369 Construction Universe Group

More enquiries. Less admin. A construction business that runs without you on the tools.

Lead generation, automatic follow-up and the admin systems that let you step back and grow, built by a senior quantity surveyor who has spent fourteen years inside construction businesses seeing exactly where they lose time and money.

£250M+of projects delivered as QS, Mace to tier-one specialist contractors
14 yearspricing, negotiating and controlling contracts commercially
Built onefounder of a construction AI platform, SEIS-funded, live with paying contractors
John Ellis in the 369 CUG office
Three doors

Pick the one you came for.

Door one

Grow your construction business

For owners of subcontractors, SME main contractors, developers and consultancies turning over £1m to £10m. You are the phone, the estimator and the office. Enquiries go cold while you are on site, quotes get written at ten at night, and the business stops when you do. That is a systems problem, and it is fixable.

  • 12-week programme: build a lead engine, automate the admin and take yourself out of the day-to-day
  • Done-for-you systems build: CRM, website, AI follow-up, reviews and content, installed and run for you
  • One-to-one year with John, four places, by application
See the programme
Door two

Build yourself

369 Create is a members' community, opening soon, for people who want to think clearly, act with intent and build a life worth the effort. Join the waitlist now for the weekly videos and the free library, and first access when it opens.

  • Weekly videos on the principles that hold up under pressure
  • Free public domain library: Wattles, Hill, Allen and the rest
  • 369 Ultimate Human, a fitness and longevity programme, opening 2027
Join the waitlist
Door three

Build your own home

For self-builders and small developers who want a quantity surveyor's method on their own project: a cost plan that holds, a procurement route that fits, and a build run on numbers rather than hope. The 369 Self-Build Programme reopens in Q1 2027 with training, a members' community and an AI cost and programme assistant built for self-builders.

  • Founding members' waitlist open now, places confirmed before launch
  • £249 a month, 12-month minimum, then monthly until your project completes
  • Free downloads to start with: the cost plan and the 16 steps
Join the waitlist
Why a construction expert, not an agency

Any agency can install a CRM. Very few know what happens to a construction job after the enquiry comes in.

Marketing agencies sell you leads and leave. The enquiry turns into a site visit, a quote, a job, variations, payment applications and a final account, and that is where most construction businesses quietly lose their margin and their evenings. More leads into a business with no systems just means more chaos.

John is a senior quantity surveyor who has introduced commercial systems inside national contractors, run them on his own project management jobs, and built them into software. 369 builds the whole chain, from the first enquiry to getting paid, so the business grows without needing you in every conversation.

Read John's background
Stone new-build, rear elevation with the site team, a 369 commercially managed job
What changes in 12 weeks

Four systems, in the order they pay back.

01

A lead engine

A website and Google profile that bring in enquiries, every enquiry answered automatically, missed calls texted back, reviews requested, and one pipeline showing every lead.

02

Win more of what you quote

A quotation template that protects your price, automatic chasing so no quote goes quiet, and faster pricing with AI.

03

The business without you in it

Job workflows your team follows, invoicing and payment chasing on autopilot, and one weekly email with the numbers that matter.

04

Keep more of the money

A cash-flow forecast, job margins you can see, and variations captured the week they happen. The QS discipline, without the QS.

What clients say

Sixteen reviews. Every one of them five stars.

★★★★★ 5.0 from 16 reviews on Google and Facebook

Richard, self-build client

Charles, client

★★★★★
“With over two decades in the industry and my own construction company, I can confidently say that John's professionalism and knowledge have been invaluable.”
Luke W.Construction company owner · Facebook recommendation
★★★★★
“John has provided the most cost effective consultancy to varying degrees in four projects so far… John saved us a fortune in the soak away drainage that he rationalised to take out the over engineered elements and replace with a cost effective solution, which has never failed.”
Catherine S.Developer, four projects · Google review
★★★★★
“I spoke with John about supplying my photography business and he went above and beyond my expectations. I cannot thank him and his team enough. I would 100% recommend his services.”
Wayne P.Website and systems client · Google review
★★★★★
“I can confidently say that engaging John for the contract management and remote project management on my self-build project ranks among the very best [decisions I've made]. If you want to save yourself time, stress, and potential headaches, I highly recommend John.”
Richard M.Self-builder, Devon · Facebook recommendation
★★★★★
“The advice and service I have received has been outstanding and I will continue working with them as the results speak for themselves. Would highly recommend!”
Tom M.New electrical and renewables company · Google review
★★★★★
“I have been designing, building houses and flats for 30+ yrs… John has assisted me with a couple of projects in North Yorkshire, his knowledge is vast and he goes beyond normal parameters to be helpful.”
Sean E.Developer · Google review
Recent delivery

Real jobs, run commercially.

Self-builds and small developments John has managed or acted as commercial lead on through 369, from foundations to finish.

Forty conversations fill the first cohort. Yours could be one of them.

The application takes four minutes. If the fit is right you get a 20-minute call with John. If it is not, you get told why and pointed at the free resources.