Search for all construction project leads in your target area
Discover the latest construction projects in any sector or region.
Recruiters place more construction candidates with Barbour ABI
Recruiters in the construction sector utilise Barbour ABI’s precise project planning data and up-to-date contact information to place their candidates throughout the industry.
Over 3,000 companies win more business with Barbour ABI
Stop guessing, start placing
At the time of contract award, be the first in the industry to pick up the phone and start placing your construction candidates. Recruiters use the Construction Project Leads Platform to fill more roles than with any other tool in the industry.
With Barbour ABI, Recruiters can:
- Track projects at contract award
- Gain new contacts
- Forecast placement demand
- And so much more
How we support you
1-2-1 Support
Our leading team of experts are with you from day one. Get catered support throughout your subscription.
Planning Stages
Place your pool of subcontractors as soon as possible with contract award data at your fingertips.
Contact Information
Get access to key contacts on your ideal projects so you can start having the right conversations.
Custom Alerts
Know as soon as your target projects update by setting custom alerts straight to your inbox.
Barbour ABI Products for Recruiters
Construction Project Leads
Construction project leads you can actually use to win more work, make new connections, and understand industry relationships. Get access to GDPR compliant contacts and start having the right conversations at the right time.
Forecast Bulletin
The Construction Forecast Bulletin is an essential investment for professionals in the industry who need to stay ahead of an evolved market. This report provides insights into upcoming trends, forecasts, and sector-specific growth opportunities.
Get live feeds of your target projects
You tell us what your target regions, sectors, planning stages, value bands – and we set you up with a saved search. Your saved search updates everyday with new information our researchers have found.
This is a ‘set it and forget it’ feature to help you focus on making more connections, and placing more candidates. Think of it as your already organised toolbox ready to go to work.
Skip the daily filtering and save your future pipeline with Barbour ABI.
Speak directly to those working on projects
Our UK based research team make over one million calls every year to ensure we can get the right project and contact information for you.
Get access to key decision makers contact information on every project, and dig deeper by selecting their company profile and viewing even more contacts from the business.
Roles change hands quickly so our team checks and updates emails and phone numbers regularly. Ready to put our data to the test?
See who's working with who
Do you know which subcontractors predominantly work with which main contractors?
Can you get a detailed view of projects your prospect companies have won? Our Relationships feature gives you instant access to that information so you can build a better placement strategy, and build better connections.
The Barbour ABI Relationships feature is the first and only of it’s kind in the industry. We track and record thousands of company relationships at your fingertips.
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Build your pipeline with 10 free leads from the market-leading construction intelligence platform
See how the industry succeeds with Barbour ABI
Poly-Pac has seen turnover treble since working with Barbour ABI
Poly-Pac, a polycarbonate systems supplier, partnered with Barbour ABI to expand in the UK by targeting key decision-makers.
Using the platform, they identified opportunities, engaged with architects and contractors, and delivered CPD presentations.
In two years, their turnover tripled, their specification network grew tenfold, and they presented CPDs to over 300 professionals.
Barbour ABI’s support and market insights have been crucial to their success, helping them streamline outreach and build industry relationships. Poly-Pac credits the partnership for aligning with their growth goals and professional standards.
How British Polythene Ltd built a winning strategy with Barbour ABI
British Polythene Limited, a Berry Global company, specializes in high-performance films and laminates.
Their biggest challenge as a UK manufacturer is tracking product specifications throughout construction. For 13 years, Barbour ABI has provided the solution, helping them monitor specifications from tender to contract and target new projects.
Using Barbour ABI’s data, they’ve enhanced marketing efforts, built stronger relationships with contractors, and improved specification success rates.
After trialling a competitor’s platform, they found outdated data, poor service, and hidden contract clauses. They continue to rely on Barbour ABI’s superior accuracy, fast updates, and collaborative support.
Larsen Building Products Wins More Contracts with Barbour ABI
Larsen Building Products, a supplier of cementitious mortars and tiling products, has used Barbour ABI for 15 years to track projects early and secure key contracts. Previously, they relied on manual searches and cold calls to find leads.
Now, the platform helps them identify relevant projects, connect with decision-makers, and track opportunities through their CRM.
Real-time notifications keep them ahead of competitors, ensuring they reach the right people at the right time. Larsen credits Barbour ABI for streamlining their process, enhancing efficiency, and giving them a strategic edge in winning new business.
Hanson found huge opportunities they didn’t know existed
Barbour ABI is the entity that provides Hanson with the essential information they need and is at the heart of everything they do.
Prior to using Barbour ABI, the challenges Hanson faced were doing business in a non-digital world and although postal information was useful, it wasn’t as easy to filter through and be highly targeted.
The Barbour ABI platform has revolutionised this, as Hanson are now able to focus on the right opportunities efficiently using the granular search functionality.
Simplify your project sourcing with AI-powered search
The first of it’s kind in construction lead generation – Just Ask, our AI-powered search. Just Ask is an intuitive, seamless tool on our platform that helps you get to projects you need quicker than ever before.
Need to know the top projects happening in the North West in the residential sector? Just Ask. Want to refine after your initial search? Just Ask does that, too.
This is the fastest way you can see leads suited to your business in real time.
Your leads, your way
Source the hottest work in your target areas and manage those leads all in one place.
Our platform allows teams to tag, favourite, share, and take notes on leads so you can see your pipeline every time you log on.
Teams can also schedule calls and check ups via our calendar feature that links straight to your email software.
Placing candidates made easy
Sourcing smarter placement
With Barbour ABI, Recruiters place construction candidates by identifying upcoming projects, contract awards, and the key companies involved — often before roles are publicly advertised, all under one platform.
With access to detailed project data and direct contact information for decision-makers, recruiters can proactively approach contractors and developers, offering skilled candidates at exactly the right time.
This gives you a competitive advantage, and ensures you’re placing candidates into high-demand positions across the construction sector.
The manual method
Without Barbour ABI, Recruiters place construction candidates in a manual, often reactive method.
Recruiters rely on advertised job vacancies that may be published well after contracts are awarded and other Recruiters have already started building connections.
Searching job boards, monitoring LinkedIn, and cold-calling without understanding labour needs isn’t a sustainable method for building better connections and actually placing within the industry.
Are you ready to ditch the manual method for a smarter solution on one platform?
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FAQs
Our team of UK-based researchers track and report on projects constantly throughout the year. They’re trained to know when they should be in touch with projects, contractors, planners, and developers.
Did you know on the platform you can see when the researcher is due to search for updates? If you need information sooner, you can click our project enquiry button to ask the researcher direct questions about the project or company. We then answer you within a 24 hour window.
Yes. Our extensive contact information allows you to start building new relationships across the industry to win new business.
Whether you’re looking to target a new sector, project type, or trying to get into a competitive space, our information can help you have the right conversations at the right time.
Both!
We provide contact details such as telephone numbers, mobile numbers, and email addresses of people and offices.
Yes – you can export contact lists and project details in a spreadsheet. Select your saved list, the fields you want to export, and hit download.
Absolutely. Our data can be accessed in your own CRM via our API and developer license.
We have an in-house development team, as well as several partners who specialise in manipulating our data for all CRM systems including Microsoft Dynamix, Salesforce, Pipedrive and Hubspot.
No. Your subscription is entirely bespoke. We work with recruitment agencies that have 10+ or 1-3 licenses accounted for in their subscription.
What we care about is you get the subscription that works with your team.
