The Merger Special: Why C-Link and EstimateOne Joined Forces to Change Construction

Register your interest for the Strategy Summit Event at the Churchill War Rooms on June 26th here - https://c-link.com/C-Link-Churchill-War-Rooms-Event

In this special Thursday edition of Own the Build, Paul Heming is joined by all four co-founders from C-Link and E1 to announce something major: C-Link has officially merged with E1.

This isn’t your standard acquisition. It’s a union born from years of lived experience and frustration—estimators and QSs working in silos, disconnected systems, and too much manual work. In this lively roundtable, Paul and Chris Barber (C-Link) sit down with Mike Ashcroft and Andrew Ritchie (E1) to talk about:

• How the merger came to be — including faxes, pubs, and smashed car windows
• Why estimators and QSs need to stop working in isolation
• The real handover issues and how most data is lost after the tender
• The "Golden Thread" of procurement — and how this platform finally delivers it
• Their shared vision: Build better buildings, more profitably, with tools that actually make work (and life) easier

💡 Whether you’re a QS, estimator, commercial leader, or tech-curious project manager — this is a rare look behind the curtain at a construction-tech merger driven by people who’ve lived the pain and decided to do something about it.

🎧 P.S. For Mike’s personal journey from cadet estimator to co-founder of E1, check out Episode 220!

Send us a text

Want to connect with Paul?

Paul is on Linkedin here and would love to talk. You can also connect with Paul at [email protected] or through, C-Link.

Watch the Video to learn more; you can book a demo by clicking here.

C-Link is software built by Quantity Surveyors for Main Contractors. We save 600 hours of Quantity Surveying time per project in automation. We can make your QS’ so much more efficient.