Pre-dispatch readiness verification

Confirm the foundations fit before the module leaves the factory.

ModuLatch compares the factory's declared module interface data against the as-built survey on site, computes the deviation at every connection point, and returns a clear go or no go release decision.

Built to ±5 mm
Modules leave the factory at millimetre tolerance. The ground rarely matches.
The seam no one owns
Verification sits between the factory, the survey, and the site. ModuLatch closes it.
Readiness gate · Plot 14 REL-0142
Release decision GO

The problem

Built to the millimetre. Set on ground that was not.

The module is made to fine tolerance. The groundworks often are not. If the setting out is out by a few millimetres, the unit will not seat when it arrives.

Crane and crew idle Programme slips Dispute over who pays
Connection deviationTOL ±5.0 mm
−100+10
+7.8 mm NO GO

How it works

One question, answered before a unit ships.

Is the site built accurately enough to receive the modules. Yes, or no.

01 Declare Factory interface data
02 Survey As-built foundations
03 Compare Deviation vs tolerance
04 Decide Go or no go
05 Record Into the golden thread

The platform

Seven capabilities that hold the release decision together.

The verification step ModuLatch owns does not exist as a product today. These capabilities turn coordinate comparison into a defensible release decision, an audit trail, and a costed plan to act on.

01MITS

Module Interface Tolerance Signature

A structured record of each module's connection geometry and its agreed tolerances, declared by the factory as the reference for verification.

02Gate

Pre-Dispatch Readiness Gate Controller

The control that issues the go or no go release decision, holding a module in the factory until the site is proven ready to receive it.

03Cascade

Inter-Module Tolerance Cascade Engine

Models how a deviation at one connection propagates across adjacent modules, so small errors are caught before they compound through the build.

04Drift

Survey Currency and Bounded Drift Compensation Layer

Accounts for the age of the survey and bounded ground movement between capture and dispatch, so a decision rests on data that is still valid.

05Crane-Day

Crane-Day Risk and Standby Cost Engine

Quantifies the cost exposure of releasing against an out-of-tolerance site, in crane standby, rework, and lost programme, so the decision carries a number.

06Ledger

Liability Attribution and Dispute Evidence Ledger

A timestamped evidence record that attributes each deviation to its source, settling the dispute between factory, groundworks, and survey on fact.

07Corrective

Corrective Works Package Generator

Turns the deviation report into a plan to act on: which point is out, by how much, and what to correct before the site is re-checked.

+Golden thread

Verified data, into the record

Every release feeds the as-built and golden thread record for the building, so the proof of readiness becomes part of its permanent history.

Where it fits

A market with scale, and a failure mode worth removing.

ModuLatch focuses on the segments where programme certainty matters most and a delivery failure is most costly: healthcare, education, student accommodation, hotels, custodial and defence projects, and data centres. The first customers are the groundworks contractors and the manufacturers' delivery teams who carry the cost and the blame when modules do not fit.

Market context drawn from the ModuLatch business plan briefing, June 2026. Figures describe the sector, not company revenue.

≈£0bn
Annual turnover of the UK offsite sector, 2026
~0%
Forecast annual growth of the UK prefabricated buildings market
~0
UK modular companies, the reachable first market
2 of 3
Share of the market made up by volumetric modular

The team

A setting out engineer who lives the problem, and the engineer who builds the fix.

Lead founder · Domain

Ahmad Ijaz

Setting out engineer · MSc Construction Management with BIM

Ahmad has worked to ±5 mm tolerances on projects including HS2, with deep experience in survey, groundworks, reinforced concrete, and BIM. ModuLatch is built on his exact expertise: he defines what it must do, judges whether the output is right, and carries it to manufacturers and contractors with real credibility.

Founder · Technical

Naveed Ahmad

Computer systems engineer · MSc Management with Data Analytics

Naveed builds the product, with skills across software, web and mobile development, and machine learning including computer vision. His work in imaging and data supports the later scan and geometry capabilities as the platform matures beyond coordinate comparison.

ModuLatch

Prove the value on one live project.

The way in is a paid pilot on a single modular package, where the value is easy to measure in the standby cost and rework it avoids. We would be glad to talk through a project with you.