Curtis Moore (Cladding Systems) Ltd is a leading specialist contractor in building envelope solutions, delivering roofing, cladding, and façade systems on projects across the UK. The company operates across many sectors, including some of the most complex and highly regulated environments, such as nuclear, defence, and energy.They have relied on Causeway's estimating solutions for more than five years.
Committed to future-proofing the business and securing its IT operations, Curtis Moore saw clear value in moving to CausewayOne Estimating, a new cloud-native bidding platform that would remove the risk of any downtime from on-premise servers. The migration was seamless and the team was up and running with minimal retraining. Today, CausewayOne is the live operational environment for all their estimating work, giving the team built-in accuracy checks that protect margin on complex specialist bids and the confidence that their estimating capability is available whenever and wherever they need it.
The Challenge
Like many specialist contractors, Curtis Moore had relied on Causeway's hosted estimating solution for years. The system was embedded in how the business worked. Richard McLuckie, Senior Estimator had built a library of approximately 9,000 individual items, materials and rates specific to the company's roofing and cladding packages. Causeway was, in his words, “the engine of their commercial operation”.
While the business had realised significant value from the hosted solution, its on-premise nature exposed an underlying vulnerability. When a hardware failure on the local server interrupted access to the estimating environment, it highlighted a simple reality: with pricing and live tenders running continuously, the business could not afford for its estimating capability to depend on a single piece of local infrastructure.
"Not being able to access our on-premise estimating software was a real problem, not only for me, but for the business in general. I live in CausewayOne Estimating almost every day."
Richard McLuckie, Senior Estimator, Curtis Moore
The incident made one thing clear, in a business where every tender counts, relying on on-premise servers was a risk the business could no longer afford to carry. Causeway’s new cloud-native solution was the right step to protect business-critical work
The Solution
Curtis Moore's move to CausewayOne Estimating was a natural next step for a business already committed to Causeway. The decision was driven by two clear requirements: guaranteed accessibility and robust, hosted security.
CausewayOne Estimating is built on enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure, meaning the platform is available whenever there is an internet connection, whether in the office, on site, or working remotely via a mobile hotspot. Single Sign-On (SSO) support makes access both seamless and secure, removing the dependency on on-premise infrastructure entirely.
"As long as we have internet access, we can use it. That just seemed a more sensible solution, if you have a catastrophic failure, you need to know your estimating is still running."
Richard McLuckie, Senior Estimator, Curtis Moore
Making the Move
For any long-term user, switching estimating platforms carries risk. For Richard, with a library of nearly 9,000 line items representing decades of trade-specific knowledge, data migration was the primary concern before switching.
In practice, the transition was smooth. The library ported across intact and the platform's familiar logic meant the learning curve was minimal. For existing Causeway desktop users, the move to CausewayOne requires no wholesale retraining. The underlying logic of how estimates are built, libraries are structured and resources are managed remains consistent.
"It's pretty intuitive. Everything becomes intuitive within half a day. I don't think it would be a difficult learn even if you'd never used Causeway Estimating before."
Richard McLuckie, Senior Estimator, Curtis Moore
The Benefits
The true value of CausewayOne Estimating is the rigour it brings to the pricing process. Estimating is a discipline where a single missed rate or uncosted quantity can erode margin or cost a bid. CausewayOne addresses this directly.
Accuracy that protects margin
The system flags incomplete entries, a rate without a quantity, or a quantity without a rate, catching the kind of mistakes that pass unnoticed in a spreadsheet. For a business pricing complex specialist packages across multiple live tenders, this isn't a convenience. It's a commercial safeguard.
Library-driven speed
Centralised, trade-specific resource libraries stay current, whilst functionality like drag-and-drop speeds up everyday workflows. Pulling together a complete estimate is significantly faster and more consistent than any manual approach.
Always-on accessibility
The cloud-hosted platform means estimating can continue regardless of office IT status, from another desk, another site, or via a mobile connection. For Curtis Moore, that resilience is now a business-critical requirement.
"The accuracy it provides is the key thing. Being able to drill down into the data, see what's right, what's wrong, what you've missed, trying to eliminate errors. That's the beating heart of Causeway and what makes it vital for construction businesses."
Richard McLuckie, Senior Estimator, Curtis Moore
A Long-Term Partnership
Curtis Moore’s long-term relationship with Causeway isn't coincidence; it reflects a consistent experience of a supplier that is approachable, commercially minded and focused on making the software work for its users.
"Causeway as a business have always been approachable. Everybody's been very helpful, very keen on making sure it works for the client. They've been very customer-focused, which is always handy."
Richard McLuckie, Senior Estimator, Curtis Moore
For Curtis Moore, CausewayOne is now the live operational environment for all their estimating work, and Richard remains a committed advocate for what it delivers. Asked what he'd tell other desktop users weighing the move, he is unequivocal: “It's accessible, and accessibility is vital. I would recommend it to anybody.”
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