BuildPass vs HazardCo

BuildPass vs HazardCo

BuildPass runs preconstruction, site operations and finance in one platform. HazardCo is a guided health and safety system for builders and tradies. This page compares the two on scope, safety, site access and AI.

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Why builders choose BuildPass

HazardCo is a guided health and safety system for builders and tradies, and it does that one job well. BuildPass covers the same inductions, SWMS and sign-on, then keeps going into site diaries, scheduling, defects, quality and finance on the same jobs.

01
One platform, three stages

Win the work, run the site, get paid. Estimating, tendering, letting, site delivery, quality, budgets, progress claims and variations all sit on the same jobs and the same people.

02
Built for the people on site

Subbies induct themselves and sign on from a phone browser with nothing to install. Supasite gives your field team their own app, and it feeds straight back into BuildPass.

03
An agent that works on your data

BuildPass Agent answers questions and builds workflows inside the product. The MCP connector lets you work with your BuildPass data from Claude or ChatGPT, so the job record is available wherever your team already works.

How BuildPass and HazardCo compare

HazardCo and BuildPass overlap on safety. The rows below are where they differ. Everything both platforms do the same way is in the line under the table.

Capability
BuildPass
HazardCo
Platform scope
Preconstruction
BuildPass
TakeoffEstimatingProcurement & RFQsProposalsProgrammeLettingSubcontractsPurchase ordersSee preconstruction
HazardCoNot covered
Finance
BuildPass
Head contractBudgetProgress claimsVariationsRetentionSee finance
HazardCoNot covered
Site management
BuildPass
Site diariesSchedulingDrawingsDocumentsPhotosActionsSee site management
HazardCoNot covered
Quality
BuildPass
DefectsITPsInspectionsRFIsSubmittalsSee quality assurance
HazardCoNot covered
Safety and site compliance
HazardCo adds a safety plan generator, a hazard board and an advisor line
BuildPass
InductionsSWMS BuilderPermitsToolbox meetingsSDS registerIncidentsCertificationsInsurancesSee health and safety
HazardCo
Site-specific safety planPre-qualificationInductionsSWMSToolbox meetingsIncident reporting24/7 advisor line
Site access
Who is on site, live
BuildPass
Sign-onsGeofencingEmergency evacuationsPrequalificationsSee site access
HazardCoQR sign-in, attendance and contractor pre-qualification
Plant and assets
BuildPass
Plant & equipmentPlant managementSee plant and assets
HazardCoNot covered
AI and the field
AI in the product
BuildPass
BuildPass AgentAI Toolkit
HazardCoNone found in HazardCo's product
Connect your own AI client
BuildPass
MCP connector
HazardCoNo MCP connector or public API documented
Sign on with nothing to install
BuildPassScan the QR and continue in the phone browser, or use our worker app
HazardCoFree HazardCo app required to scan in
Geofenced sign-on and sign-off
BuildPassAutomatic and reminder modes
HazardCoNot covered
Commercial
Projects included
BuildPassUnlimited projects on every plan
HazardCoPlans include a set number of projects a year

Both platforms cover digital inductions, SWMS, toolbox meetings, incident reporting and a worker sign-in record, each from a field app. The difference is scope: HazardCo stops at safety, and BuildPass carries the same records into site delivery, quality, preconstruction and finance.

HazardCo capabilities checked against HazardCo's published documentation, October 2026. BuildPass capabilities checked against the BuildPass product source, except plan inclusions, which are confirmed by BuildPass.

Why builders move to BuildPass

Beyond safety

The safety record that runs the rest of the job

The induction, the SWMS and the sign-on you already do in HazardCo keep going in BuildPass: into the site diary, the defect raised that afternoon, and the progress claim at month end. One platform instead of a safety app plus a spreadsheet plus a project tool.

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A subbie scanning the gate QR, completing an induction on their phone, and their SWMS waiting review
Preconstruction and finance

The tender that wins becomes the budget

Your estimator prices the job in Win, and the tender that wins becomes the budget in Pay without re-entering a line. Progress claims, variations and retentions run against the same job your site team is signing on to. HazardCo does not reach this part of the job.

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Smart Compare levelling three electrical quotes against the estimate, with the committed budget alongside
BuildPass Agent and MCP

Ask your project record a question

Ask BuildPass Agent which defects are overdue on a job and it answers from your live data. Describe a workflow and it builds it. Connect Claude or ChatGPT through the MCP connector and your project record is available in the tools your office already uses.

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BuildPass Agent answering which defects are overdue on a project, over the defects list

BuildPass and HazardCo, answered

The things that come up most when a builder is weighing up the two.

BuildPass runs preconstruction, site operations and finance in one platform. HazardCo is a guided health and safety system for builders and tradies. Both cover inductions, SWMS, toolbox meetings, incident reporting and worker sign-on; BuildPass also covers site diaries, scheduling, defects, quality and finance that HazardCo does not.

For a builder who needs more than safety, yes. HazardCo does guided safety well and little else. BuildPass runs the same inductions, SWMS and sign-on in the same product as the site diary, the defect and the progress claim, so the safety record is part of the job rather than a separate app.

For the safety work, yes: inductions, SWMS, toolbox meetings, incident reporting and worker sign-on are all in BuildPass. The exceptions are HazardCo's three extras, the 24/7 advisor line, the safety plan generator and the physical hazard board, which BuildPass does not offer.

Three things. HazardCo runs a 24/7 health and safety advisor line with real advisors on the phone, a site-specific safety plan generator that drafts a plan in minutes, and a physical QR hazard board shipped to the gate. If any of those decides your system, HazardCo is the stronger choice.

No. HazardCo is a health and safety product for builders and tradies. Site diaries, scheduling, drawings, defects, ITPs, RFIs, preconstruction and finance are not in its product list. BuildPass covers all of them on the same jobs as the safety records.

Yes, for inductions, SWMS, toolbox meetings, incident reporting and worker sign-on. The parts it does not replace are HazardCo's own three: the advisor phone line, the safety plan generator and the physical hazard board. Everything else carries across to BuildPass and sits alongside the rest of the job.

Yes. BuildPass Agent answers questions and builds workflows from your live project data inside the product, and a first-party MCP connector lets Claude or ChatGPT work with your BuildPass data directly. HazardCo publishes no AI assistant of its own.

You can, and some builders keep HazardCo for the advisor line while running BuildPass for the job. The inductions, SWMS and sign-on overlap, so most builders who move the rest of the job to BuildPass bring the safety work with it rather than pay for both.

Subbies scan a QR code at the gate, complete their induction and sign on from their phone browser with nothing to install. Their SWMS, certifications and insurances attach to them rather than to a job folder, so the paperwork arrives without an admin chasing it.

See how much of your job you can run through BuildPass

Preconstruction, site delivery, quality and finance in one platform, built for the team that has to use it.

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