Site platform comparison
Assured Contractors and HammerTech compared
HammerTech is a construction safety platform licensed by main contractors: online inductions, permits, equipment compliance, incidents, inspections and access control with its own Irongate turnstiles.
Assured Contractors covers much of the same site ground — permits, gate check-in, emergency muster, visitors, incidents and inspections — and adds client-side prequalification with Companies House monitoring, DVSA and DVLA vehicle checks, and bookings that check operators' cards. It has no turnstiles or facial recognition.
Most teams choose one of the two for site operations rather than running both.
At a glance
How do Assured Contractors and HammerTech differ?
| Question | Assured Contractors | HammerTech |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Contractor assurance software that a client runs for its own supply chain and sites, from prequalification to the site gate. | A site safety platform sold to main contractors: inductions, turnstile access control, permits, plant and equipment compliance, incidents and inspections.[1][3] |
| Who pays | The client organisation, with one subscription. Contractors pay nothing on any plan, so there's no Assured Contractors fee for them to recover in their prices. A client sends its contractors its company code or invite link; they join free and are connected straight away, and one profile serves every client. | The main contractor licenses it. HammerTech says there's no charge for additional users.[4] |
| Published price (checked November 2026) | Clients subscribe from £149 a month (excluding VAT) after a 14-day free trial. Contractors: free, with no joining, annual, per-client or per-worker fee. | Not published. |
| What it covers | Company documents and insurance with expiry tracking, Companies House status, workers' cards, vehicle MOT and tax checks, permits to work, crane and delivery bookings, gate check-in, muster, visitors, incidents, inspections and COSHH. | Subcontractor documents and insurance with expiry tracking, inductions, permits (hot work, confined space, work at height, LOTO) with a live map and permit board, RAMS, equipment and operator licence checks, incidents and injuries, inspections, sign-in for workers and visitors, and turnstiles with facial recognition, RFID, QR and PIN entry.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] |
| Assessment turnaround | No external assessment queue: the client's own reviewers approve documents and cards in their workspace. | Not published |
Capabilities
What does each one cover?
From HammerTech's published pages and our own product, checked November 2026.
| Capability | Assured Contractors | HammerTech[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] |
|---|---|---|
| Contractors connect at no cost | Yes | —Not published |
| Independent SSIP / CAS certificate | NoStores your contractors' SSIP certificates | No |
| Company documents and insurance with expiry tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Companies House status monitoring | Yes | —Not published |
| Worker competency cards (CSCS, CPCS, IPAF…) | YesCard details, photos and expiry | Yes |
| Vehicle MOT and tax checks (DVSA / DVLA) | Yes | —Not published |
| Permits to work | Yes | Yes |
| Crane, hoist and delivery bookings | Yes | —Not published |
| Gate check-in and live attendance | YesSoftware, no turnstiles | YesWith turnstiles |
| Emergency muster roll call | Yes | YesEmergency headcount |
| Visitor sign-in kiosk | Yes | Yes |
| Incidents and inspections | Yes | Yes |
| COSHH register | Yes | —Not published |
✓ published by the vendor · – partly · ✗ not offered · — not published by the vendor (it may still exist). See all providers
Which fits
Which one is right for you?
When HammerTech is the right choice
- You need physical access controlHammerTech supplies Irongate turnstiles with facial recognition, RFID cards, QR codes and PINs, and can revoke access when a credential expires. The Assured Contractors gate check is software only.
- You want RAMS managed as a workflowHammerTech manages RAMS from submission to worker sign-on. In Assured Contractors, RAMS are uploaded as documents.
- You want a live permit map and boardHammerTech shows active permits on a site map and a 24-hour permit board that can stream to site screens.
- You want injury analytics across projectsHammerTech tracks lost time injuries and incident rates by project, with root-cause analysis and corrective actions. Assured Contractors records incidents with RIDDOR fields and actions, without those rate calculations.
When Assured Contractors fits
- Prequalification is part of the same recordCompany documents and insurance with expiry dates, Companies House status, risk tiers and a contractor status with a “Why?” list of every reason — feeding each worker's readiness at the gate.
- UK vehicle checksDVSA MOT history and DVLA tax lookups for every contractor vehicle, with insurance documents and vehicle bookings to sites.
- Bookings that check the operatorCrane, hoist, plant and delivery bookings refuse double-booking a person, equipment or vehicle, and warn when an operator lacks an in-date CPCS, NPORS or IPAF card.
- Free for contractors, shared across clientsContractors join free with your company code and a four-field form, are connected to you straight away, and keep one profile that every client they work for can see. You pay one subscription; they pay nothing.
Using both
Can you use HammerTech and Assured Contractors together?
You can, but there's no integration between them today, so the same contractors and workers would be kept in two places. Where a site already has turnstiles from one supplier, gate staff can still use the Assured Contractors readiness check on a phone or tablet beside them.
If you're choosing between them, list what you need at the gate first. If hardware access control is essential, HammerTech supplies it. If you need contractor prequalification, vehicle checks and bookings on the same record as the gate, compare what Assured Contractors covers in the table above.
What Assured Contractors doesn't do
- No SSIP, PAS 91 or CAS certificateAssured Contractors isn't an assessment scheme and doesn't certify companies. Clients who require SSIP keep requiring it; contractors store the certificate on their profile with its expiry date.
- No turnstiles, biometrics or gate hardwareGate check-in is software on a phone, tablet or laptop: gate staff search the worker, see their readiness and record allow, refuse or refer with reasons.
- No live CSCS Smart Check connection yetCards are recorded with their number, expiry date and photos, and approved by the client's reviewers. Reviewers who want a live check use the CSCS Smart Check app.
Does Assured Contractors have turnstiles or facial recognition?
No. Gate check-in in Assured Contractors is software: gate staff search the worker, see a live readiness check with reasons, and record allow, refuse or refer. HammerTech supplies turnstiles with facial recognition.
Do both handle permits to work?
Yes. HammerTech publishes hot work, confined space, work at height and lockout/tagout permits with approvals and a live map. Assured Contractors covers hot work, confined space, work at height, electrical isolation, excavation and lifting permits, from request to close, with checklists and a PDF; issued permits are locked from editing.
Do contractors pay to use either?
Assured Contractors is free for contractors on every plan; the client pays. HammerTech is licensed by the main contractor and says there's no charge for additional users; it doesn't publish prices.
Does HammerTech check vehicles' MOT and tax?
Not on the HammerTech pages we reviewed (checked November 2026). Assured Contractors looks up DVSA MOT history and DVLA tax for each contractor vehicle.
Does Assured Contractors work on site without a signal?
No. Assured Contractors is a web app and needs a connection; it has no offline mode.
- HammerTech permits www.hammertech.com/en-gb/solutions/contractor-management/permits
- HammerTech equipment compliance www.hammertech.com/en-gb/platform/equipment-compliance
- HammerTech access control www.hammertech.com/en-gb/platform/access-control
- HammerTech subcontractor management www.hammertech.com/en-au/platform/subcontractor-management
- HammerTech online inductions and registration www.hammertech.com/en-gb/solutions/site-operations/online-inductions-and-registration
- HammerTech incidents and injuries www.hammertech.com/en-gb/platform/incidents-injuries
- HammerTech help: signing in and out with the Sign-In app subcontractorhelp.hammertech.com/hc/en-gb/articles/14041707485071-Sign-In-Sign-Out-Using-the-HammerTech-Sign-In-App
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