Trades Data AI
For Construction Companies

Give your crew a raise —
without touching your margins.

Your workers can earn $70–120/day on top of their wages — from helmet cameras documenting their craft on your existing job sites. You sign one form, invest nothing, and earn 5% of everything they make.

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$0cost to you
5%of your crew's earnings
1 signatureto get started
$0
cost to your company
We absorb ~$575/worker in equipment, plus legal, privacy processing, and payment costs. You sign once and wait for deposits.
5%
monthly revenue share
Of every dollar your crew earns. Marcus earns $5,700 this month? You get $285 automatically.
1
signature to start
Site Access & IP Waiver. Covers recording consent, IP ownership, and union compliance in one document.

Your company's data stays yours.

We never sell data about your company, your clients, or your job sites. Workers' footage is anonymized before it leaves our system — no faces, no plates, no names.

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Your company data is never sold
We make money from anonymized trade footage — not from selling information about your business, your clients, or your sites. That's not our model.
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Faces, plates, and names are removed
Our processing pipeline blurs every face, license plate, badge, and name tag before footage is stored. What remains is skilled work — not identifiable people.
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You can pause any site, same day
Sensitive client? Confidential project? Pause recording on any site with one request. No questions asked. Recording stops immediately.
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Your IP is protected by contract
The Site Access & IP Waiver explicitly covers ownership of your proprietary methods and techniques. Your trade secrets stay yours.

See what your crew would earn.

Adjust the crew size, edit any worker's rank or bonuses, and watch the numbers update live — including your cut.

3 workers50 workers
$60,374
crew earnings / month
$3,019
your 5% share / month
$36,228
your annual revenue
$63,393
total value added / month
WorkerPerformanceHrs / MoEarnedYour ShareActive Bonuses
Marcus T.
Journeyman Electrician
Top Performer
156
$5,741
$287
🔵 Wrist Sensor Precision🎙️ Narration🔥 Streak
Carlos R.
Journeyman Plumber
Solid Contributor
148
$4,854
$243
🔵 Wrist Sensor Precision🎙️ Narration
Darnell W.
Pipefitter / Foreman
Top Performer
142
$5,254
$263
🔵 Wrist Sensor👥 Teaching🔥 Streak
James L.
Journeyman Ironworker
Solid Contributor
138
$4,595
$230
🔵 Wrist Sensor Precision
Miguel A.
Journeyman HVAC Tech
Solid Contributor
134
$3,926
$196
🔵 Wrist Sensor Precision
Kevin P.
Journeyman Electrician
Solid Contributor
130
$3,575
$179
🔵 Wrist Sensor🎙️ Narration
THE ALIGNMENT PRINCIPLE
Marcus T. wears their wrist sensor daily and narrates their work. That's worth $2,722/month more than an average recorder. Share what they do with the rest of your crew.”

When your workers earn more, your company earns more. There's no cap on crew performance — the best-performing crews push their top earners past $6,000/month. Five percent of that goes to you automatically, every month.

Your incentives are perfectly aligned. No extra management. No ops overhead.
What if everyone performed like your top performer?
$114,820
total crew earnings / month
vs. $60,374 today
$5,741
your 5% share / month
vs. $3,019 today
$68,892
your annual revenue
vs. $36,228 today
Marcus T. earns $5,741/month with wrist sensor, precision, narration, streak. If all 20 crew members matched that, your company would earn $68,892/year — automatically.

When work slows down.

Construction is cyclical. Projects end. Winters hit. You can't prevent every layoff — but you can make sure your guys are better prepared when it happens.

$24,000+
annual supplemental income per worker

A journeyman electrician who works 200 days on your site earns $24,000+ in supplemental income over the year. When January comes and the project wraps, that's real savings — not a severance package, not unemployment. Money they earned because you signed one form.

For a 12-person crew, that's $170,000–$290,000 in collective supplemental earnings flowing to your workers every year. Money that didn't exist before you joined.

You can't always keep them on payroll. But you can make sure they leave better off than they came.

They get paid to work harder.

Your workers only earn from verified, hands-on skilled work. Not downtime. Not breaks. Not waiting for materials. Actual craft, documented and confirmed.

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Productivity has its own reward

The worker who's most productive on your site is the worker earning the most from the program. They have their own reason to stay focused — because focused work earns them more money.

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This is not surveillance

You never see the footage. There's no monitoring dashboard. No performance tracking piped to management. The worker controls their own camera, reviews their own footage, and earns based on their own output.

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Your incentives are perfectly aligned

When your workers earn more, your company earns more. No cap on crew performance. No extra management. No ops overhead. The best-performing crews push their top earners past $6,000/month — and 5% of that goes to you automatically.

Beyond the check.

The revenue share is the number that gets attention. Here's what actually moves the needle for your business.

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Worker retention
$35K–140Kcost to replace one journeyman
Workers don't leave employers who put extra money in their pocket every Friday. This benefit costs you nothing and shows up on their paycheck.
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Recruiting edge
292,000unfilled construction positions
94% of contractors can't find enough workers. When you're competing for a journeyman, '$70–120/day extra on top of wages' closes the conversation. No one else is offering this.
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Layoff cushion
$24K+average annual cushion per worker
When work slows down, your workers have savings they wouldn't have had. Because you signed one form.
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Closing the benefits gap
$33K/yrunion vs. non-union gap
Union workers earn $33K/year more in benefits. This program puts $15–29K back in your workers' pockets — and it costs you nothing.
Productivity that pays for itself
Verified workonly hands-on labor earns
Workers only earn from verified, hands-on skilled work. Not downtime. Not breaks. The most productive worker on your site earns the most — and you never have to manage that.
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Zero ops overhead
0 hrsforeman or PM time required
We handle everything — equipment shipping, legal docs, worker onboarding, and payments. Your foreman never hears about it. Your PM never fills out a form.
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Union-friendly
CBA carve-outbuilt into every document
Explicit collective bargaining carve-outs in every agreement. Reviewed by our legal team in coordination with union reps. No grievance exposure. No CBA conflict.
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Site control
Pause anytimeper project, same day
Confidential site? Sensitive client? Pause recording for any project with one request. Workers get advance notice. No footage is taken on restricted sites.
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Monthly revenue — uncorrelated to billing
Monthlyvs. 56-day avg project cycles
Construction companies wait an average of 56 days for project payment. Your Trades Data revenue hits every month — independent of which projects are billing.

Your crew vs. their crew.

292,000 construction positions are unfilled nationally. 94% of contractors report difficulty hiring. When a journeyman is choosing between two companies with similar pay, the differentiator matters.

YOUR CREW
+$2,400
extra per worker, per month
“We signed you guys up for something where you can earn extra money every week on top of your wages — figured you deserved it.”
THEIR CREW
$0
same wages, nothing extra
Same pay. Same work. No supplemental income. No layoff cushion. No equipment program. Nothing different.

That's not a hiring pitch you rehearse. It's a fact your workers spread for you.

The honest split.

We designed this to cost you zero operational time. Here's exactly where the line is.

We handle
  • All legal documents (TCA + waivers + recording consent)
  • Equipment — DJI Action 5 Pro, wrist sensor, charging dock (~$575/worker, fully absorbed)
  • Privacy processing — faces, voices, badges, tattoos all blurred before storage
  • Worker payments — direct deposit every Friday
  • Your monthly revenue share — independent of project billing cycles
  • Union compliance — explicit CBA carve-outs in all documents
  • Equipment replacement if lost or damaged on site
· You handle
  • ·GL insurance at $2M minimum (standard on most active sites already)
  • ·One 15-minute call to verify your business
  • ·Sign one document (Site Access & IP Waiver)
  • ·Let workers know the program exists — we handle everything after that

How it works.

From first call to first deposit. Recording can start within 2 business days of signing.

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Sign the site access agreement
One document. Covers recording consent, IP ownership, and union compliance. Takes 15 minutes — a quick call to verify your business, then one signature. Countersigned the same day.
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Workers install the app and hit record
We ship equipment directly to each worker (~$575/worker, fully absorbed by us). They install the app, clip the camera to their helmet, and record their normal shift. Your foreman never hears about it.
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Trades Data AI pays workers directly every 2 weeks
Workers get paid every two weeks by direct deposit. Your 5% revenue share deposits monthly, independent of your project payment cycles. Zero management from you — ever.

What's your crew worth?

Move the slider. See what your company earns every month — and what your crew takes home on top of their wages.

1 worker50 workers
$19,200
monthly earnings boost for your crew
on top of their regular wages
$960
your monthly 5% share
deposited monthly, independent of billing
$11,520
your annual revenue
from a program that costs you nothing
$5,741/mo
if your full crew performs like your top earner
based on journeyman electrician with all bonuses active
What $11,520/year means for your business:
A new tool package for your crew every year
A meaningful offset on your annual insurance premium
Revenue that hits monthly, independent of project billing cycles
Money you didn't have yesterday — from a program that costs you nothing

Assumes $960/month average across all contribution tiers (~90 documented hrs/worker/month at journeyman rates with standard bonuses). Top performer estimate: journeyman electrician with wrist sensor, precision, narration, and streak bonuses active.

Questions we hear from every owner.

The real questions — not the marketing ones. Here are honest answers.

What exactly do my workers have to do?
Clip a small camera to their helmet and work. At the end of each shift, they answer a few quick review questions (~5 min). Equipment docks and uploads automatically. That's it.
Who pays for the equipment?
We do. ~$575/worker — DJI Action 5 Pro, helmet mount, wrist sensor, charging dock, spare battery. Ships directly to each worker. If anything breaks, we replace it at no charge.
Does this create any liability for me?
No. We carry our own insurance. Your GL policy covers your site as usual. Our equipment is helmet-mounted and non-intrusive. Zero safety incidents across all pilot sites.
What about proprietary methods or trade secrets?
Our pipeline blurs faces, badges, logos, license plates, and tattoos before anything is stored. The Site Access & IP Waiver covers IP ownership explicitly. You can pause recording on any site, same day, no questions asked.
What if a worker breaks the camera?
We replace it. No charge to you or the worker. Equipment is ruggedized for job sites, but accidents happen and we absorb that cost.
Can I pause this for a specific project?
Yes. Pause recording on any site with one request. Useful for sensitive clients or confidential projects. Workers get advance notice. No footage is taken on restricted sites.
Is this union-compatible?
Yes. Every agreement includes explicit CBA carve-outs, reviewed with union reps. Worker participation is 100% voluntary. No grievance exposure, no CBA conflict.
How long before I see revenue?
Equipment ships within 5 business days of signing. Workers can start recording immediately. First company deposit arrives ~30 days after first worker recordings are processed.
What's the catch?
There isn't one. We need high-quality trade footage to train AI models. Your workers produce that footage by doing the job they already do. We pay them well for it, and we share 5% with you for making it possible. Everybody wins.
READY TO PARTNER?

Here's what happens after you click.

We schedule a 15-minute call to verify your business. You sign one document. We handle everything else. First worker equipment ships within 5 business days.

📞 15-min call
✍️ One signature
📦 Equipment ships in 5 days
💰 First deposit in ~30 days
Get your site access agreement →

Questions first? Reach us at partners@tradesdata.ai