Alignment before arrival.
We coordinate clients, site teams, operatives and delivery partners so collection works around the realities of a live project.
Construction data infrastructure
Construction data, from the ground up.
Foundation captures and labels real-world construction video. From trades to work packages to repeatable on-site stages. Creating dependable data for the systems shaping how the world gets built.
Explore our approach05Disciplines
08Work packages
38Labelled stages
03Levels of hierarchy
02 / Our specialism
Built for the difficult data
Why others stop where we start.
Most data businesses are designed to collect what is already available. Construction data is different. It sits behind live site access, layered compliance, specialist trades and precise capture requirements.
Foundation brings the relationships, site knowledge and capture discipline together in one operation.
Privacy by design.
Consent, governance and privacy requirements are considered at capture, not added as an afterthought.
The right view of the work.
Camera type, position and angulation are planned around the task and the intended use of the dataset.
We know what matters.
Trade fluency helps us recognise meaningful stages, tools, materials and the moments that deserve a label.
Real work, at real scale.
Established construction relationships provide dependable access to active sites and experienced operatives.
03 / Partnerships
Access already secured
Scale built on signed relationships.
Our construction partnerships are already in place, giving Foundation a direct route to skilled people, varied trades and the volume needed to build meaningful datasets.
1,500
Daily workers across different trades
2.3M
Working hours represented each year
04 / Trade coverage
From discipline to task
Every trade, broken into the work that matters.
The library follows a fixed three level structure. Buyers can move from a broad discipline to a defined work package, then down to the individual repeatable stage captured on site.
Level 01 / Discipline
Masonry
Broad area of construction work
Level 02 / Work package
Bricklaying
Filed as 07_BRK
Level 03 / Stage
Lay bricks and apply mortar
Filed as s6_bricks_mortar
Tape & Joint
- Taping of joints
- First coat application
- Second coat application
- Sanding down
1st Fix
- Setting out metal studs & tracks
- Fixing metal studs & tracks
- Fixing plywood
- Single-side boarding
2nd Fix
- Insulation install
- Measuring & cutting boards
- Fixing boards
Ceilings
- Drilling
- Fixing ceiling metal
- Measuring & cutting boards
- Fixing boards
Window Installation
- Measure window frame openings
- Fix window frames
- Apply waterproof membranes
- Insert glass
- Apply gaskets & beads
- Protection
Floor Screed
- Apply polythene membrane
- Apply floor insulation
- Mixing screed
- Installing & laying screed
Bricklaying
- Install fire barriers
- Install brick tie channels
- Install cavity trays
- Install insulation
- Install shelf angles
- Lay bricks & apply mortar
- Pointing
- Wash down
General Labouring
- Sweeping
- Cleaning
- Wiping down surfaces
- Lifting materials
- Setting materials down
05 / Data journey
From site to platform
Raw footage becomes trusted data.
A controlled journey turns construction activity into a usable asset, with privacy, accuracy and quality built into every stage.
Capture at source
Video is collected on live sites using the camera setup and viewpoint agreed for the brief.
Privacy and anonymisation
Identifying details and sensitive context move through a controlled privacy and anonymisation review.
Label the work
Specialist teams tag trades, stages, tools, materials and the context that makes each clip useful.
Quality assurance
Every record is checked for consistency, completeness and alignment with the agreed specification.
Purpose built platform
Approved data is hosted in a secure platform designed for browsing, filtering and controlled access.
06 / Client needs
The brief comes first
Built around what you need.
Foundation is client first by design. We shape collection around the outcome, adapting the operating model without compromising the quality of the data.
Tell us what you need