Conflow™
Purpose-Built ERP for Oxcon
Estimating, forecasting, and cost management — unified.
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The Pace of Change
November 2025 — three frontier AI models released in 12 days
AI agents can now operate autonomously, solving complex engineering tasks. Companies that build the infrastructure today will capitalise on every leap that follows.
AI: Automated Estimating
Tender Comes In
Upload the client's SOQ spreadsheet
Agent Builds Estimate
Pulls from library, previous buildups, asks clarifying questions
You Review
Item-by-item proposed buildup ready for approval
Approve & Move On
Initial estimate in minutes, not days
AI: Talk to Your Data
No SQL. No Power BI. Just ask.
- "How much did we spend on concrete in the last project?"
- "When was the latest concrete pour and in which project?"
- "Show me P&G buildups for all $1M+ jobs"
- "Compare our bridge estimates to actuals over the last 3 years"
Extract insights you'd never have time to dig for manually.
The Conflow™ Vision
Today
- Forecasting: 2 days
- Cashflow: Days of Excel
- Estimating: Hours to set up
- Manual data entry everywhere
Conflow™
- Forecasting: 2 hours
- Cashflow: 2 hours
- Estimating: Minutes
- AI handles the busywork
The Trifecta
No off-the-shelf solution combines these three. Conflow™ will.
Construction Schedule
Schedule of Quantities
Budget & Forecast
Linked together. What-if scenarios. Impact at a glance.
The Tools We Use Today
In late 2022, we researched and implemented the best off-the-shelf solutions available.
These tools work. But we're compromising and working around at every level.
The Pain: Estimating
- Slow to open, constantly getting kicked out
- Too many clicks to find or reuse a previous item
- No easy copy-paste — basic functionality missing
- Creating a composite item takes 5-6 clicks instead of one
- Excel upload demands a very specific structure or it fails
- Section numbering locked to rigid alpha-numeric format
- Resource library full of duplicates and outdated rates
- No way to find good templates or examples from past projects
The Pain: Forecasting
- Can't align SOQ items with cost budget breakdown
- Hard to see what's been spent vs what's committed
- No visibility on how spending will occur over time
- No link between costs and programme
- Ends up in Excel — every time
- 2-day forecasting exercise that still doesn't give confidence
Why Is This Possible Now?
In 2022, custom solutions were too expensive. The world has changed.
Bespoke is now viable. You still need product expertise, but dev costs have plummeted.
What Stays, What Changes
Stays
Xero (accounting) • iPayroll (payroll) • Procore (documents)
Better Integrated
Seamless data flow between all systems
New: Conflow™
Estimating • Forecasting • Cashflow • AI Layer
Replaced
Benchmark Estimating (Phase 1) • Workbench (Phase 2)
Let Me Show You
Modern Estimating Prototype
Upload SOQ → Item tree → Review buildups
Auto Estimate
Natural language queries against your data
→ Live Demo
Phased Delivery
Estimating
- Modern estimating UI (replace Benchmark)
- Maintain full current BM functions
- SOQ import & item tree
- Resource library & templates
Forecasting
- Cost-to-date integration with Workbench
- Forecast from committed costs
- Program upload & integration
Full Phase 1
- Cashflow forecasting
- Progress claim forecasting
- Reporting & analytics
- Incorporate feedback & deploy
Cost Management
- AP approvals & invoice processing
- Subclaims & cost coding
- Xero integration
- Tender Management CRM
Building for the Future
AI is moving fast. We don't know what's coming in 3 or 6 months.
But Conflow™ sets up the infrastructure to capture every new capability as it emerges.
- Oxcon becomes an AI-enabled company
- Structure in place to benefit from whatever comes next
- Putting your best foot forward
Security & Data Protection
Same as Your Existing SaaS
Data shared with AI providers is no different from what Xero or Workbench already has access to today
M365 Authentication
Access only through your existing Microsoft 365 login — behind the same firewall you already trust
Prompt Injection Protection
Established guardrails prevent AI agents from being manipulated through user chat interactions
No New Risk
The risk profile is no greater than what Oxcon already accepts today — bounded by your existing M365 security
The Investment
Think of it as upgrading from a Corolla to a Land Cruiser — purpose-built for tough conditions, modern, capable — at half the running cost.
That's just direct cost. Not counting time saved, missed opportunities recovered, and insights unlocked.
Next Steps
- Refine functionality requirements together
- Lock in commercial terms
- Begin Phase 1 development
- Regular demos & feedback loops
Let's build the dream.