Procurement is where construction’s ambitions meet reality. The point at which programme, cost, risk and quality are either protected or quietly eroded. In a market drenched in price volatility, fragmented supply chains and rising ESG expectations, the old playbook of chasing the lowest number no longer delivers. What matters now is certainty, standardised scopes, transparent comparisons, live market intelligence and disciplined commercial governance that travels from pre-con to handover.

Digital procurement is accelerating that shift. The best teams are connecting estimating, tendering and contract execution into a single workflow; capturing supplier performance data; tightening change control; and surfacing risks early enough to act. Done well, it lifts margins, shortens cycles and strengthens relationships with subcontractors, while giving leadership defensible, real-time visibility of where value is being created or lost. Let’s chat to someone who is looking to save 1 billion construction admin hours through procurement tech.

Alastair Blenkin is the Founder and CEO of ProcurePro, a construction-tech company transforming procurement for main contractors. Beginning his career as a lawyer on major developments for institutional asset owners, Alastair gained expertise in high-volume contracting, commercial strategy, and risk management.

Frustrated by the inefficiencies he encountered, he transitioned into tech to drive meaningful change. Since founding ProcurePro, Alastair has led the company in creating an all-in-one, integrated platform that has powered over 3,500 projects worth more than £38 billion, helping contractors procure 50% faster while saving over hundreds of years of admin time. Alastair’s mission is clear - to save 1 billion construction admin hours and enable the industry to deliver the social infrastructure that supports our lives.

Here's our chat in list form

- What does value in procurement mean?

- Silo’d behaviours of commercial teams in procurement and driving change

- Price volatility and labour shortages and the impact on procurement

- A lowest-bidder-wins culture, carbon and sustainability. How supply chain transparency can facilitate solving these issues.

- AI in procurement: co-pilot or auto-pilot?

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