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Build it, improve it, look after it.

Nine services grouped three ways: build something new, improve what you already have, look after what you rely on.

01

Build something new.

01.1

Launch a new online product

We design and build new online software products from scratch, for specialised industries that have not been served properly.

GIMLabs is ours, a product that has replaced software the geotech industry had been stuck with for twenty years. Yours could be next. From the first conversation to a working product people pay to use: shaping the idea, designing the interface, building the thing, launching it, and the work that keeps it growing.

  • +Shaping the idea into a real product
  • +Interface and user-experience design
  • +Fast, modern web tools and admin screens
  • +Mobile companion apps where they help
  • +Secure sign-in and user permissions
  • +Subscription and billing
  • +Reliable cloud hosting
  • +Ongoing improvement after launch

01.2

Build custom software for your business

Internal tools and operational systems built around the way your team actually works, rather than forcing your team to fit someone else's product.

For teams in specialised industries where off-the-shelf tools never quite fit. Covers both web-based tools your team uses in a browser and desktop software they install locally. Built to replace the spreadsheets, paper forms, and workarounds that have grown up over time.

  • +Web-based business tools
  • +Desktop applications for Windows and macOS
  • +Working with the data you already have
  • +Secure sign-in and user permissions
  • +Talking to other systems you already use
  • +Reporting and document generation
  • +Works when the internet does not

01.3

Build a mobile app

iPhone and Android software for teams working on site, in the ground, or out in the world.

We have built offline-capable field apps for drilling and site teams, companion apps to desktop or web software, and consumer-facing apps when the fit is right. Native where it matters, cross-platform where it makes sense.

  • +iPhone and iPad apps
  • +Android phone and tablet apps
  • +Works without a signal
  • +Camera, GPS, and sensor access
  • +Push notifications and alerts
  • +App Store and Play Store publishing

02

Improve what you've got.

02.1

Connect hardware to software

Sensors, devices, and equipment that need software to talk to. Or software that needs to talk to equipment in the field.

For physical products with software inside them, and for operational software that reads from drills, probes, sensors, and other site equipment. We work from the chip inside the device up to the cloud it reports to.

  • +Software embedded in devices
  • +Reading data from sensors and equipment
  • +Wireless connections, including where signal is patchy
  • +Sending equipment data to the cloud
  • +Updates delivered to devices over the air

02.2

Add AI to existing software

AI features built into the software your team already uses. Useful, not decorative.

Generic AI does not understand your industry's terminology, formats, or rules. We build AI features into domain software that actually do useful work: suggestions, summaries, extraction, search, trained on how the job is really done.

  • +AI search across your documents and data
  • +Automatic summaries and extraction
  • +Assistants that understand your industry
  • +Honest limits, clear about what AI should not be trusted with

02.3

Replace outdated software

The software running your business was built years ago. It still works, but it is holding you back. We rebuild it properly.

Old systems carry your data, your processes, and the expertise of the people who built them. We rebuild on a modern foundation without losing any of that. GIMLabs is our own proof: we built it to replace tools that had been the industry standard for twenty years.

  • +Preserving your historical data
  • +Rebuilding with workflows your team already knows
  • +Running old and new side-by-side during the transition
  • +Training for the team
  • +Phased rollouts, not big-bang cutovers

03

Connect, design and maintain.

03.1

Integrate your systems

When your tools should talk to each other but do not, and the manual work in the gaps has become a tax on your team.

We connect your software so information flows automatically: sales to accounting, field app to office database, online forms to internal systems. The integration work that stops being a job for humans.

  • +Connecting two or more systems that should share data
  • +Automated data pipelines
  • +Working with tools you already use, including Xero, HubSpot, and Salesforce
  • +Reliable handling when one side goes down

03.2

Design your product

Interface and user-experience design for technical software. Dashboards, data tools, field apps.

Designed for tolerance, not decoration. Clarity under pressure, sensible defaults, error states that help rather than scold, and a rhythm that matches how the work actually gets done.

  • +Understanding what users actually do
  • +Information architecture (what goes where)
  • +Screen design and interaction
  • +Design systems, so everything stays consistent
  • +Accessibility and inclusive design
  • +Handover files engineers can build from

03.3

Look after your live software

For software that is stalled, inherited, or drifting. And for teams who want a senior partner to keep theirs working and improving.

Long-term support and maintenance. New features as the business grows. Upgrading the underlying technology before it becomes urgent. Rescue work when a previous build has gone wrong.

  • +Stabilising stalled or inherited software
  • +Technical reviews of what you have
  • +Ongoing support with clear response times
  • +Building new features safely in a live system
  • +Modernising the underlying technology over time
  • +Incident response when things break

Ready to start?

The project planner walks through the situation in about ten minutes. A quick message also works.