The DOL's at your door.
Are your subs' records ready?

Now they are.

Houn tracks subcontractor compliance and certified payroll for New Jersey general contractors. Collect documents, verify coverage, track prevailing wages, and stay audit-ready.

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City Center Office Build
4 subcontractors · 5 requirements
Requirement
Delta HVAC
Summit Plb.
General Liability
Workers' Comp
Auto Insurance
Business License
W-9
Expiring in 30 days
Auto Insurance · Summit Plb.
Reminder sent
Notified Summit Plb. via email
New document uploaded
Auto Insurance · Summit Plb.

New Jersey is tightening the screws on compliance

Upcoming regulations mean more paperwork, tighter deadlines, and real penalties. Houn keeps you ahead of all of it.

SB 1403 — Oct 2026

Certified payroll due within 10 days of each pay period. Miss it and face a 25% payment hold, up to $100K.

Apprentice Mandate — Now in Effect

Every craft worker on NJ public works must prove apprenticeship completion or 4 years experience.

PLA Expansion

Municipalities can now require Project Labor Agreements on any project regardless of cost.

Everything you need to stay compliant

Document Collection

Subcontractors upload via a self-service portal. No back-and-forth emails.

AI Extraction

Key data is pulled automatically from uploaded documents. Policy numbers, dates, limits.

Automated Validation

Documents are checked against project requirements in real-time.

Compliance Grid

Every sub, every requirement, one screen. See who's compliant at a glance.

Expiration Alerts

Know before documents lapse. Never get caught with expired coverage.

Reports

Generate audit-ready PDF reports in one click.

Certified Payroll

Subs enter hours and rates. Houn verifies against NJ prevailing wage schedules automatically.

Worker Management

Track workers, trades, and classifications across every project and sub.

NJ Wage Hub Export

Generate MW-562 employee and benefits files ready to upload to the NJ Wage Hub.

AI does the heavy lifting

Upload a certificate of insurance. Houn reads it, pulls key fields, and checks them against your project requirements in seconds.

certificate_of_insurance.pdf
Uploaded by Summit Plumbing
Certificate of Liability Insurance
Producer:National Insurance Agency
Insured:Summit Plumbing LLC
Commercial General Liability
Policy Number:GL-2026-4851
Effective:03/15/2026
Expires:03/15/2027
Each Occurrence:$1,000,000
General Aggregate:$2,000,000
Insurance Company:Acme Insurance Co.
Extracted Data
Insured---
Producer---
Carrier---
Policy #---
Effective---
Expires---
GL Limit---
Meets requirements
Coverage verified · dates valid

How it works

1

Create a project

Define compliance requirements, wage schedules, and invite your subs.

2

Subs upload & report

Documents upload via portal. Payroll hours entered weekly.

3

AI speeds up review

Documents extracted and validated. Wages checked against prevailing rates. You approve.

4

Track, approve & export

Live compliance grid. One-click payroll approval. NJ Wage Hub export on demand.

Your subs will actually use it

A dead-simple portal where subcontractors see exactly what's needed and upload in seconds. No training required.

Free for subcontractors
City Center Office Build
Summit Plumbing LLC
2 / 5 complete
General Liability
Verified
Workers' Compensation
Verified
Auto Insurance
Required
Business License
Required
W-9
Required
Drag and drop files here
auto_insurance_cert.pdf

Prevailing wage compliance, built in

Review certified payroll submissions, catch underpayments automatically, and export directly to the NJ Wage Hub. All from one screen.

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Payroll Review
City Center Office Build · February 2026
Subcontractor
Feb 3–7
Feb 10–14
Feb 17–21
Feb 24–28
Ace Electric
Electrician
Approved
Approved
Submitted
Draft
Delta HVAC
HVAC Mechanic
Approved
Submitted
Draft
Draft
Summit Plb.
Plumber
Approved
Approved
Approved
Submitted
3/3 Compliant
All wages meet NJ prevailing rate minimums
Export ready
MW-562 employee & benefits CSV downloaded

Built for sensitive data

AES-256 encryption on all payroll and SSN data
Tenant-isolated database with row-level security
Role-based access controls on every document

Ready to simplify compliance and payroll?