Operations & workplace
IT and facilities teams rolling out meeting rooms, desk availability, and live status walls without bloated vendor contracts.
Custom software for operations,
AV, logistics & workplace technology.
We build software for businesses where reliability matters. Meeting rooms, freight tracking, live wall displays, desk availability, and production systems, plus bespoke development when off-the-shelf is not enough.
Who we help
Built for teams who cannot afford downtime
Operations managers, technical directors, and production leads who need software that fits real workflows, not another platform to manage.
Logistics & supply chain
Coordinators who live in Jira and need freight visibility on the issue itself, not another portal to check.
Live events & production
Studios and touring teams who need custom ops tools, AV integrations, and control systems that work on show day.
Technical leadership
CTOs and technical directors scoping bespoke software, integrations, or product deployments with someone who has done it before.
Products
Focused tools for real workflows
Each product started as a tool we built because nothing else did the job. Outcomes first, technical detail on each product page.
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MeetingZen
Walk in, see the schedule, join in one tap. Room panels without per-room licensing.
See MeetingZen in action → ⬡TransitTrack
Freight status on the Jira issue. Parcels, vessels, and manual entries in one place.
Explore TransitTrack → ▦WallCanvas
Live ops walls without running signage servers. Pair a screen, publish from the cloud.
Request a walkthrough → ◎sACNcaster
Connect lighting networks across buildings without replacing existing infrastructure.
Talk to the developer → ●BusyLight
Physical desk indicators so colleagues know if you are available before they walk over.
Discuss for your workplace →
Custom software
When off-the-shelf is not enough,
When off-the-shelf is not enough,
we build it.
Not every problem maps to a product on the shelf. BLD specialises in bespoke mobile, web, and application development for operations, AV, and production teams, scoped and delivered by practitioners who understand show day.
Alex leads technical design for Mandylights, delivering application and control systems for concert tours, city-scale artworks, and permanent installations across Australia, the UK, and the US. BLD brings that same depth to your project.
- 40+venue & tour deployments
- 17+ yrsproduction technology
- Directfounder-led delivery
Bespoke software
Ops dashboards, crew tools, room systems, signage, and the integrations that tie them together.
Technical leadership
Architecture, vendor evaluation, and delivery oversight from first brief through commissioning.
Live events & AV
Production ops, control systems, and show-critical integrations built for real deadlines.
Industries
Where teams put our software to work
Corporate & workplace
Meeting room panels, lobby signage, and desk availability that integrate with existing AV and calendar infrastructure.
Logistics & supply chain
Shipment tracking tied to Jira issues, automated updates, and ops wallboards fed from live freight data.
Studios & operations
Always-on status walls and custom internal tools, managed in the cloud, not on a server in a cupboard.
Live events & venues
Lighting network routing, crew-facing tools, venue displays, and bespoke integrations for show-critical timelines.
Case studies
Problem → solution → result
Representative work from touring productions, studios, and operations teams.
Meeting room support load reduced
- Problem
- Staff could not join meetings reliably. IT spent hours each week on room support tickets and dial-in confusion.
- Solution
- MeetingZen panels on existing touch hardware, calendar-driven schedules, and one-tap join for Teams, Meet, and Zoom.
- Result
- 80% fewer meeting room support tickets in the first quarter after rollout across standard conference rooms.
Crew resourcing across time zones
- Problem
- Ops leads rebuilt touring crew rosters in spreadsheets every week, pulling availability from HR and project tools manually.
- Solution
- Custom resourcing platform syncing HR availability, project management, and calendars with automated notifications.
- Result
- Roster planning time cut from days to hours per tour leg, with a single source of truth for crew assignments.
Freight visibility inside Jira
- Problem
- Coordinators switched between freight portals and Jira to answer "where is this shipment?" on customs and clearance issues.
- Solution
- TransitTrack on Jira Cloud: parcel tracking, AIS vessel monitoring, and manual freight entries attached to each issue.
- Result
- Status updates post automatically to issues. Coordinators stopped context-switching between three separate tools.
Internal ops software at scale
- Problem
- A production studio needed bespoke ops tooling that off-the-shelf platforms could not accommodate across multiple venues.
- Solution
- Custom web applications, integrations, and wall displays designed for the studio's workflows and deployed incrementally.
- Result
- Internal operations software now used across 40+ venues and tour deployments, maintained by the team that built it.
About
The person who builds it
The person who builds it
is the person you talk to.
Alex Hughes
Founder, BLD.Technology · Head of Technical Design, Mandylights
Alex spans the full stack of entertainment technology, from programming lighting consoles on stadium tours to deploying the systems that run crew dashboards in production. He founded BLD.Technology to productise the focused software he kept building for operations teams who deserved better than bloated platforms.
With 17+ years in the industry, he leads technical design for Mandylights' global portfolio and still answers the phone when something breaks before load-in. You are not hiring a dev shop that needs six months to learn your industry.
Work with us
Join the team
We're growing and looking for talented people to help us build and bring our products to the teams that need them.
Freelance
Developer
Help us build and extend MeetingZen, TransitTrack, WallCanvas, sACNcaster, and BusyLight, focused software and hardware used in production by real teams.
- Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and modern web frameworks (React)
- Comfortable across the stack, APIs, integrations, and polished UIs
- Bonus: Atlassian Forge, AV/meeting room systems, digital signage, or lighting/networking (sACN)
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, and happy working remotely on defined projects
Freelance / Part-time
Sales & Account Management
Own client relationships from first conversation through deployment and beyond, helping organisations find the right BLD.Technology products for their needs.
- Experience selling B2B software or technical services
- Strong communication, you can explain complex products clearly to varied audiences
- Comfortable managing accounts, follow-ups, and long-term client relationships
- Interest in meeting room tech, logistics, signage, or operational software is a plus
Don't see a perfect fit? We're always open to hearing from good people at hello@bld.technology
Book a discovery call
Tell us about your team and what you are trying to solve. You will hear back directly from the person who scopes and builds the work.
Or email us directly at hello@bld.technology