What COR actually requires from software
COR certification evaluates your entire safety management system — policies, procedures, training, inspections, incident reporting, and documentation. Software can help with many of these elements, but the single highest-impact software investment for most BC construction companies is the daily FLHA.
Here's why: FLHAs are the most frequent documented safety activity on a construction site. A 20-person crew working 5 days a week generates 100 FLHA records per week. Over a 12-month audit period, that's 5,000+ records. The completeness, quality, and retrievability of those records has a major impact on your COR audit score.
Everything else in a COR audit — training records, site inspections, toolbox talks — happens less frequently and is easier to manage with simpler tools (spreadsheets, Google Drive, existing HR software). The FLHA is where you need a dedicated digital tool.
The BCCSA's documentation expectations
The BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) administers COR certification in BC. During an external audit, auditors look for:
- Documented daily FLHAs from every worker on site
- Individual signatures — not supervisor-completed records on behalf of workers
- Hazard and control information specific to the work being performed
- Records that can be accessed quickly for any date range requested
- Evidence that the supervisor reviewed and confirmed the assessments
TrueCOR Safety's platform generates all of these automatically — GPS-verified, timestamped, individually signed, and organised by date and site in a searchable dashboard.
When your BCCSA auditor asks for your FLHA records, TrueCOR Safety lets you export any date range as PDF in under 60 seconds. That's the kind of retrieval speed that signals a systematic, well-run safety program — and it affects how auditors perceive the rest of your submission.
Avoiding the "COR software" trap
Many vendors market themselves as "COR software" and sell comprehensive safety management platforms. These platforms are valuable for large construction companies with dedicated safety teams. For a 15–80 worker BC contractor, they're often expensive, complicated to implement, and difficult to get field adoption on.
The result is a company that pays for comprehensive COR software but only uses 10% of its features — primarily the FLHA component — while workers continue to find workarounds and supervisors spend time managing the software instead of managing safety.
TrueCOR Safety's approach is the opposite: one function, executed perfectly, designed for field adoption. Get the FLHA documentation right first. Add other documentation tools as your program matures.
Pricing for BC COR-focused construction companies
TrueCOR Safety is priced for the BC construction market:
- Standard: $499/month — up to 25 workers, FLHA only
- Growth: $899/month — up to 100 workers, FLHA + Site Safety Modules (launching Q2 2027)
- Enterprise: $1,999/month — 100+ workers, everything included
No per-user fees. No setup costs. No contracts. Cancel anytime.