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Clients need a way to find contractors who already understand milestone payments, proof, and review-based payout. The directory makes PhaseContract-ready contractors easier to discover without turning the product into a generic lead marketplace.

• Local contractor discovery by trade and area
• Profiles shaped around job type, payment readiness, and proof habits
• Project starts from a contractor who can send a PhaseContract proposal

Contractors should be able to open PhaseContract from the jobsite like a normal app without requiring a full app-store install. The PWA makes the browser experience easier to keep close at hand.

• Home-screen install for faster access
• App-like shell around the existing mobile workflow
• Foundation for offline-tolerant views and mobile notifications

Contractors and clients should not have to explain the same working preferences on every job. Advanced profiles carry practical defaults into jobs, communication, notifications, and account behavior.

• Preferred contact hours and notification quiet times
• Reusable contractor business and client contact preferences
• Cleaner defaults when creating or authorizing jobs

Most contractors repeat the same job shapes with small changes. Templates turn proven deposits, work phases, proof requirements, and review timing into a reusable starting point instead of rebuilding from scratch.

• Save repeatable job structures by trade or job type
• Reuse deposits, phase amounts, proof requirements, and timelines
• Edit each proposal before sending so the job still fits the client

Payment and approval steps should be quick without becoming loose. Biometric confirmation gives repeat users a faster way to approve sensitive actions while keeping the important payment gates explicit.

• Faster repeat confirmation for trusted devices
• Less code typing during payment and account actions
• Still tied to the same approval and verification rules

Login should not be the hard part of reviewing or managing a job. Google and Apple login reduce password friction while keeping PhaseContract accounts tied to verified identities.

• One-tap login for common account providers
• Lower friction for clients returning to review a job
• Cleaner account recovery for contractors and clients

Email and SMS are useful, but urgent job events should not get buried. Push notifications give contractors and clients faster visibility when a payment, review, approval, or action needs attention.

• Immediate alerts for approvals, review requests, and payment events
• Separate urgent actions from normal informational updates
• Quiet-hours controls so notifications stay useful

Delays are easier to handle when the update is clear and sent early. Contractors can explain what changed, and AI turns that into a professional client update with the revised timing.

• Voice or typed delay notes from the contractor
• Client-ready update with revised timing and next step
• Delay record stays attached to the job timeline

Good progress updates build trust, but contractors should not need to write polished client copy from the jobsite. AI turns photos, notes, or voice memos into concise updates tied to the right work phase.

• Drafts updates from photos, notes, or voice memos
• Keeps update language professional and easy to understand
• Attaches progress context to the relevant phase

Job decisions should not disappear into scattered texts. PhaseContract Chat keeps important client and contractor messages attached to the job record where payment, scope, and review decisions already live.

• Job-level messaging with timestamps
• Threads tied to deposits, phases, revisions, and change orders
• Cleaner record when questions or disputes come up later

Permits, inspections, warranties, and PDFs often matter most when nobody wants to read them under pressure. Smart summaries make job documents easier to understand and easier to attach to the right phase.

• Summarizes uploaded documents in plain language
• Shows which phase or job record the document supports
• Flags missing or mismatched document context

Risk patterns are easier to handle when they are visible early. PhaseContract will flag unusual review, revision, charge, or dispute behavior for operator review instead of treating any single event as proof.

• Flags unusual review, revision, charge, or dispute patterns
• Highlights payment-risk signals for operator review
• Keeps protection tied to evidence instead of guesswork

Photos are strongest when the system can show where they belong. Photo verification helps confirm that proof is tied to the right job, time, and work phase before it becomes part of the payment record.

• Checks metadata, duplicates, and likely phase fit
• Supports stronger client review and dispute evidence
• Clear warnings when proof may need more context

Large jobs can make card processing costs feel expensive. ACH support gives eligible US clients a lower-fee payment option while keeping the same milestone schedule, authorization, and review rules.

• Lower-fee payment option for eligible US jobs
• Same deposits, work phases, and review-gated payout flow
• Clear handling for slower bank-transfer settlement timing

When the owner structures the job but the field team does the work, each phase needs a clean handoff. Jobsite handoff combines team access, crew assignment, and phase checklists so the person on site knows the scope, proof, and next step.

• Assign a foreman or crew member to a work phase
• Show scope, exclusions, proof requirements, notes, and next step
• Let assigned field users submit proof without exposing full account control

Subcontracted work still has to fit the client-facing job record. This feature helps contractors collect proof from subs, keep the phase package complete, and understand payable impact before payout.

• Route subcontractor proof into the parent work phase
• Track subcontractor payables against contractor margin
• Keep client review clean without exposing subcontractor back-office detail