Built Different

When one sub submits a bad certified payroll report, payment for every contractor on that job gets held up. Anna Berger, Founder and CEO of Trayd, built her payroll and compliance platform specifically for the specialty trade contractors most software has written off, a workforce that outnumbers GCs 400 to 1 but runs on 2 to 4% margins. She breaks down why construction payroll requires a fundament...

On Nibbi Brothers' modular projects, a 100-unit building goes up within two weeks of podium completion, delivering 10 to 15% hard cost savings and 25% faster project timelines. Instead of treating modular as a product you order and wait for, they approach it as a manufacturing process that demands pulled-forward preconstruction, early manufacturer engagement, and full-team coordination before...

Most GCs have seen it: a certified sub wins the bid, gets the letter of intent, and then spends months in back-and-forth with the insurance department before anything gets signed. Or doesn't get signed at all. Bernardo Flores built a painting company in the Bronx with no construction background and learned this the hard way, navigating four months of endorsement negotiations with Consigli'...

When a $300,000 carpentry package requires the same insurance thresholds as a $40 million foundation scope, small businesses get locked out before they can even bid. At Gilbane , the economic inclusion team built an API integration between their financial system and the state's compliance tracking platform, automating contract awards, change orders, and payment tracking to eliminate thousands...