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Construction-Site Inductions

Mark a job as a construction site so contractors must acknowledge a site induction before they can start any survey.

2 min readUpdated June 4, 2026

For work on a construction site you can require contractors to acknowledge a site induction before they start. When a job is flagged as a construction site, the contractor must read your site information and sign off — typing their name and ticking a confirmation — before the app lets them begin any survey in that job.

Turning it on (organiser)

In the job's Brief (in the wizard or on the job detail), turn on This is a construction site. Put the site rules, hazards, and anything the contractor must read into the General information field — that's the text shown in the induction. Owners and admins manage this.

Use General information for the induction content itself — site rules, PPE requirements, sign-in procedure. It's what the contractor reads and acknowledges.

What the contractor sees

The first time the contractor taps Start on a survey in a construction-site job, a Site induction required sheet appears. It shows your Site information, a confirmation:

"I confirm I have completed the required site induction and will follow all safety requirements."

…a checkbox, and a Your full name field. Acknowledge & Start only enables once the box is ticked and a name is typed. Until then, a banner on the job reads "Construction site · induction required before you can start a survey." After acknowledging, it changes to "Construction site · induction acknowledged."

Once per job

A contractor acknowledges once per job — they won't be prompted again on later surveys in the same job. The acknowledgement records who signed, when, the exact wording, and the device, for your records.

Re-acknowledgement after a change

If you turn the construction-site flag off and then on again on a job a contractor has already acknowledged, they're prompted to acknowledge again the next time they start. This makes sure that when site conditions change, the contractor re-confirms against the updated information. Simply editing the General information text while the flag stays on does not, by itself, force a re-acknowledgement.

The induction acknowledgement needs a connection — it can't be completed offline. Contractors should acknowledge while they have signal before relying on offline capture for the rest of the job.

Related

Construction-Site Inductions — Help Centre | Signplanr