, lighting control, home cinema, network infrastructure and control-system programming across long-running fit-out projects. Every cable pull photo, rack elevation, patch schedule, programmer commissioning note and client sign-off is captured from the WhatsApp messages your installers are already sending — and filed automatically against the right project, the right rack and the right room.

The result: your project record is finally as detailed as the work. Rack elevations that match the as-built. Cable schedules that survive the second-fix carpenter chopping through your CAT6. Commissioning packs the client actually has on file when the touchpanel needs a firmware update in year three.

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Why UK AV Integrators Choose BRCKS

AV integration is a project shape almost nothing else matches. A single high-end residential job runs 6–18 months, involves first-fix cable pulls happening months before you touch a piece of kit, sequences behind plasterers, joiners, decorators and the electrician, and ends with a commissioning phase that can stretch weeks. In the middle of it, your team is coordinating with a main contractor, an interior designer, a lighting designer, a network specialist and often a Crestron/Lutron/Control4 programmer working remotely.

The mainstream AV project tools (D-Tools, Jetbuilt) are estimating and quoting engines — brilliant at proposal, thin on the delivery side. Construction platforms don't understand rack schedules, patch panels or programmer handovers. BRCKS sits alongside your estimating tool and owns the delivery phase: capturing site photos, cable route decisions, first-fix marks, rack updates and commissioning notes from the WhatsApp your installers are already using.

What BRCKS Does for an AV Team

Rack elevations and cable schedules as living documents. Every rack photo from site is filed against the rack it belongs to. Every cable label captured in WhatsApp lands on the schedule. The as-built pack builds itself over the life of the project rather than being reconstructed in a panic the week before handover.

First-fix evidence. Cable routes photographed before the plasterers close the walls — critical when something needs troubleshooting two months later and you need to know exactly where the CAT6 runs.

Remote programmer collaboration. Your Crestron or Lutron programmer sits at their desk in a different city. BRCKS gives them a live feed of on-site progress — photos of the finished rack, the completed touchpanel install, the network drop that's just been terminated — without a single Zoom call.

Commissioning and handover packs. Rack elevations, IP schedule, user accounts, programmer notes and a full photo history — one downloadable pack, ready for the client and for you when a service call lands in year three.

Coordinating with the Main Contractor

On residential AV, you are almost never the principal contractor — you're a specialist trade fitting in behind decorators and ahead of the client walk-through. That means your project record needs to survive independently of the main contractor's system, and hold up if a delay claim, damaged-cable dispute or missed sign-off ever gets contested. BRCKS gives you the dated, photographed contemporaneous record you need — captured from the WhatsApp your installers were sending anyway — and lets you loop the main contractor in without giving them the whole system.

Pricing

BRCKS is £40 per seat per month for your project managers and office team. Every installer, subcontractor, remote programmer and client contact is free. Full pricing on the pricing page, 14-day free trial, card required at signup.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is BRCKS built for CEDIA-level AV integrators?

Yes. BRCKS is built for UK residential and boutique commercial AV integration teams delivering multi-room audio, lighting control, home cinema, control systems and network infrastructure. It handles the shape of long-running AV projects — first-fix, second-fix and commissioning — rather than one-visit service work.

Does it replace D-Tools or Jetbuilt?

No. D-Tools and Jetbuilt are estimating and proposal engines; BRCKS owns the delivery phase — site photos, first-fix evidence, rack updates, programmer collaboration and commissioning packs. They complement rather than replace each other.

Can my remote programmer see project progress?

Yes. Remote programmers get a filtered view of the project — rack photos, network drops, touchpanel installs — updated live from the WhatsApp messages your on-site team is already sending. No extra login needed.

Do my installers need to install another app?

No. Every installer works from WhatsApp — the app on the phone they already carry. Zero downloads, zero logins, zero training.