McCarthy Signs Enterprise Agreement With GoContractor to Digitize Subcontract Worker Onboarding

Mccarthy Building Companies Is Implementing a Digital Project Onboarding Solution, Gocontractor, Across Its Organization to Manage Labor, Reduce Risk, and Improve Operational Efficiency.

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has signed an enterprise agreement with leading onboarding solution, GoContractor, to help facilitate all of its craft and trade partner project onboarding.

This partnership will digitize the construction company’s entire project and safety orientation process for McCarthy craft and trade partner workers. GoContractor’s onboarding and worker management platform creates safer projects, reduces the common risks associated with worker onboarding and management, and streamlines and standardizes the worker onboarding process.

“GoContractor is excited to partner with McCarthy to roll out our digitized worker onboarding solution across their workforce,” said John Naughton, GoContractor CEO. “Right from our early proof of concept program with the organization, we saw firsthand that McCarthy is an industry leader in safety and construction innovation. McCarthy and GoContractor share an absolute commitment to making construction safer for all workers.”

“By utilizing GoContractor’s digital Safety Orientation Program we have been able to improve efficiencies in our onboarding process, benefiting both individual workers and our project management teams,” said Rob Graham, McCarthy Vice President, National Safety. “Workers now have immediate access to our orientation information, helping to streamline this process while still maintaining our safety culture that is critical to our overall Safety Program.”

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Advancement in site operations and access to worker level data

Every day on construction worksites worldwide, workers are contracted to work on construction and infrastructure projects. These individuals arrive at the site and receive an orientation, which serves as a way for construction companies to record who is on their site, provide necessary safety training, and collect required worker credentials.

“Because onboarding is a traditional, everyday activity done on a worksite, it can be easy to overlook some of the risks associated with the process,” said John Naughton, GoContractor CEO. “Safety orientation isn’t just a box that gets checked; it’s a way to foster a Safety Culture, prevent incidents on the worksite, and collect worker information. When not managed properly, the onboarding process can lead to project delays, efficiency losses, and increased financial risk. More importantly, inconsistent or insufficient worker site orientation and onboarding is a safety risk to every worker on a jobsite.”

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GoContractor takes this in-person process online, allowing workers to complete their orientation and register all information on a laptop or mobile device, even before they step foot on the job site. Workers have the option to take their site onboarding in their own language and at their own pace, allowing workers from diverse backgrounds and with different learning styles to fully comprehend and retain critical safety information.

McCarthy, who recently piloted GoContractor’s digital solution as a part of the NEXT Coalition, will transition their orientation operation to a digital format hosted on GoContractor, with the goal of being 100% digital by 2022. This enterprise agreement with GoContractor comes as part of McCarthy’s commitment to digital transformation by identifying and implementing emerging technologies within the built world.

“COVID-19 introduced a host of new challenges for our company and our projects,” explained Dave Burns, McCarthy Vice President Emerging Tech and Project Delivery. “The NEXT Coalition, and the GoContractor partnership that came out of that, presents a great success story for knowledge-sharing and innovation. GoContractor has tackled problems relating specifically to COVID-19, and we fully expect it to deliver value for our workforce well beyond that.”

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