Ironclad Civil engineering website template
Ironclad is for civil engineering firms, groundworks contractors and heavy trades that compete on reliability and a real project record. Services, finished projects, the numbers behind them and a contact form sit on pages that are already written.
Who Ironclad is for
- Regional general contractors and commercial build-out firms
- Civil engineering and site-preparation companies
- Heavy-trade businesses (crane, materials supply, demolition)
- Mid-market construction firms with multi-state presence
- Industrial/utility trades (HVAC at scale, electrical contractors)
What’s included
- Pages
- 5 pages, written and laid out
- Grows with you
- 4 project entries at /projects/ — add one and its index and detail page both update
- Enquiries
- A working form — messages land in your Sitelas inbox
- Fonts
- Montserrat and Open Sans · light theme
Build Ironclad by asking your AI agent
- 1Connect Sitelas to Claude, ChatGPT or another AI agent that supports MCP. How to connect
- 2Ask for it in plain words: “Build my site work and civil contractor website with the Ironclad template: we're a 60-person firm in Tacoma doing excavation, grading, utility work and small bridges for public agencies, with our crane service and our last four projects.”
- 3Open the preview link it sends back, ask for changes, and publish when it reads right.
Then keep changing it from the same chat
- Rewrite the copy“Rewrite the ‘Services’ page with my details, in a warmer voice.”
- Change the design“Keep the layout, but swap Montserrat for another typeface and use my brand colours.”
- Add project entries“Add three project entries from these notes, each with its own page.”
- Swap the photos“Replace the photos on the ‘Projects’ page with my own.”
Everything here can also be done by hand in the visual editor.
About the Ironclad template
Built for construction companies
Ironclad is for builders and civil firms that win work on their record. Numbers, finished projects and client words come early, and a quote form with an FAQ closes the home page.
What's on the site
- Home with your services in photos, key numbers, a sustainability section, client testimonials and a quote form
- Services, describing each trade in detail
- Projects, with a page for every job
- About and Contact
Keeping it current
Projects are a collection, so a finished job is one entry with its own page. Replace the starter figures in the stats strip with your own before you publish.
When to pick something else
Ironclad is the wrong template for these. Where there is a better one, it is linked.
- Service-business with booking calendar
- Boutique architecture studio — try Obsidian
- Ecommerce / multi-product checkout
- Yelp-tier handyman or one-person trade
- Freight forwarder, 3PL or carrier selling lanes and transit times — try Bollard
- Household repairs business taking small domestic jobs across several trades — try Spanner
Free to use · No credit card required
Key Highlights
Questions about Ironclad
Can I add finished projects?
Yes. Projects are a collection, so each one gets its own page and appears in the project list.
Which pages come with it?
Home, Services, Projects, About and Contact, each already written and laid out.
Who is Ironclad for?
Ironclad is for a construction firm that does its own heavy work: earthworks and site preparation, civil and infrastructure jobs such as bridges and public works, commercial buildings, crane service and material supply. The Services page describes each line of work, each finished project has its own page with its category, location, year and size, and the home page shows your record in numbers, testimonials and a short FAQ. The Contact page's enquiry form asks for the project type, the location and the scope and schedule, and a shorter message form sits on the home page. A general contractor that sorts projects by category and lists news and open roles fits Girder better, and a home repair company fits Spanner.
Can Claude or ChatGPT build my site from Ironclad?
Yes. Connect Sitelas to your AI agent and ask for a site that uses Ironclad. It fills in your details, sends you a preview link, and publishes when you approve. The same chat can keep running the site afterwards.
Can I change Ironclad without code?
Yes. The Montserrat and Open Sans type, all 5 pages and the project entries, every photo and every colour can be changed in the visual editor, or by asking your AI agent.
What does it cost?
Nothing to start, with no trial clock. A free site runs on a sitelas.com address; Pro is $9 a month per site ($90 a year) for your own domain, analytics and more room.
Guides that use Ironclad
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Add Sitelas to Claude in One Click — Then Say This First
Sitelas is now in Claude's connector directory, so installing it takes one click. The hard part is knowing what to say next — here is the exact first sentence, and the real site Claude built when I said it.
Check the Site Before You Publish It
A site built from a ready-made design starts with somebody else's name, email and products inside it — and the leftovers hide in the places a page-by-page rewrite never reaches. Here is the sentence to say before you publish, and what it actually found on two real sites.
Make Ironclad yours
All 5 pages open in the editor already written, with 4 starter project entries. Make the words and photos yours, then publish.
Free to use · No credit card required
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