Certchain, an AI-enabled workforce compliance platform for the construction sector, has announced a £750,000 investment from Ufi Ventures and Haatch to transform how the industry evidences skills and compliance. The round will enable Certchain’s rollout across major UK contractors and the development of new worker-facing competency tools.
Faced with tightening legislation and regulation, construction companies are under increasing pressure for clear, auditable evidence of workforce competence. Without a simple way to prove their workers and subcontractors have the right training and qualifications, construction work grinds to a halt. Projects face delays, increased costs and safety risks, and companies are exposed to fines and withdrawal of contracts. For many firms, compliance is becoming both a risk and an operational burden. At the same time, for construction workers themselves, not having a robust way to track, demonstrate and develop their skills results in missed opportunities for targeted training, lower pay, and a lack of career development.
Certchain is helping to solve these problems by providing a digital platform where credentials are verified with more than 40 training and regulatory bodies and instantly accessible via “skills passports” for every worker across every project. Employers can onboard, verify and continuously monitor the competence of their workforce and subcontractors, replacing manual checks with a more reliable and scalable process.
The benefits for workers are equally significant. The skills held on the app can be used across employers, and in a world first, Cara AI - Certchain’s personal career progression assistant - helps workers identify gaps between their current profile and the requirements of a role, making it clear where further training would help them get ahead. In a sector where career pathways are often unclear, this is a major step forward in access to work and career development.
