Circet Saves 11% Project Costs & 1,600+ Hours Using Gather on TfL 4LM

<div class="gather-embed"><div class="ge-body" style="padding-bottom:0"><h2 class="ge-anim">The challenge</h2><p class="ge-anim">Before adopting Gather, Circet faced communication issues between site-based construction teams working deep underground and the office-based management team. This led to:</p><ul class="ge-anim"><li><strong>No connectivity underground:</strong> Site teams working in London Underground tunnels had no reliable way to transmit progress data in real time</li><li><strong>Communication breakdown:</strong> Miscommunication between site and office led to lack of clarity on project progress and inefficient delivery</li><li><strong>Scattered information:</strong> Project data was spread across paper forms, WhatsApp groups, email threads, and SMS messages with no central system</li><li><strong>Manual assurance documents:</strong> Cable-Card and Testing Assurance documents were produced manually, consuming hours of administrative time</li></ul><div class="ge-diagram-wrap ge-anim"><div class="ge-diagram-label">From tangled cable routes with no visibility to structured, auto-syncing progress data</div><svg class="ge-diagram-svg" viewBox="0 0 660 190" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="min-width:400px;"><rect x="0" y="0" width="285" height="190" fill="#fff9f9"/><text x="14" y="18" font-size="8.5" font-weight="700" fill="#dc2626" font-family="Inter,system-ui" letter-spacing="0.08em">BEFORE GATHER</text><rect x="20" y="30" width="245" height="130" rx="8" fill="#f5f5f4" stroke="#d6d3d1" stroke-width="1"/><text x="142" y="46" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#78716c" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">UNDERGROUND TUNNEL</text><line x1="40" y1="55" x2="250" y2="55" stroke="#d6d3d1" stroke-width="1"/><path d="M40,75 Q80,60 120,80 T200,70 T250,85" stroke="#ef4444" stroke-width="2" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="4,3"/><path d="M40,95 Q90,110 130,90 T210,100 T250,95" stroke="#f59e0b" stroke-width="2" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="4,3"/><path d="M40,115 Q70,125 110,105 T190,120 T250,110" stroke="#8b5cf6" stroke-width="2" fill="none" stroke-dasharray="4,3"/><text x="80" y="142" font-size="7.5" fill="#ef4444" font-family="Inter,system-ui">? unknown progress</text><text x="160" y="142" font-size="7.5" fill="#f59e0b" font-family="Inter,system-ui">? no visibility</text><circle cx="80" cy="75" r="5" fill="#ef4444" opacity="0.5"/><circle cx="160" cy="100" r="5" fill="#f59e0b" opacity="0.5"/><circle cx="120" cy="110" r="5" fill="#8b5cf6" opacity="0.5"/><text x="142" y="170" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#dc2626" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">No connectivity = no data flow</text><line x1="297" y1="16" x2="297" y2="174" stroke="#e5e5e5" stroke-width="1" stroke-dasharray="4,3"/><line x1="310" y1="95" x2="340" y2="95" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="2.5"/><polygon points="340,90 352,95 340,100" fill="#22c55e"/><rect x="360" y="0" width="300" height="190" fill="#f0fdf4"/><text x="374" y="18" font-size="8.5" font-weight="700" fill="#16a34a" font-family="Inter,system-ui" letter-spacing="0.08em">WITH GATHER</text><rect x="380" y="30" width="245" height="130" rx="8" fill="#f0fdf4" stroke="#bbf7d0" stroke-width="1"/><text x="502" y="46" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#16a34a" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">UNDERGROUND TUNNEL</text><line x1="400" y1="55" x2="610" y2="55" stroke="#bbf7d0" stroke-width="1"/><path d="M400,75 L610,75" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="2"/><path d="M400,95 L610,95" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="2"/><path d="M400,115 L610,115" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="2"/><text x="405" y="72" font-size="7" fill="#15803d" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Cable Route A</text><text x="405" y="92" font-size="7" fill="#15803d" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Cable Route B</text><text x="405" y="112" font-size="7" fill="#15803d" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Cable Route C</text><circle cx="500" cy="75" r="4" fill="#22c55e"/><circle cx="540" cy="95" r="4" fill="#22c55e"/><circle cx="460" cy="115" r="4" fill="#22c55e"/><rect x="400" y="128" width="200" height="22" rx="4" fill="#dcfce7"/><text x="500" y="142" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#15803d" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">Auto-sync when back above ground</text><text x="502" y="172" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8.5" fill="#16a34a" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">Complete visibility, even offline</text></svg></div></div></div>

<div class="gather-embed"><div class="ge-body" style="padding-bottom:0"><h2 class="ge-anim">The solution</h2><p class="ge-anim">Gather&rsquo;s mobile-native app was built for exactly this environment. Site supervisors could record planned versus actual progress from the deepest tunnels of London Underground, offline. As soon as they returned to connectivity, the app automatically synced to the cloud.</p><h3 class="ge-anim">Offline-first, built for tunnels</h3><p class="ge-anim">The project team could pre-populate up to 60% of the information for each shift, making the workload lighter and the transition to digital records smoother for field teams.</p><div class="ge-gauge-row ge-anim"><svg class="ge-gauge-svg" width="88" height="88" viewBox="0 0 88 88" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle cx="44" cy="44" r="34" fill="none" stroke="#bbf7d0" stroke-width="9"/><circle cx="44" cy="44" r="34" fill="none" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="9" stroke-dasharray="128.2 213.6" stroke-dashoffset="0" stroke-linecap="round" transform="rotate(-90 44 44)"/><text x="44" y="40" text-anchor="middle" font-size="16" font-weight="800" fill="#15803d" font-family="Inter,system-ui">60%</text><text x="44" y="54" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#16a34a" font-family="Inter,system-ui">pre-filled</text></svg><div class="ge-gauge-label"><h4>Pre-populated before each shift</h4><p>Planned activities and expected resources were loaded before each shift. Supervisors confirmed what happened, noted variations, and submitted &mdash; even from underground.</p></div></div><div class="ge-quote ge-anim"><span class="ge-quote-mark">&ldquo;</span><p class="ge-quote-text">No more endless forms to fill in. No more staying behind at the end of each night shift. No more constant clarification queries throughout the following morning. Gather saved us a tremendous amount of time.</p><div class="ge-quote-attr"><span><strong>Nick Mansell</strong> &middot; Senior Project Manager &middot; Circet UK</span></div></div><h3 class="ge-anim">From insights to coordinated action</h3><p class="ge-anim">With all project data flowing through a single platform, Circet established a clear operating rhythm that connected daily operations to programme-level decisions:</p><div class="ge-timeline-outer ge-anim"><svg class="ge-timeline-svg" viewBox="0 0 580 148" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" style="padding:20px 16px 8px;"><line x1="84" y1="44" x2="496" y2="44" stroke="#e5e5e5" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round"/><line x1="84" y1="44" x2="290" y2="44" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round"/><circle cx="84" cy="44" r="26" fill="#22c55e" stroke="none"/><text x="84" y="38" text-anchor="middle" font-size="11" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="800">01</text><text x="84" y="52" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#dcfce7" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600" letter-spacing="0.05em">DAILY</text><line x1="84" y1="74" x2="84" y2="78" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="1.5"/><text x="84" y="92" text-anchor="middle" font-size="11.5" font-weight="700" fill="#171717" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Cable Log</text><text x="84" y="107" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9.5" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Supervisors record</text><text x="84" y="120" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9.5" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">progress per shift</text><circle cx="290" cy="44" r="26" fill="#22c55e" stroke="none"/><text x="290" y="38" text-anchor="middle" font-size="11" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="800">02</text><text x="290" y="52" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#dcfce7" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600" letter-spacing="0.05em">WEEKLY</text><line x1="290" y1="74" x2="290" y2="78" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="1.5"/><text x="290" y="92" text-anchor="middle" font-size="11.5" font-weight="700" fill="#171717" font-family="Inter,system-ui">TfL Review</text><text x="290" y="107" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9.5" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Power BI dashboards</text><text x="290" y="120" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9.5" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">shared with client</text><circle cx="496" cy="44" r="26" fill="#fff" stroke="#d4d4d4" stroke-width="2"/><text x="496" y="38" text-anchor="middle" font-size="11" fill="#a3a3a3" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="800">03</text><text x="496" y="52" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#d4d4d4" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600" letter-spacing="0.05em">MONTHLY</text><line x1="496" y1="74" x2="496" y2="78" stroke="#d4d4d4" stroke-width="1.5"/><text x="496" y="92" text-anchor="middle" font-size="11.5" font-weight="700" fill="#404040" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Programme Board</text><text x="496" y="107" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9.5" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Data-driven progress</text><text x="496" y="120" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9.5" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">review with TfL</text></svg></div></div></div>

<div class="gather-embed"><div class="ge-body"><h2 class="ge-anim">The results: 15x return on investment in six months</h2><p class="ge-anim">Gather reduced Circet&rsquo;s overall project costs by 11% in just the first six months of rollout &mdash; delivering TfL a documented saving of &pound;140,000 and a 15x return on investment.</p><div class="ge-callout ge-anim"><div class="ge-callout-big">15x</div><div class="ge-callout-title">Return on investment</div><p class="ge-callout-body">The savings spanned contractor management (&pound;1,012 per week) and commercial management (&pound;2,400 per week), totalling over &pound;140,000 in the first six months alone. 1,626 hours were saved managing payments and contracts.</p></div><h3 class="ge-anim">Where the savings came from</h3><div class="ge-chart-outer ge-anim"><div class="ge-chart-label">ROI breakdown: investment vs savings across contractor and commercial management</div><svg class="ge-chart-svg" viewBox="0 0 560 162" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><text x="9" y="82" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9" fill="#a3a3a3" font-family="Inter,system-ui" transform="rotate(-90 9 82)">Value</text><line x1="36" y1="122" x2="540" y2="122" stroke="#e5e5e5" stroke-width="1.5"/><rect x="56" y="98" width="100" height="24" rx="4" fill="#fb923c" opacity="0.7"/><text x="106" y="113" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="700">Gather cost</text><rect x="196" y="44" width="100" height="78" rx="4" fill="#22c55e" opacity="0.85"/><text x="246" y="64" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">Contractor mgmt</text><text x="246" y="78" text-anchor="middle" font-size="10" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="800">&pound;1,012/wk</text><rect x="336" y="28" width="100" height="94" rx="4" fill="#22c55e"/><text x="386" y="48" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">Commercial mgmt</text><text x="386" y="62" text-anchor="middle" font-size="10" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="800">&pound;2,400/wk</text><rect x="476" y="12" width="60" height="110" rx="4" fill="#16a34a"/><text x="506" y="32" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">Total saved</text><text x="506" y="50" text-anchor="middle" font-size="12" fill="#fff" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="800">&pound;140k</text><text x="506" y="66" text-anchor="middle" font-size="8" fill="#dcfce7" font-family="Inter,system-ui">in 6 months</text><text x="106" y="136" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Investment</text><text x="246" y="136" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Contractor saving</text><text x="386" y="136" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9" fill="#737373" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Commercial saving</text><text x="506" y="136" text-anchor="middle" font-size="9" fill="#22c55e" font-family="Inter,system-ui" font-weight="600">Net result</text><rect x="56" y="150" width="9" height="7" rx="1.5" fill="#fb923c"/><text x="70" y="158" font-size="8" fill="#a3a3a3" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Cost</text><rect x="120" y="150" width="9" height="7" rx="1.5" fill="#22c55e"/><text x="134" y="158" font-size="8" fill="#a3a3a3" font-family="Inter,system-ui">Savings (15x ROI)</text></svg></div><p class="ge-anim">Papers were effectively eliminated from project sites. The rich, auditable database gave project managers complete clarity on progress from their desks &mdash; fostering a stronger partnership between Circet, TfL, and consultant partners CPC Project Services.</p><div class="ge-takeaways ge-anim"><div class="ge-takeaways-head">Key takeaways</div><div class="ge-takeaway-item"><div class="ge-tick"><svg width="10" height="8" viewBox="0 0 10 8" fill="none"><path d="M1 4L3.5 6.5L9 1" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg></div><div class="ge-takeaway-text"><strong>15x return on investment</strong> documented within six months of deployment</div></div><div class="ge-takeaway-item"><div class="ge-tick"><svg width="10" height="8" viewBox="0 0 10 8" fill="none"><path d="M1 4L3.5 6.5L9 1" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg></div><div class="ge-takeaway-text"><strong>&pound;140,000 saved</strong> on contractor management and commercial management combined</div></div><div class="ge-takeaway-item"><div class="ge-tick"><svg width="10" height="8" viewBox="0 0 10 8" fill="none"><path d="M1 4L3.5 6.5L9 1" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg></div><div class="ge-takeaway-text"><strong>1,626 hours saved</strong> managing payments, contracts, and assurance documents</div></div><div class="ge-takeaway-item"><div class="ge-tick"><svg width="10" height="8" viewBox="0 0 10 8" fill="none"><path d="M1 4L3.5 6.5L9 1" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg></div><div class="ge-takeaway-text"><strong>11% project cost reduction</strong> &mdash; validated across the full TfL 4LM cable installation programme</div></div><div class="ge-takeaway-item"><div class="ge-tick"><svg width="10" height="8" viewBox="0 0 10 8" fill="none"><path d="M1 4L3.5 6.5L9 1" stroke="#22c55e" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/></svg></div><div class="ge-takeaway-text"><strong>Paper eliminated</strong> from project sites with geotagged photographic evidence as standard</div></div></div><div class="ge-closing ge-anim"><p>For contractors working on complex underground or infrastructure programmes, Circet&rsquo;s 4LM experience demonstrates that structured digital records deliver measurable financial returns &mdash; not in years, but in months.</p></div></div></div>

<section class="ge-cta-banner"><div class="ge-cta-inner"><p class="ge-cta-label">Get results like these</p><h2 class="ge-cta-title">Could Gather do this on your programme?</h2><p class="ge-cta-text">Circet turned site records on TfL&rsquo;s Four Lines Modernisation into &pound;140,000 of documented savings and a 15x ROI. See how the same approach applies to your underground or infrastructure programme.</p><p class="ge-cta-stat"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><path d="M22 11.08V12a10 10 0 1 1-5.93-9.14"></path><polyline points="22 4 12 14.01 9 11.01"></polyline></svg> 15&times; ROI documented on TfL 4LM in just six months </p><div><a href="/en/book-a-demo" class="ge-btn-demo"> Book a demo <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2"><line x1="5" y1="12" x2="19" y2="12"></line><polyline points="12 5 19 12 12 19"></polyline></svg></a></div></div></section>