◆ Our story
Built because the industry needed proof — not paperwork
SignTracker was created by people who saw firsthand what happens when road crews can’t prove they did their job right. We built the solution the industry was missing.
◆ Where it started
A lawsuit that should never have happened
A motorist is injured in a construction zone and files a claim — alleging that signs weren’t present. The contractor knows the signs were there. The crew placed them correctly. But when it comes time to prove it in court, there’s nothing. No GPS record. No timestamp. No evidence that holds up.
“The signs were there. We placed every one of them correctly. But we couldn’t prove it — and that cost us thousands of dollars.”Road Contractor, Western Canada
Frivolous lawsuits were winning
This scenario was playing out across road construction sites throughout Canada. Frivolous lawsuits were succeeding not because contractors were negligent, but because they had no way to prove they weren’t.
Mile markers had disappeared
To make matters worse, mile markers — once used as reference points in reports — were no longer visible. Grass growth, seasonal overgrowth, and road changes had obscured them, making location reporting guesswork at best.
Reports were filled out days later
Crews filled out sign placement logs at the end of the week from memory — not in real time. There was no reliable way to prove when a report was created or whether it was accurate.
Paper records had no chain of evidence
Paper reports were easily lost, damaged by weather, left in truck cabs, or destroyed. And when they survived, they offered no defence in court because there was no verifiable chain of evidence.
✓ SignTracker was built to fix all of that — starting with GPS-anchored, time-stamped records that are created the moment a sign goes up.
◆ The problems we solved
Why pen and paper was failing the industry
Road crews were doing their jobs correctly — but the tools they had to document that work were leaving them completely exposed.
Frivolous lawsuits with no defence
Motorists filed claims alleging signs weren’t present. Without GPS-verified records, contractors had no way to prove otherwise — and were losing cases they should have won.
Invisible mile markers
Overgrown grass and seasonal vegetation had obscured mile markers across many routes, making traditional location references in paper reports meaningless and impossible to verify.
End-of-week reporting from memory
Crews were completing sign logs days after placements occurred, reconstructing events from memory. These after-the-fact records were inaccurate and legally indefensible.
Lost and damaged paper records
Paper TAS reports were routinely lost in trucks, damaged by rain, or simply never filed. When they were needed in a legal or regulatory context, they were gone.
No proof of when reports were created
Even when paper records existed, there was no tamper-proof way to establish when they were written. A report created a week after the fact looked identical to one created in real time.
No GPS evidence of sign locations
Paper logs recorded approximate positions based on descriptions or damaged markers. There was no way to pinpoint exactly where each sign was placed or verify it after the fact.
Subcontractor accountability gaps
When subcontractors placed or checked signs, the prime contractor had no independent verification. If something went wrong, there was no chain of evidence to establish who was responsible.
Regulatory compliance exposure
Traffic Accommodation Strategy requirements vary by jurisdiction and are regularly audited. Without structured digital records, compliance was difficult to demonstrate and easy to dispute.
Missed sign checks and removals
Without a system to track when each sign needed rechecking or removal, signs were left too long, checked late, or missed entirely — creating safety hazards and additional legal exposure.
◆ The solution
Everything the old system was missing — in one app
We didn’t build SignTracker to replace what crews were doing. We built it to make what they were already doing court-defensible, verifiable, and effortless.
Every feature in the app traces back directly to a real failure we saw in the field — a lawsuit that was lost, a report that couldn’t be found, a crew that had no way to prove their work was done right.
GPS-anchored sign placement
Every sign is recorded with its exact GPS coordinates at the moment it’s placed — not written down later, not approximated. Court-ready from the first tap.
Automatic time-stamping
Records are created at the exact time of the action. There’s no way to back-date or alter a placement record — giving you a tamper-proof audit trail.
Real-time check reminders
The app prompts crews when each sign is due for a recheck or removal, closing the accountability loop and eliminating missed inspections.
Instant digital TAS reports
Generate a complete, formatted TAS report in seconds — with GPS maps, timestamps, crew names, and sign inventory automatically included.
Cloud-stored, always accessible
Reports live in the cloud. They can’t be lost in a truck or damaged by rain. They’re available instantly — whether for a compliance audit or a courtroom.
◆ Our mission
No contractor should lose a case they didn’t deserve to lose
SignTracker exists to give road construction crews the one thing the industry was missing: irrefutable proof that the job was done right. Every sign. Every check. Every removal. Documented in real time, backed by GPS, and ready to stand up in court.