FUSION: Beard’s Answer to a Scalable and Reliable Connectivity Solution

The challenge

Over its 134-year history, Beard construction has moved from strength to strength, reporting its most successful trading period so far in March 2025.

Moving at pace, Beard operate across multiple sectors, spanning education, commerce, residential, arts and culture, and more. With multiple construction projects across central and southern England, technology requirements across these sites are varied; whilst 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) may be the best connectivity solution for one site, an alternative technology may be the best choice for another.

Billing quickly became overwhelming and fragmented when tackling these individual connectivity requirements across so many sites.

The Solution

Enter FUSION

Fusion is a single, unified service that provides the best technology for each individual site that Beard operates on. With the added guarantee of unlimited data, this is all underpinned by a simple pricing model for any type of connectivity. Put simply, Fusion identifies the most suitable technology on a site-by-site basis, whether that’s 5G FWA, LEO Satellite, or fibre. This approach ensures that Beard Construction gets the best possible connectivity from day one, for a simple flat-rate fee.

Billing Made Simpler

Not only is Fusion easy to scale across multiple sites; it has also transformed billing processes. No matter the technology required, Beard benefit from pricing stability with no hidden costs, ultimately helping with longer-term project forecasting.

What’s more, UK Connect proactively monitor and optimise connectivity across all live sites, finding and fixing any issues before they become a problem, meaning no more service disruption.