Terms of Service

1. Agreement to these Terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Groundwork Central (“Groundwork,” the “Service,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By creating an account, starting a trial, purchasing a subscription, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

2. The Service

Groundwork organizes publicly available building-permit and construction-related information into searchable construction intelligence, including project records, contractor or applicant information where published, watchlists, alerts, saved searches, and market views. Coverage, source detail, update timing, and available fields vary by jurisdiction.

3. Public-source data and no guarantee of opportunity

Permit records originate from public agencies and other public sources. Groundwork does not control those sources and does not guarantee that records are complete, current, error-free, or available at all times. A permit is an indicator of activity, not a representation that work is open for bidding, that a project is a qualified sales lead, or that any party is seeking products or services from you. You are responsible for independently verifying information before relying on it.

4. Accounts

You must provide accurate account information, protect your credentials, and promptly notify us of suspected unauthorized access. You are responsible for activity under your account. Groundwork Individual currently includes one authorized user unless Groundwork expressly provides otherwise.

5. Trial, subscription, billing, and cancellation

Groundwork currently offers a 30-day free trial. Under the current Founding Member offer, the Individual subscription is $29 per month for the first 12 paid months after the trial and $39 per month thereafter, unless a different offer is clearly presented to you at signup. A payment method is required to begin the trial. You authorize Groundwork and its payment processor, Stripe, to charge the applicable subscription fee when the trial ends and on each recurring billing date until you cancel.

You may cancel through Groundwork before the end of the trial to avoid the first subscription charge, or later to stop future renewals. Unless required by law or expressly stated otherwise, fees already charged are nonrefundable. We may change pricing prospectively with reasonable notice before the change applies to a future billing period.

6. Acceptable use

You may use Groundwork for your internal business purposes. You may not misuse the Service, interfere with its operation, bypass access controls, attempt unauthorized access, use automated means to extract the Service at a scale that materially exceeds ordinary product use, reproduce or resell Groundwork as a competing data service, or use the Service in violation of applicable law.

7. Intellectual property

Groundwork’s software, design, organization, branding, original analysis, and other proprietary elements are owned by Groundwork or its licensors. Public records remain subject to the rights and rules applicable to their original sources. These Terms do not transfer ownership of Groundwork intellectual property to you.

8. Third-party services

Groundwork relies on third-party providers, including hosting, authentication, email, payment, security, and public-data systems. Their services may be subject to separate terms and availability. We are not responsible for failures caused solely by systems outside our reasonable control.

9. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate access for nonpayment, material violation of these Terms, abuse of the Service, security risk, unlawful activity, or other conduct that threatens Groundwork or its users. You may stop using the Service at any time and may cancel your subscription as described above.

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GROUNDWORK DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE OR PUBLIC-SOURCE DATA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, COMPLETE, ACCURATE, OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR BUSINESS DECISION.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GROUNDWORK WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST BUSINESS, LOST DATA, OR MISSED OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE. GROUNDWORK’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO GROUNDWORK DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

12. Changes to the Service or Terms

We may improve, modify, add, or discontinue features. We may also update these Terms. Material changes will be posted with a new effective date and, when appropriate, communicated through the Service or by email. Continued use after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.

13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute not otherwise resolved will be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in Michigan, subject to applicable law.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be sent to support@groundworkcentral.com.