What's the difference between Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials is a verified self-assessment against five security controls. Cyber Essentials Plus tests the same controls with a hands-on technical audit by a licensed assessor. You must hold Cyber Essentials before doing Plus.

Do you do the work, or just assess us?

We do the work. Foresight runs the gap analysis, carries out hands-on remediation, prepares the evidence and liaises with the assessor, so you pass first time rather than paying to re-sit a failed audit.

How much does Cyber Essentials cost?

The IASME assessment fee is tiered by size from around £320 + VAT and includes £25,000 cyber liability insurance for eligible UK businesses. Cyber Essentials Plus is scoped to your estate, typically from around £1,380 + VAT.

Construction

AI for Construction: where can construction use AI safely?

AI can save your team real hours — here’s where it genuinely helps construction, where to be careful, and how to use it safely.

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Why Foresight

Cyber Essentials Plus certified
Microsoft CSP & Copilot specialists
Greater Manchester, since 2006
Honest advice — not licence-selling

Quick answer

Construction firms can use AI to speed up tenders and bids, summarise long specifications and contracts, draft reports and health-and-safety documentation, and answer common queries — giving your office team hours back. Keep AI to business and project-office data, verify anything safety-critical, and keep a human in the loop.

Where AI helps

Practical uses for construction

Area	Where AI fits
Tenders & bids	Drafting and tidying submissions — Copilot
Documents	Summarising specs and contracts — Copilot
Reporting	Progress and H&S documentation — Copilot
Enquiries	Common client/supplier questions — an agent

Doing it safely

Governance first

Anything safety-critical must be checked by a person — AI assists, it doesn’t decide. Before rolling anything out, tidy permissions, put a simple AI usage policy in place, keep sensitive data out of public tools, and keep a human in the loop — all part of our AI Adoption service. See also IT support for construction.

Free downloads

Start today with our templates

The same free, ready-to-use templates we use in our audits:

“Day in the Life” AI template

Find exactly where AI will save your team time.

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AI Usage Policy template

A short, practical AI policy to keep your data safe.

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FAQs

Common questions

Can construction companies use AI?

Yes — for tenders, summarising documents, reporting, H&S documentation and routine enquiries. It gives your office team time back.

Is AI safe to use in construction?

For business and project-office tasks, yes — with governance in place. Anything safety-critical must always be verified by a person.

What can AI do for a construction firm?

Speed up bids and tenders, summarise specs and contracts, draft reports and documentation, and handle common queries.

Will AI replace construction staff?

No — it removes repetitive admin so your team can focus on delivery, relationships and the work that needs judgement.

Put AI to work — safely

Start with a fixed-fee AI Readiness Audit and get a clear, honest plan — and the licences you actually need.

See AI Adoption as a Service Call 0161 738 1399