For electrical and MEP subcontractors on Procore jobs
Get paid for the work you already did.
Second Shift is the back office that works after your crew clocks out. We handle your change orders, pay applications and retainage. AI does the drafting and the chasing. A person who has worked the trade approves every document, and you sign and send it.
Nothing reaches your GC without your approval. You stay the contracting party.
The problem
The money is lost in paperwork, not in the field.
Most subs don't have anyone whose full-time job is chasing what they're owed. The PM does it at night, or it doesn't get done.
of subs say their change orders aren't always paid in full.
wrote off change-order revenue in the past 12 months.
average wait for payment after a pay application.
still build pay applications in spreadsheets.
Sources: Clearstory x Dodge, 2026 (92%, 66%) · Billd report (51 days) · PBC Today (67%). Industry surveys; figures are directional.
How it works
AI drafts and chases. A person approves. You send.
Paperwork comes in
T&M tags, photos, emails, Procore RFIs and the spec book.
AI drafts it
Change orders priced from your own rates, pay apps, and closeout gap lists.
A reviewer approves
Someone who knows the trade checks scope and backup on every document.
You sign and send
You stay the party of record with the GC. Always.
Follow-ups go out
Scheduled reminders until each item is answered, approved or paid.
Money collected
Change orders paid, pay apps funded, retainage released.
Services
Start with one stuck job. Keep the desk if it pays.
Retainage recovery sprint
One finished job with retainage still held. We build the closeout gap list against the spec, chase the missing O&M manuals, warranties, as-builts and lien waivers, and deliver a complete closeout binder.
Change-order desk
Field T&M tags, photos and voice notes become change-order requests priced from your labor rates and material sheet, logged and followed up until approved and billed.
Pay-application desk
Monthly pay apps and schedule of values prepared on time, lien waivers tracked, and every billing deadline on one calendar.
Built-in guardrails
Your pricing and your GC relationships stay yours.
- A person approves every document before it goes out.
- Prices come only from your own rate sheet. We don't estimate.
- You remain the contracting party, in writing.
- Your data stays in your own systems wherever possible.
- Built for Procore, Outlook or Gmail, and QuickBooks or Foundation.
- No automated messages to your GC, ever.
Who's behind it
Run by someone who has pulled wire, not just pushed paper.
Second Shift was started by a former IBEW, CWA and Teamsters member with years of hands-on Procore experience on GC-run projects.
That means knowing what a real T&M tag, extra and backcharge look like, and how subcontractor permissions work on a GC's Procore project. It's the part software vendors and bookkeeping firms don't have.
Who it's for: electrical subs doing roughly $5M to $75M a year, then mechanical, plumbing and fire protection.
Start with one job
Tell us what's stuck.
Pick one finished job with retainage still held, or one change order that's been sitting too long. We'll talk it through and tell you plainly whether we can recover it.
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