Part of our HR & People agents
AI agents for HR teams in construction
Actionist is an AI automation tool whose agents operate the apps your construction HR team uses, from chasing tickets and starters by hand to expiry warnings raised weeks early and packs ready before day one.
Construction HR teams get back the hours lost to ticket chasing, applicant sorting, and starter paperwork.
AI Employees for Construction HR & People in 4 simple steps
Manual Time
We'll go over where you currently waste your time doing manual tasks.
Actionist Automations
We'll show you exactly how Actionist can automate these manual tasks.
Your Benefits
How much time and money you'll save by onboarding AI agents.
Easy to use
We'll show you how easy it is to enable AI across your business.
Where you spend your time
We know how your week actually goes
- Operatives hold the tickets the job needsCards and certificates are checked daily, so a lapse is raised weeks before anyone reaches the site gate.
- Trade applications read the day they arriveEach applicant's trade, tickets, and travel distance are summarised before a good ganger takes another offer.
- Starters ready, leavers closed out cleanlyContract packs, PPE sizes, and induction slots are prepared in advance, and exits get a full return checklist.
- Weather days and absence logged onceA rained-off day or a missed shift is recorded in one place, ready for the person who decides what happens next.
- Apprentices tracked to the grant claimCollege attendance and portfolio evidence are chased on a schedule, so the CITB claim is not assembled in a panic.
- Built around your crewsThese are examples of what a construction HR agent can do. Build a custom agent for any people task you repeat.
And hundreds of other tasks you do manually..
An agent can take a lot off your team's plate. Take a look below to see the time and cost you could save by adding AI agents to your Construction HR & People team's day.
Where the hours go
A CSCS card or a working at height ticket lapses quietly, and the first anyone hears of it is when a site manager turns an operative away at the gate or a client audit finds the gap.
An agent checks every expiry date daily against the training matrix, raises a 60-day warning, and drafts the refresher booking for your approval, so cards are renewed before a crew is stood down.
Applications from two job boards and a careers form land in different inboxes while managers are on site, so the ganger you wanted accepts another offer before anyone has read the CV.
An agent reads each application as it arrives, checks tickets, trade, and travel distance, and adds a short summary to one shortlist, so the strong applicants reach a manager the same day.
A ten-person crew is due to mobilise on Monday, and contracts, right-to-work copies, boot sizes, and induction slots get chased one starter at a time through the week before.
An agent builds each starter's pack from the signed offer, drafts the PPE order and induction booking, and lists what is still missing, so Monday starts with a checked crew list.
Apprentices miss day release or leave portfolio evidence unfiled, and by the time the CITB claim is due nobody can show the attendance and certificates it depends on.
An agent checks attendance with the college each week, chases the evidence assessors need, and compiles the claim pack ahead of the deadline, ready for you to check and submit.
Actionist Will Automate
What one automation looks like
A week with your Construction HR & People agents
Some of the apps for your Construction HR & People team
Some of the HR apps your construction agent operates for you. Hundreds more are in the Actionist App Store.
Your Agent wakes up Automatically whenever something happens
Your agents watch the apps you already use and act the moment something happens, usually within about a minute, handle it based on your instructions, 24/7.
When an application lands through a board alert or the careers form, the agent reads the CV within about a minute, checks for a current CSCS card, the right trade, and travel distance to the site, logs the applicant in the tracker, and adds a short summary for the HR lead. Nothing goes back to the applicant until a person approves the draft reply.
Your benefits
Where the time goes back
What you do manually today
What your agent runs for you
- HR120 min / weekBooking interviews around site managers
Someone trades messages with a manager who is on a roof and an applicant who cannot reply until lunch, offering slots until one fits, then sends the confirmation.
HR Agent0 minAgent finds the real gaps and drafts the invitationAn agent reads the manager's calendar for gaps between inspections, drafts the invitation, and rebooks anyone who cannot make it, all queued for your approval.
- HR110 min / weekKeeping the training matrix true
Someone opens the matrix, types in each new certificate number, files the scan, and scrolls the column for dates falling due, usually the week a site manager asks.
HR Agent0 minAgent updates it from the certificates and warns earlyAn agent reads the certificate scans into the matrix, files the copies, and lists everything expiring in 60 days ranked by next site start.
- HR150 min / weekPreparing a crew of starters
Contracts, boot sizes, bank details, and induction slots are chased starter by starter through the week before a crew mobilises, and something is always missing on Monday.
HR Agent0 minAgent builds each pack and lists what is blockedAn agent assembles each starter's pack from the signed offer, drafts the PPE order and induction booking, and shows who is blocked and why.
- HR90 min / weekLogging stand-down days and holiday requests
Rained-off days live in text messages and holiday requests in notebooks, and everything is reconciled by hand on Friday for the people who handle pay.
HR Agent0 minAgent logs stand-downs and checks holidayAn agent records stand-down hours as managers report them and checks each holiday request against the programme, leaving approval to the manager.
- HR75 min / weekClosing out a leaver
Someone writes a list from memory of the PPE, tools, fobs, and access to recover, then chases the site manager for each one over the following fortnight.
HR Agent0 minAgent builds the checklist and chases the kitAn agent drafts the leaver checklist with an owner and a date for each item, then chases anything outstanding after the last day.
What that's worth
Calculate what your team saves
Based on typical team usage: the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.
How easy it is to use
We'll do all the heavy lifting for you.
From entering your website address to having a working AI team, no effort from you.
- Step 1
Enter your website
- We'll research your business
- Automatically configure everything for you
- Step 2
Actionist Auto
Optional- Watches you work
- Creates your agents, workflows and schedules
- Step 3
Marketplace
- Hundreds of apps, plus agents and workflows
- Pre-configured by other users
- Step 4
Invite your team
- We'll automatically onboard them too
- Focus on the things that matter
Enter your website URL for a personalised demo
See exactly what Actionist would automate for your business.
You stay in control
An agent handling applicant details, ID copies, and absence records only earns trust if you stay in control. Actionist is built so you see everything it touched, approve anything that reaches an employee or applicant, and keep every personal record on your side.
A reply to an applicant, a refresher notice, or a welcome message is drafted first and queued for your sign-off. Nothing goes out on its own unless you widen that autonomy yourself.
The agent reads applications, gathers absence facts, and prepares review packs. Whether to hire, whether to act on an absence, and what a review concludes always stay with you.
Each ticket flag, shortlist note, and checklist item is written to a timestamped trail, so you can show what changed, when, and on whose approval.
ID copies, contracts, and review notes are encrypted and never used to train any model. Self-host on a VPS if personal data must stay on your own infrastructure.
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Frequently asked questions
Does my construction HR team need to be technical to use Actionist?
How do I get started with an HR agent for our crews?
How do I make customised AI agents for how our HR team works?
How quickly can I set a construction HR agent up?
Where does our employee data live, and is it used to train AI models?
How does an agent work with our HR system or ATS if there is no API?
Will it message an applicant or an operative without me seeing it first?
Does the agent decide who we hire or who stays off site?
Can it check CSCS cards and tickets for us?
See an agent flag every expiring ticket and prepare your next starter pack
Book a free demo and watch an Actionist agent read the training matrix, flag the cards due for renewal, and draft a starter pack, all ready for your approval.