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Make your own copy. Open the Subcontractor Compliance Checklist. It opens a fresh, editable copy in your own Google Drive. Run it on every sub before you issue a Notice to Proceed, check off each item, rename it, make it yours; the original stays unchanged.
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A RocketLevel checklist, backed by decades of experience in the trade. On a commercial or large-loss job, a subcontractor's gap becomes your liability. Run this screen and clear it before you issue a Notice to Proceed.
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Reviewed October 2026. Wage, asbestos and lead rules change, and they vary by state. Use this page to know what to ask, then confirm with your state agency or a construction attorney before you rely on it.
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Read this before you use the dollar figures. The limits in section 2 are working baselines we set for this checklist. They proxy for one question: is this sub carrying enough that their loss stops at their policy instead of reaching yours. The governing numbers are the ones written into your prime contract and your client's vendor requirements, and those move by job, by region, and by building type. Pull those two documents, write the real numbers into the line below, and screen against those instead of ours.
Required limits on this job, and where they came from (prime contract section, or client vendor packet):
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Why this matters. An uninsured sub, an expired certificate of insurance (COI), or an OSHA gap on a healthcare site puts the exposure on the prime contractor, which is you. Clearing compliance up front is how you stay bondable and stay on the approved-vendor list.
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Fill this in first. A checklist with no name on it cannot be produced later, and "we always check" is not a record.
Subcontractor legal name, exactly as it reads on the COI:
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Trade and the scope they are being cleared for on this job:
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Job or project number:
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Who ran this screen, and the date:
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Notice to Proceed issued on (date), or held, and what is holding it:
Answer: