Regulatory & Permit Compliance

Regulatory variance across regions and job types isn't a legal problem — it's an execution problem. The fix is in the job standard, not the compliance binder.

A Spaid engineer codifies compliance requirements by job type and region into the pre-job briefing, monitors documentation completion before job close, and builds an auditable job record layer your PE partner or regulator can open in 10 minutes.

The Compliance Execution Gap

Compliance failures don't happen in the policy manual. They happen in the field.

Most field service compliance problems aren't caused by a lack of policy — they're caused by a policy that never made it into the job execution flow. The tech on the job doesn't have the permit number handy, the inspection checklist isn't in the FSM, the required photos weren't taken. Fixable at the job level, not the policy level.

Region-Specific Requirement Variance

A tech who works across 3 counties may face different permit requirements, inspection checklists, and documentation standards in each. That knowledge lives in the experienced tech's head — and doesn't always make it to the newer hire assigned the commercial job in the unfamiliar county.

3–5× higher compliance incident rate on less-experienced techs

Documentation Completeness at Job Close

Permit numbers unrecorded. Required photos not uploaded. Inspection sign-offs not logged. Work order fields empty that compliance requires full. Not intentional — the field execution flow doesn't prompt the documentation. The gap shows up in the audit, not the daily review.

Average 20–30% of compliance-required fields incomplete at job close

PE & Audit Exposure

For PE-backed operators or those in acquisition conversations, incomplete compliance documentation creates material risk. An auditor asks for the last 200 commercial jobs with permit documentation. Two hours of manual review produces 40% missing records.

20–40% of PE due diligence items relate to compliance documentation
Why Existing Solutions Fail

Compliance training vs. compliance execution.

A compliance binder tells your team what's required. A job execution standard that prompts the requirement at the moment of performance is what makes it happen.

What you've tried before

Annual compliance training

Addresses awareness, not execution. Techs know what's required. The FSM job flow doesn't prompt it at the point of need.

Compliance binder

The resource exists. Nobody opens it on the job. Compliance happens when the binder is in front of you — not when the truck is idling and the next job is waiting.

Post-audit remediation

Fix it after the audit finds it. Expensive in remediation time, regulatory exposure, and customer relationship impact.

Manager field audits

Catch problems for the jobs observed. Miss the 90% that aren't observed. Not scalable beyond 10–15 techs.

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What forward-deployed looks like

Operational knowledge graph codifies compliance requirements by job type and region

Required documentation, permit processes, and inspection standards built into the pre-job briefing for the specific job type in the specific region.

Work order completion monitoring flags required documentation before job close

Compliance-required fields flagged before the invoice goes out. Window to capture documentation while the tech is still on site.

Drift detection monitors documentation compliance rate by tech, branch, and job type

Daily flag when compliance documentation rate drops below baseline. Surface systematic skips before they become an audit finding.

FSM API connector creates auditable job records with timestamps and required fields

PE and regulatory audit-ready job documentation — scope, timestamps, permit numbers, required photos — accessible in one place, not scattered across four systems.

Engineer + Software

How the engineer and software embed compliance into job execution.

Compliance requirements in the job flow. Daily monitoring before job close.

Operational Knowledge Graph

Compliance requirements in the job flow, not the binder

Codifies compliance documentation requirements by job type and region — permit requirements, inspection checklists, required fields, photo documentation standards. Built from your actual job types and regional footprint. Embedded in the pre-job briefing so the tech sees requirements before they arrive.

Pre-Job Briefing Layer

Compliance prompt before the truck rolls

Surfaces compliance requirements for the specific job type and location via existing FSM job card. Tech sees permit requirements, documentation standards, and inspection checklist before arriving on site. No new app, no compliance binder to open.

Work Order Completion Monitoring

Required fields flagged before job close

Monitors compliance-required field completion daily. Flags jobs where documentation is incomplete before the invoice cycle. Tracks compliance completion rate by tech and job type to surface systematic gaps.

FSM API Connector

Auditable job record layer on top of your existing system

Creates a structured compliance documentation layer from your existing FSM data — job scope, timestamps, permit numbers, required photos, inspection sign-offs. Accessible in one place, formatted for PE due diligence and regulatory audit.

Measured Outcomes

What operators measure after 90 days.

Field
20–30
Pts Improvement
Compliance Field Completion
Compliance-required field completion rate after pre-job briefing and monitoring deployment.
Field
3–5×
Reduction
Junior Tech Compliance Gap
Pre-job briefing closes the compliance execution gap between experienced and newer techs.
Field
10
Minutes
Time to Audit-Ready Records
Structured compliance documentation accessible in one place — PE and regulatory audit-ready.
Field
Daily
Monitoring
vs. Annual Audit Discovery
Compliance documentation gaps flagged daily — not discovered in the quarterly review.
Related Problems

Operators tightening compliance also address:

The Measured Pilot Guarantee

If we don't identify $200K, you pay nothing.

Our Full-Operation Audit (Days 1–30) maps every revenue leak — field and back of house. If we don't identify at least $200,000 in recoverable annual revenue, we refund Phase 1 in full. You keep all audit deliverables.

After kickoff, we ask for about 30 minutes a week of your ops leader's time.

Zero risk. Full-operation visibility. Founding customer pricing: 40% below standard rates.
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45 minutes. Your data.
No commitment.

We'll start with a recent export or sample call data from your FSM and call system, show you the biggest leaks, and scope the engagement. Full access happens only if you proceed to the audit.

Accepting 2–3 founding operators · $20M–$100M revenue · 40–120 techs · On a modern FSM