SkillSmart

Name: SkillSmart
Address: PO Box 1116, Germantown, MD, 20875, US
Telephone: +13012501015

SkillSmart is changing how construction data is tracked & reported through our Insight technology.

09/03/2026

Workers show up. Every day. In every sector. That's the foundation everything else is built on.
This Labor Day, we're grateful…and clear-eyed about the challenges the people doing the work are facing.

Wages aren't keeping pace with the cost of food, energy, and housing. Mega-projects, including the data centers reshaping regions across the country, are moving into communities without a clear picture of how local residents actually benefit. AI is changing what jobs look like faster than most workplaces can adapt. And work-life balance keeps getting harder, not easier.

We founded SkillSmart to help communities and the workers in them build stronger economic futures, and that mission feels more relevant than ever. Our partners use our software to make the impact of their work visible and measurable: ensuring workers are paid the wages they've earned, that local businesses benefit from new development, and that skills training creates real pathways for advancement. When companies invest in the people doing the work, the returns show up as productivity, retention, and stronger earnings on both sides of the paycheck.

America's workers are one of our greatest national assets. This Labor Day, we're proud to recognize their effort — and committed to building tools that stand alongside them, meeting today's challenges to build a stronger tomorrow.

06/23/2026

For over seven years, Barton Malow Construction has trusted SkillSmart to handle wage compliance on some of the country's most complex projects. We were grateful to recently hear from the team directly.

That's what Barton Malow Construction has been managing with SkillSmart's InSight IQ. We were grateful to recently hear from the team:

"SkillSmart's InSight platform has been a trusted partner to Barton Malow for over seven years. Whether it's meeting the City of Detroit's Executive Order reporting requirements or managing PWA compliance on a federally backed EV battery facility, InSight handles the complexity of our large projects so we can stay focused on building. And whether the need comes from our office or out in the field, SkillSmart's client success team is always available to support — and that's made a difference over the years."

What makes this kind of relationship work isn't any single feature of the platform — it's the combination. Software that handles the complexity, plus a client success team that shows up across offices, field sites, and project frameworks, year after year.

To the Barton Malow team: thank you for the partnership.

If you're a GC operating at scale and looking for a compliance partner built to hold up over time, we'd be glad to talk.

05/12/2026

A multi-billion dollar battery plant. 165+ subcontractors. Thousands of workers. One DOE audit on the horizon.

When the Ford Motor Company battery manufacturing project in Glendale, KY was already underway, our client Barton Malow needed a way to prove every worker on site met IRA prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) requirements for the months of work already completed and continuing forward — the same requirements that determine whether a project's tax credits or loan guarantees hold up.

In about a month, SkillSmart's InSight IQ platform was stood up, subcontractors were trained, and the project's wage data was uploaded, reviewed, and analyzed — audit-ready.

Barton Malow got to focus on building the facility. The U.S Department of Energy of successfully completed the audit. And thousands of workers got the prevailing wages and apprenticeship opportunities the law was written to deliver.

That's the work. Energy projects are how America builds the next decade — and the people building them deserve good wages and a real path into the trades. Our job is to make compliance simple enough that doing right by workers is the easy path, not the hard one.

SkillSmart — making it easy to do good.
www.skillsmart.us

02/11/2026

Introducing the InSight Dashboard: Compliance Clarity at a Glance

Managing prevailing wage and workforce compliance shouldn’t require digging through reports or clicking through endless screens.

The new InSight Dashboard puts your most important compliance data in one clear, configurable view—so you can spot issues faster and take action sooner.

At a glance, teams can see:
✔️ Non-compliant payrolls
✔️ Missing and pending payrolls
✔️ Apprentice vs. journeyman ratio compliance
✔️ Overall project health across jobs

No more hunting for problems. The dashboard highlights what needs attention right now—so compliance check-ins take minutes, not hours.

Why teams love it:
• Faster daily and weekly reviews
• Fewer clicks, less manual reporting
• Configurable views based on what matters most
• Easy drill-downs, reports, and exports for audits

Built for real-world compliance teams managing active projects—not just end-of-month reporting.

👉 Take a quick tour and see it in action: View Demo
https://www.skillsmart.us/introducing-the-insight-dashboard-clearer-compliance-at-a-glance/

Clearer compliance. Faster decisions. Less guesswork.

12/15/2025

Not sure how DBRA, Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage, and WH-347 actually differ?

They’re related—but not interchangeable.

We put together a simple guide explaining:

✅ What’s required vs optional
✅ How certified payroll works
✅ Why WH-347 is still commonly used

Read the guide: https://www.skillsmart.us/dbra-vs-davis-bacon-vs-prevailing-wage-vs-certified-payroll-vs-wh-347-whats-the-difference/

Address

PO Box 1116
Germantown, MD
20875

Telephone

+13012501015

Website

http://www.skillsmart.us/

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