Contractor Management for Universities | Heresafe UK
90.49% of RAMS are approved more than 2 days in advance with Heresafe

Contractor Management Software for Universities

Heresafe is a contractor management software platform for universities, helping estates and facilities teams manage contractor compliance, RAMS approvals, permits to work, inductions and on-site visibility across multiple campuses and buildings.

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Manage contractors across university campuses and sites
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Managing contractors across sprawling campuses, regulated labs, nurseries and multiple sites — without the right system?

100% of clients said managing contractors and workers would be less efficient without Heresafe.

Monitor contractors across every campus location and guarantee compliance.

Gain a real-time view of every contractor across all your sites — whether they’re working in a lab, nursery, or main campus building. Simply manage and collect mandatory details in one automated, self-service Contractor Assurance Portal, whilst Heresafe’s built-in workflows ensure your compliance regime is followed 100%.

Eliminate bottlenecks at busy campus entry points.

Let contractors complete your site safety induction and assessment before they even arrive on campus. Our Self-Service Mobile Check-In with QR code sign-in removes queues at reception, does away with paper sign-in books, and frees up your estates team to focus on safety rather than admin.

Ensure only safe, approved contractors work in your most sensitive areas.

A digital Health and Safety Questionnaire enables you to pre-qualify contractors before they set foot on site. Automated alerts flag expired documents, and you can set stricter access requirements for high-risk areas like labs and medical facilities — so the right people are always in the right places.

Moving to a contractor management and compliance system…

Universities manage contractors across labs, nurseries, lecture theatres and sprawling multi-site campuses — often with small estates teams and big compliance obligations. Here’s how Heresafe helps.

Using outdated or paper-based systems…

Using Heresafe across your campus…



No visibility of who’s on-site across multiple campus buildings and locations Live On-Site Now reporting shows who is checked in across your campus locations from one central dashboard
Contractors working in labs or nurseries without the correct qualifications or access permissions Location groups and area-specific requirements help control contractor access to sensitive spaces like labs, nurseries and plant rooms
Chasing contractors for expired documents and certifications manually Automated renewal alerts flag expired documents, insurance, training and certifications before they become a compliance risk
Paper inductions causing delays and queues at campus entry points Remote inductions and pre-qualifying assessments let contractors complete campus requirements before arrival
No audit trail if an incident occurs on campus RAMS approval workflows, digital permits to work, jobs and visit reporting create a full data trail when evidence is needed
Compliance gaps across departments who can’t easily share contractor information The Contractor Assurance Portal gives contractors a direct route to upload documents, update details and manage worker information
Inconsistent contractor onboarding across different campus sites and departments Standardised induction and assessment processes keep contractor onboarding consistent across departments, buildings and campus locations
Difficult to manage sub-contractors and the workers they bring on site Sub-contractor and individual worker management gives you visibility of everyone attending site, not just the lead contractor
Manual booking-in processes taking up valuable time from your estates team Self-Service Mobile Check-In, QR code sign-in and automated booking emails reduce manual booking-in for campus staff
No way to quickly flag or remove a contractor who breaches safety standards Red and Yellow Cards let you flag or ban non-compliant contractors instantly across all your sites

What do we recommend?

Education Recommended Package

Our Pro Package for Education delivers advanced alerts and escalations with multi-site reporting for 360 Contractor compliance across your campus locations

Included
  • Enhanced Company Branding: Logo, Custom Login Homepage, and Company Colours
  • App complies to (WCAG) 2.1 AA Accessibility standards
  • Configurable User Permissions & Groups
  • Contractor Database
  • Contractor & Individual Worker Record and Profile
  • External Contractor Self-Service Portal
  • Document Requests and Storage
  • Health and Safety Questionnaire
  • Digital Dashboards and Reporting
  • Automated Renewal Reminder Alerts to Contractor
  • Induction Dashboard – see the status of all contractor inductions
  • Projects/Jobs Creation and Specific Requirement Setting
  • RAMS Approval & Built-in Credential Workflows
  • Individual Project/Job Dashboarding
  • Live Project Dashboard & Project Search
  • Share Induction Material Pre-Arrival & Prequalifying Induction Assessment
  • Banned Contractor Management
  • “On-site Now”, Visit Reporting & Live Site Fire Register
  • Alerts and Escalations Automation
  • Permits and Passes Tracking and Reporting
  • Self-Service Mobile Check-In
  • Lone-Worker Process
  • SMS Alerts* on Arrivals (*5,000 per year included)
  • Up to 10 Multi-site Access with standardized compliance and a centralised team managing Jobs
  • Sub-Contractor and Worker Management
  • Digital Badge
  • Staff Database/ House Contractors
  • Azure AD Single Sign-on
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£1,599 per month
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Recommended Extras & Customisations

  • Digitalise your existing permit templates
  • Red and Yellow Cards for tracking worker compliance
  • Permit mapping to identify high risk clashes
  • ARM – Automated Requirements Manager
  • Authorisation to work in Restricted Areas
  • Multiple induction type dependent upon campus location

Replace spreadsheets and sign-in books with clearer contractor control across campus.

Heresafe gives university estates and facilities teams one place to manage contractor records, RAMS, permits, inductions, check-ins and live on-site visibility across campus locations.

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We support university teams including The University of York, Strathclyde and Falmouth Exeter with electronic work permits, permit mapping and clearer contractor visibility across complex campus estates.

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Heresafe's Managing Contractor and Health & Safety Compliance

From remote inductions and assessments to Digital Badges and Red and Yellow Cards, Heresafe helps universities manage contractor compliance before, during and after site attendance.

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How Technology Enhances Risk Assessment and Safety Management

“My team have been very impressed with the level of support and professionalism shown by the development team at Heresafe. The Heresafe system is enabling us to finally gain the visibility and control we needed to implement to move forward with our contractor management processes.”

Robert Kilpatrick, Assistant Director of Estates Development and Operations, University of Strathclyde Read full case study

“Since the go live of the Heresafe system earlier this year on the 12th of January 2020; The system has been a tremendous success and it has given us the ability to digitally receive and approve RAMS in advance of contractor attendance on campus. The system provides us with live information on all bookings across the two campuses, as well as enabling us to produce contractor management reports and data analysis.”

Georgie Fairweather, Estates Helpdesk Manager , Falmouth Exeter Universities Read full case study

Find out if you’re ready with our Heresafe Onboarding Kit

Unsure if Heresafe is the right fit? We understand that choosing a new system can be challenging. That’s why we’ve developed our Onboarding Kit to simplify the decision-making process.

Check our package details

No matter which package you choose, you’ll receive the best features tailored for you and your team, to achieve your automation and management goals. Find more details on the available packages.

Make it your own

You’ll get to see and choose your customisation options, and check out the available add-ons and extras so the system is exactly what you want and need.

Getting you started and seeing value

Keeping this guide with you, and working closely with us, we can walk you through onboarding so you can be completely up and running with your own Heresafe system.

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