Long hours, heavy machinery, constantly shifting environments, and exposure to harmful materials and substances are just some of the factors that make construction a high hazard industry. In 2024, over a thousand construction workers in the United States suffered a fatal work injury—more than any other industry, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
As construction leaders increasingly turn to technology to solve stagnant productivity rates and labor shortages, new opportunities for tech-enabled construction safety solutions have emerged. However, construction safety is a complex challenge spanning company culture, planning, and execution that can't be solved by technology alone.
The most effective safety programs are established during preconstruction and carried through onto the jobsite, sharing accountability across every stakeholder. Purpose-built digital solutions are increasingly reinforcing that foundation, helping teams identify risk earlier, standardize safety processes, and improve visibility across the work zone. While many technologies contribute to safer outcomes in indirect ways, we've compiled a list of 10 AEC tech solutions designed with safety at their core that are actively enabling teams to turn good intentions into consistent, on-the-ground safety practices.
Corfix is a construction management and safety software platform designed to support jobsite operations for contractors and field teams. It provides tools for safety and compliance, such as digital forms, incident reporting and certification tracking, alongside capabilities for workforce and project management, including timekeeping, task tracking and asset management.
Best for: Mid-sized to large contractors and specialty trades. Corfix is especially impactful for organizations with distributed field teams facing high safety and compliance requirements, such as mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and concrete/forming contractors.
eMOD, a construction safety app with a particular focus on field operations, is designed to manage and standardize safety processes across jobsites. The app provides tools for safety planning and execution—including job hazard analysis, pre-task planning, safety audits, incident reporting, as well as worker onboarding and certification tracking—all within a single system and real-time, personalized dashboard.
Best for: Mid-size specialty subcontractors or general contractors (GCs) focused on improving field adoption of safety processes, reducing workers’ compensation costs, and strengthening bid competitiveness through verifiable safety performance data.
GoCanvas, a no-code mobile forms platform, allows construction teams to easily digitize paper documents and workflows using a drag-and-drop form builder with offline capability. Digitized risk reviews and job safety analysis include real-time hazard checks and documentation management for compliance. GoCanvas is now part of the Nemetschek Group alongside SiteDocs and Bluebeam, and is used across a wide range of field-based industries.
Best for: Small to mid-sized contractors and specialty trades looking for a fast, affordable way to go paperless without implementing a full safety management platform. The platform works particularly well for companies with highly-customized workflows or unique form requirements that don't map neatly to pre-built templates.
HammerTech is an AI-powered construction safety and compliance platform that manages subcontractor onboarding, pre-task planning, worker certifications, safety observations, incident reporting, and site access in a single system. The platform is trusted on over 20,000 projects globally and recently launched HammerTech Intelligence, an AI suite automates safety admin tasks including photo-based observation classification and SDS form autofill.
Best for: Large commercial GCs and ENR Top 400 contractors managing complex, multi-trade jobsites with high subcontractor volume and significant safety compliance requirements. The solution is especially suited for firms building data centers, life sciences facilities, healthcare, and other mission-critical project types.
Intenseye is an AI-powered safety platform that connects to existing security cameras, detecting PPE non-compliance, unsafe behaviors, and ergonomic risks in real time with no new hardware required. When hazards are detected, the system sends immediate alerts to supervisors, allowing teams to respond to safety incidents without delay.
Best for: Building materials manufacturers and suppliers such as cement, glass, and steel producers. Intenseye's broader customer base spans manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics.
Raken, a field reporting and safety management platform and mobile app built for construction, combines daily reports, toolbox talks, safety observations, time cards, and OSHA compliance tracking in one place. Integrating with accounting platforms like Sage and Procore, Raken aims to reduce duplicate data entry between field and office.
Best for: Mid-sized GCs and self-performing contractors a simple, field-first reporting tool that can be quickly adopted by crews. This platform is also strong option for specialty subcontractors, such as mechanical, electrical, and concrete trades, that need daily production tracking and safety documentation.
SALUS Safety is a construction-specific digital safety platform covering forms and inspections, incident reporting, subcontractor compliance, certificate tracking, toolbox talks, and training management all from a mobile app. In 2025, the company launched SALUS IQ, an AI engine that generates site-specific safety documents instantly and can digitize any paper form from a photo upload.
Best for: GCs and specialty trade contractors managing multiple subcontractors who need real-time visibility into field compliance. The solution is a strong fit for contractors pursuing COR certification in Canada, where SALUS is particularly well-established.
SafetyCulture is a mobile-first inspection and safety management platform used across construction, manufacturing, and other industries. It provides 75,000+ customizable templates for checklists, toolbox talks, and incident reporting, with native integrations into Procore and Microsoft Teams.
Best for: Small to mid-sized contractors and specialty trades looking for a fast, low-barrier way to ditch paper documentation without a heavy implementation. Construction customers include Level 10 Construction and ArcelorMittal Construction.
Note: This solution may not be the right fit for large GCs managing complex subcontractor compliance or firms looking for a platform built specifically for construction workflows.
SiteDocs is a cloud-based construction safety platform that digitizes forms, toolbox talks, hazard assessments, incident reporting, and contractor compliance tracking via a mobile app that works online and offline. Now part of the Nemetschek Group, SiteDocs is built specifically for construction and emphasizes high adoption rates in the field.
Best for: Small to large contractors across all trades who need a straightforward, construction-specific platform to replace paper safety programs. Particularly strong for contractors with distributed field teams and high turnover, where fast worker onboarding and simple form completion are key priorities.
WakeCap, a sensor-powered platform that attaches to any existing hard hat, provides real-time worker location tracking, fall detection, and evacuation alerts with no new PPE required. To date, the platform has tracked over 150 million worker hours.
Best for: Large owners and GCs managing mega-projects or major infrastructure developments with hundreds or thousands of onsite workers. While the current customer base is heavily concentrated in Gulf region programs, the company is expanding into U.S. and global markets.
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