Subbie Inductions On File.
An app idea for construction contractors.
Keeps each subcontractor's induction, tickets and insurance in one place per site, so a main contractor asking for proof gets it in minutes.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Small contractor working under main contractors with compliance demands
- The problem
- Main contractors ask for induction records, tickets and insurance proof, often with little notice. Small subs dig through email and phone photos, and risk losing the job or a payment over missing paperwork.
- The gap
- Existing compliance platforms are sold to main contractors and enterprise safety teams to manage many subcontractors. There is no cheap tool for the small sub to hold their own crew's documents ready to hand over on request.
- Already out there
- Evidash evidash.com
Subcontractor compliance software aimed at construction teams managing many subs, not the sub managing itself.
- Cloud Assess cloudassess.com
Compliance training platforms that deliver and record inductions, priced and built for employers at scale.
- Sign In App signinapp.com
Onboarding and credential validation for employees, contractors and volunteers, a general workplace product not built for small construction subs.
- Evidash evidash.com
- People asking for it
- Are your subs covered quarles.com
States it is standard practice for a GC to ask a sub for proof of insurance before starting work.
- Subcontractor insurance requirements gritinsurance.com
Notes GCs repeatedly ask subs what insurance they need and want standardised proof.
- Why contractors should require certificates of insurance hcandcinsurance.com
Explains certificates of insurance are a routine requirement from subcontractors.
- Are your subs covered quarles.com
- The big assumption
- Small subs will pay to store documents they currently keep in email and phone photos.
- Test it this week
- Ask 10 small subs how often they have been chased for a certificate of insurance or induction record in the last six months, and whether they would pay to stop it.
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