CMS Desk 2025 Recap: New Apps & Platform Updates
Over the past year, CMS Desk has taken a significant step forward in expanding its construction management platform. Driven by direct feedback from contractors and project teams, development has focused on extending practical capability, improving usability, and ensuring that every application supports real on-site and commercial challenges.
This recap brings together the key highlights of the year, including the launch of multiple new applications, platform-wide design improvements, and continued engagement with the construction industry.
Platform Expansion: A Broader, More Connected Ecosystem
During the year, CMS Desk introduced a series of new applications designed to address gaps commonly found in fragmented construction workflows. Rather than operating as standalone tools, each new app has been built to integrate into the wider CMS Desk ecosystem, ensuring consistent data, shared audit trails and clearer oversight.
The result is a more complete platform that supports projects from planning and mobilisation through to delivery, payment and ongoing compliance.
New Applications Launched This Year
A major milestone for CMS Desk in 2025 was the publication of several new applications, significantly expanding the scope of the platform.
- SubPay was introduced to streamline subcontractor and day-rate payments, linking verified work data directly to payment workflows. This reduces disputes, improves transparency and supports stronger financial control.
- Fleet Manager provides clearer oversight of vehicles and plant, helping teams track usage, availability and compliance in one central system.
- Stock It supports materials and inventory management, giving project teams better visibility of stock levels, movement and usage across sites.
- Call Out was developed to support rapid communication and response workflows, helping teams manage incidents, requests or urgent site actions more effectively.
- Target enables teams to set, track and manage operational or performance targets, supporting accountability and continuous improvement.
- SnagIt focuses on quality and defect management, making it easier to record, track and close snags with photo evidence and clear accountability.
- ShareIt improves document and information sharing across teams, ensuring the right people have access to the right information at the right time.
- Safety Suit strengthens health and safety management by supporting inspections, reporting and compliance tracking in a structured digital format.
- Skedge supports workforce and activity scheduling, helping teams avoid overbooking, reduce clashes and maintain programme control.
Together, these applications extend CMS Desk beyond core management functions into a more comprehensive operational platform, while maintaining a consistent user experience across all modules.
Design Refresh: Logos, Dashboard and User Experience
Alongside functional expansion, CMS Desk underwent a platform-wide design refresh. Application logos were redesigned to create a clearer, more cohesive visual identity across the ecosystem. This improves recognition and reinforces how each app fits within the wider CMS Desk platform.
The dashboard experience was also refined, with clearer layouts, improved data hierarchy and more intuitive navigation. These changes are designed to help users access critical information faster, whether they are working on-site or managing projects at a portfolio level.
The redesign reflects a continued focus on usability, ensuring the platform remains practical for site teams while delivering the depth required by commercial and management users.
Industry Engagement and Events
Throughout the year, CMS Desk remained actively engaged with the construction industry through key events such as the London Build Expo 2025. These events provided valuable opportunities to demonstrate new applications, discuss real-world use cases, and gather feedback directly from contractors and project teams.
Insights from these conversations have played an important role in shaping both feature development and design decisions, ensuring the platform continues to reflect how construction teams actually work.
What This Means for Construction Teams
The developments delivered this year are designed to achieve three core outcomes:
- Greater operational control through an expanded and connected application set
- Reduced risk through improved visibility, traceability and compliance workflows
- Higher user adoption through consistent design and improved usability
Rather than adding complexity, CMS Desk’s evolution focuses on removing friction from everyday processes and supporting more confident decision-making.
Looking Ahead
With a significantly broader application portfolio now in place, CMS Desk enters the next phase of development focused on deeper automation, improved reporting insight and continued refinement of the user experience.
As project demands continue to evolve, CMS Desk remains committed to building a platform that scales with construction teams, practical on-site, robust commercially, and adaptable for the future.