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Subcontractors

A subcontractor is a company you bring onto a project. Registering them means work activities can be attributed to the right company, which is what makes the day board and your reporting readable.

The subcontractors list in ToolboxFM, showing the companies registered on the projectThe subcontractors list in ToolboxFM, showing the companies registered on the project
Registered subcontractors. Work activities are attributed to one of these companies.

Adding one

Section titled “Adding one”

ToolboxFMSubcontractorsNew subcontractor — enter the business name, then choose the projects where the company works. Leave the project list empty to make the subcontractor available on every project.

The New Subcontractor form in ToolboxFM, with a business name field and project assignmentsThe New Subcontractor form in ToolboxFM, with a business name field and project assignments
Create the company first, then invite its supervisors and connect them to it.

A Subcontractor Supervisor’s view of a subcontractor is limited to their own company, so a supervisor from one trade cannot browse another trade’s details.

Deleting one

Section titled “Deleting one”

Deleting a subcontractor does not remove the work they did. ToolboxFM keeps the record in a tombstone state: it stops appearing in pickers and lists, but the work activities, diary entries and history that refer to it still resolve to a name rather than to a blank.

This matters more than it sounds. If deletion erased the company, your historical reporting would quietly become wrong.

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