Operations watchdog for construction firms and tradespeople
A project rarely derails all at once: an expired subcontractor certificate, an application not issued, hours slipping away — weak signals nobody watches between two emergencies. The watchdog tracks them continuously and alerts while there is still time.
In your day-to-day
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Alerts on subcontractor certificates — social-security, liability insurance — expiring before the end of a project, to meet your due-diligence duty.
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Flagging of progress applications not issued by the date set in the contract.
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Detection of work packages whose logged hours exceed budget before month-end.
How it works
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Continuous watch over your flows
Stock, orders, deliveries, payments, queues, systems: the watchdog reads your tools continuously and learns each flow’s normal behaviour.
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Signal, not noise
A seasonal variation is not an anomaly. The watchdog qualifies each gap — normal, watch, incident — and only alerts when action is useful. That triage is what keeps alerts trusted.
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The right person, with context
The alert reaches the person who can act, with the diagnosis: what, since when, how big, and first leads. Escalation is automatic if nobody acknowledges.
Typical results
4 min
from anomaly to alert, observed in production
24/7
watching, nights and weekends included
÷10
alert volume, thanks to signal/noise triage
Orders of magnitude observed in production; your diagnostic sets your own baseline and targets.
Frequently asked questions
Does the watchdog cover our due-diligence duty on subcontractors?+
It does the thankless part: collecting certificates as they fall due, chasing late subcontractors, alerting when a document is missing before an intervention. Responsibility stays yours, but nothing expires silently anymore.
Can it cross the schedule with weather or deliveries?+
Yes, if the data exists on your side: an outdoor job planned during adverse weather, or a delivery unconfirmed at D-2, can trigger an alert to the works supervisor.
How is this better than my current tools’ alerts?+
Your tools each alert in their own corner, on fixed thresholds, and often cry wolf. The watchdog crosses flows between tools, learns normal behaviour, and only interrupts when action is useful — with the diagnosis already done.
What exactly does the watchdog monitor?+
Whatever hurts you when it breaks: stock and stockouts, orders and deliveries, payments and direct debits, ticket queues, system availability. The scope is defined at the diagnostic and widens with trust.
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