What getting workers on site costs today
The evidence on how Rwandan and East African contractors find, manage and pay site labour now, what it costs them, and what Buildpal's price replaces.
Featured/Workforce
Perspectives on formalization.
Longer takes on workforce, trust, and the future of construction across Africa, and why formalizing it is an opportunity, not paperwork.
The case for a verified construction workforce
Software alone doesn't formalize construction. Verified identity, recorded attendance and a reputation that travels do. Here's why verification comes first.
Workforce
Formalization as opportunity, not paperwork
Formal construction is often sold as forms and fees. On a real site it looks different: a record workers own, rates that are published, and fewer arguments for everyone.
Workforce
From field to office: one record, end to end
A tap at the gate becomes approved attendance, then money in a worker's wallet. Here's how one record travels from the field to the office without being typed twice.
Site operations
Designing for weak networks and shared phones
Buildpal is built for sites where data is patchy, phones are shared and batteries run low. Here's what that changed in how the product works.
Field notes
Why a card beats an app at the gate
At a site gate every second counts. A physical card works with no login, no phone and no network, and that makes it the right tool for the job.
Field notes
What "a trusted record" really means on site
Everyone says their records can be trusted. On a construction site that claim has to survive a payday dispute. Here's what makes a record worth trusting.
Payments
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