On 15 October 2026, Access Construction unveiled Access Evo, an agentic AI platform purpose-built for the construction sector (GlobeNewsWire, 15 October 2026). The goal: transform current management systems from simple data repositories into autonomous systems of action capable of operating across the three pillars of construction — estimation, site management and finance.
Context: a leading UK software group accelerating on AI
Access Construction is the construction division of Access Group, a British software publisher that posted revenues exceeding £1.15 billion for the financial year ended June 2025. Its software suite serves 130,000 users in construction, primarily across the UK, Ireland, the United States and Australia, built around three core products: Access ConQuest (estimating and tendering), Access Fonn (mobile-first site management) and Access Coins (financial ERP, operations and workforce management).
Access Evo is not a redesign of these products. It is a transversal AI layer that connects them and maintains context between operational and financial activities throughout a project’s lifecycle. Alex Boury, Managing Director of Access Construction, frames the problem being solved: “Construction companies have invested heavily in software, but the value remains locked inside data siloed across individual applications.”
What Access Evo changes in practice for construction
The platform is built around four distinct components:
- Access Evo Navigator: a role-based workspace (project manager, financial controller, site manager) that centralises tasks, priorities and alerts without requiring users to navigate between multiple applications.
- Access Evo Researcher: a secure AI research assistant connected to the company’s business data, enabling natural-language queries across site reports, estimates and financial positions.
- Access Evo Assistants: conversational agents that automate specialist tasks (bank reconciliation, budget control, service dispatch) while keeping final validation with the human.
- Access Evo Workflow: a drag-and-drop interface for connecting distributed data between ConQuest, Fonn and Coins without custom development.
The practical benefit for construction IT leaders: reducing the lag between field operations and finance. When a site manager records a cost variance or a material delivery, Access Evo can trigger a financial alert and update the budget position with no re-keying. Steve Higgins, Construction Director at Ascia (a specialist contractor), captures the expectation: “Streamlining repetitive tasks and aligning data could sharpen focus on quality and customer experience.”
On the security side, Access Group highlights its ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 (AI) certifications, alongside an architecture in which client data remains isolated and is not used to train external models — a non-trivial consideration for construction groups handling sensitive contract data.
What to watch
Access Evo is available now in the UK, Irish, US and Australian markets. But the promise of agentic AI in construction runs into a well-known challenge for implementers: data quality in construction ERP systems is frequently insufficient to feed autonomous agents reliably. Before deploying Navigator or the Assistants, firms will need to ensure their reference data — cost codes, work breakdown structures, analytical chart of accounts — is accurate enough to be trusted. The real test will come from the first production customer results, expected in early 2027.
Also worth watching: Access Group’s ability to differentiate Access Evo from US-native construction platforms such as Procore and Trimble, where AI-assisted workflows are already becoming table stakes, and its strategy for expanding Coins’ footprint in continental European markets where it remains less well known.
For further reading, see our construction ERP systems comparison 2026 and our construction ERP sector guide. For background on Access Group’s international trajectory, read our article on the Access Coins Evo US launch.
