For General Contractors
Track rain events across all your active sites, trigger inspections automatically, and document everything — so weather never turns into a violation.
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Stormwater compliance gets harder as you scale. Here’s where teams like yours feel it most.
Requirements spread across many active job sites and crews.
Rain hits overnight and the inspection deadline is already running.
Gaps in records turn into penalties and lost days.
The platform
Every active job site, its rainfall, and its status in a single view.
The moment a site crosses threshold, the right people are notified.
Crews complete and file inspections from a phone — no paper, no re-typing.
Photograph a BMP and get a report-ready finding drafted on the spot.
Rain Event Tracker has been a transformative tool for our team, seamlessly managing all weather-related tasks for SWPPP compliance with precision while keeping us informed and on target with accurate reporting.
SWPPP compliance for general contractors
General contractors carry the operator's responsibility for stormwater compliance across every active job site — commercial builds, heavy civil, site development, and infrastructure work, often spread across a region. Each site falls under the EPA Construction General Permit or a state NPDES permit, and each one demands rain-event monitoring, timely inspections, and complete documentation. Rain Event Tracker consolidates all of it into one dashboard, so weather never quietly becomes a violation, a fine, or a stop-work order.
The hardest part of multi-site stormwater compliance is timing. A qualifying rain event — generally 0.25 inches or more in 24 hours — starts the clock on a required inspection, usually within 24 hours. When you're tracking a dozen job sites by hand, it's easy to miss the one that got hit overnight. Rain Event Tracker monitors NOAA precipitation data for every site continuously and notifies the responsible superintendent the instant a threshold is crossed, so inspections happen inside the window without anyone watching the radar.
Crews complete inspections from a phone or tablet right at the site — no paper forms, no re-typing back at the trailer. Photograph a BMP such as a silt fence, inlet protection, or stabilized construction entrance, and AI photo analysis drafts a report-ready finding on the spot, flagging deficiencies and maintenance needs for your review. The result is faster inspections and cleaner, more consistent records across every crew you run.
Gaps in stormwater records are what turn a routine inspection into penalties and project delays. Because Rain Event Tracker logs every rain event, inspection, and corrective action against the authoritative NOAA record year-round, you always have defensible, exportable documentation ready for a regulator or owner. That's the difference between proving compliance in minutes and losing days to a stop-work order.
FAQ
Common questions about managing stormwater compliance across multiple job sites.
Rain Event Tracker puts every active job site, its rainfall, and its inspection status in a single dashboard. Each site monitors its own NOAA station and triggers inspections independently, so you manage compliance across an entire portfolio of sites from one place instead of tracking each one by hand.
Most construction stormwater permits require an inspection within 24 hours of a qualifying rain event, typically 0.25 inches or more in a 24-hour period. The exact threshold and timing depend on your permit, so you set them per site and Rain Event Tracker notifies the responsible person the moment a site crosses its threshold.
Yes. Inspections are completed on any phone or tablet directly at the job site using standardized digital forms. Crews photograph BMPs and AI photo analysis drafts report-ready findings, so inspections are filed without paperwork and without a trip back to the office.
Fines and stop-work orders usually trace back to missed inspections or incomplete records. By triggering inspections automatically and logging every event and corrective action against authoritative NOAA data, Rain Event Tracker closes those gaps and gives you defensible documentation to prove compliance on demand.
All precipitation data comes directly from NOAA, the authoritative weather source recognized under the Construction General Permit. Because your inspection triggers and records are tied to that data, your compliance history holds up under audit.
See how Rain Event Tracker transforms the way you manage stormwater compliance — including AI photo analysis. Risk free.
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