LONDON, UK. March 26th, 2025 – Zutec, a leading provider of construction and property management software solutions in the UK and Ireland, today announced it now hosts building information in its platform for over 30% of the Build-to-Rent high-rise units, proving its PropTech leadership in the UK.
As clients add more buildings and expand their platform usage, Zutec’s role in supporting this sector with efficient asset management, digital building safety requirements and regulatory compliance continues to grow.
At the start of 2025, there were over 100,000 BTR units* in high-rise buildings (over 18 meters tall or seven storeys high) in the UK, with approximately 25,700 units added in 2024 and a further 57,400 units under construction. This rapid growth makes the BTR segment one of the fastest-expanding residential sectors in the UK. Zutec currently hosts building data for over 30,000 units across its Handover and Asset Management solutions.
Innovative Asset Management Solutions
As Asset Owners struggle with managing fragmented building data, information silos and building safety compliance, Zutec’s unique offering in asset management includes Specifying Digital Handover, Building Document Management, BSA (Building Safety Act) Compliance, and tools for capturing and managing inspection data in areas such as Fire Door Audits and Cladding Remediation, all of which contribute to maintaining a “golden thread” of information.
Where contractors utilise Zutec during the construction phase for digital handover and have building manuals already in the Zutec platform, BTR operators can access a single source of truth by easily hosting that data at project completion for ongoing building operations. Zutec also enables clients to take existing building data that may be in disparate systems, formats and locations, and migrate it into its platform, ensuring that data across an entire property portfolio from handover to asset management is consolidated in one place for ease of access, updates, and a clear audit trail of information.
“The Build-to-Rent sector requires confidence in their data to manage assets efficiently, make informed decisions, and stay compliant with evolving regulations,” said Maria Hudson, CMO at Zutec.
“With nearly a third of all BTR high-rise units in the UK hosted on our platform, we’re building that confidence by helping the sector structure and streamline building information management in one accessible system. As regulation tightens, we’re committed to supporting more BTR providers in consolidating their approach and ensuring compliance with ease.”
Key Customers and How Zutec Helps
Notable BTR customers partnering with Zutec include Greystar, Grainger, Realstar, Moda Living, Touchstone Resi, Get Living and Essential Living. These clients leverage one or a combination of the following solutions:
- Specifying Digital Handover Building Manuals: Under a framework agreement, BTRs can specify that their developers/contractors use Zutec for digital building manuals across all in-progress construction projects, ensuring documents and data are standardised and delivered consistently in one platform. This simplifies handover to asset management and provides easy access to information for all stakeholders as information is hosted in one place.
- Digitising and Migrating Existing Building Information: Zutec consolidates legacy building information, often stored in various formats across multiple systems, into a single platform for digital handovers, O&M (Operations & Maintenance) manuals, and BSA compliance. As a live record, the platform also provides an audit trail of tracked changes and version control, ensuring critical data is never lost or inaccessible.
- Solutions for Fire Door Audits and BSA Compliance: Zutec’s cloud-based, mobile Fire Door Audits solution captures, stores, and updates inspection data in real time using standardised forms and checklists. Automated compliance tracking, photographic evidence and digital signatures strengthen audit trails and compliance verification, and instant alerts and reminders prevent missed inspections and overdue corrective actions.
Additionally, with Zutec’s BSA Dashboard, users can streamline safety documentation when managing thousands of documents across a portfolio making compliance more manageable and ensuring the right information is present, correct and accessible to those that need it.
To speak to a Zutec expert, request a demo, or find out more about how Zutec works with BTRs today and how the company can help with everything from construction of buildings to asset management and compliance, please contact info@zutec.com.