See the activity
Bring fragmented permit records together so you can understand what is happening across the markets you serve.
Built from within the building community.
Groundwork did not begin as an idea for selling construction data. It grew out of the day-to-day reality of working inside the construction industry — estimating, bidding and trying to understand what was being built nearby.
WHY GROUNDWORK EXISTS
The questions are simple. Getting the answers is not.
Contractors, estimators, suppliers, developers and the businesses that support construction all want to know many of the same things: What is being built? Where is it happening? Who is doing the work? And where are opportunities beginning to form?
The information exists, but it is fragmented across counties, cities, townships, permitting systems, spreadsheets and public portals. Finding it takes time. Comparing it is difficult. Turning it into something useful is harder still.
Groundwork was created to change that.
BUILT FOR USE, NOT JUST ACCESS
Public records become useful when they are organized around real construction decisions.
See the people behind it
Surface contractor and project information where issuing authorities publish it, instead of treating each permit as an isolated row of data.
Stay close to the market
Use watchlists, saved searches and alerts to spend less time checking portals and more time acting on useful information.
OUR APPROACH
Credibility through transparency.
Groundwork is being built by people who understand how permit information is actually used because we use it ourselves. That shapes both the product and the way we describe the data.
Show coverage honestly
If a county is only partially covered, we say so. If a municipality is separate from a county feed, we account for it.
Keep coverage clear
Groundwork distinguishes connected, expanding, and planned markets so users understand where the product is strongest today.
Show what the source actually provides
Contractor information, valuations and project detail vary by issuing authority. Groundwork distinguishes source limitations from missing data.
WHO WE ARE BUILDING FOR
The building community first — with room to grow beyond it.
Groundwork is designed first for contractors, specialty trades, suppliers, manufacturers, builders and developers. The same permit intelligence can also support real estate, lending, insurance, economic development and other markets that need to understand construction activity.
Our roots in the trades are not a limit on who can use Groundwork. They are the reason we care about making the information practical.
CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES START WITH GROUNDWORK
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