Built for Wisconsin First

A lot of contract software claims to work “anywhere.” That’s usually a sign it doesn’t actually know the law anywhere. ScopeAccord takes the opposite bet: go deep on one state first, get it right, and only then expand.

Start with who is allowed to pull permits for the work. For most contractors obtaining building permits for one- and two-family dwelling work in Wisconsin, the business must hold a Dwelling Contractor certification through DSPS and must hold, or employ someone who holds, a Dwelling Contractor Qualifier certification, subject to specific statutory exceptions. The Dwelling Contractor credential belongs to the business. The Dwelling Contractor Qualifier credential belongs to the individual responsible for meeting Wisconsin’s education requirements on construction laws, construction codes, and construction business practices. The qualifier must also complete approved continuing education to renew the credential. ScopeAccord captures the contractor and qualifier credential information during setup and carries that information into the contracts, so the credentials connected to the work are documented instead of buried in a filing cabinet.

From there, every Wisconsin Home Remodeling Contract ScopeAccord generates is built around Wisconsin’s actual legal framework, not a generic template with the state name swapped in:

• Wisconsin Home Improvement Practices requirements (Wis. Admin. Code ch. ATCP 110). Wisconsin has specific rules governing home-improvement transactions, including required contract information, disclosures, changes to the work, warranties, delays, payments, and other contractor practices. ScopeAccord builds those requirements into the workflow instead of leaving the contractor to know which rules apply and remember them afterward.
• Construction lien notices and lien-waiver disclosures (Wis. Stat. ch. 779; Wis. Admin. Code ch. ATCP 110). Wisconsin law requires a prime contractor’s lien notice in contracts in many cases. ScopeAccord includes the required notice in the contract. Wisconsin home-improvement rules also require the contractor to tell the homeowner, before the contract is entered into, about the homeowner’s right to receive lien waivers. We take care of that too.
• Wisconsin’s contractor trust-fund rules (Wis. Stat. § 779.02(5)). Money paid to a contractor for an improvement can be subject to Wisconsin’s statutory trust-fund obligations. In general, funds received for the project must be used to satisfy qualifying claims for labor and materials associated with that improvement before being diverted elsewhere. That obligation exists under Wisconsin law whether or not someone remembered to paste a paragraph about it into a generic contract.
• Construction-defect notice (Wis. Stat. §§ 101.148 and 895.07). Wisconsin has a specific notice-and-opportunity-to-repair process for construction-defect claims. Contractors entering into covered dwelling construction or remodeling contracts must provide the required notice, and before a claimant can proceed with a construction-defect action, Wisconsin law generally requires written notice of the alleged defect and gives the contractor an opportunity to inspect, respond, and potentially offer a repair or other resolution. ScopeAccord puts the required notice into the document instead of expecting the contractor to know it exists.
• The three-business-day right to cancel, when the transaction qualifies. Not every Wisconsin remodeling contract carries the same cancellation right. But when the transaction qualifies as a consumer approval transaction under Wisconsin law, the customer generally has until midnight of the third business day after receiving the required notice to cancel. The contractor must provide two copies of the cancellation notice. ScopeAccord generates the required cancellation documents and calculates the applicable cancellation deadline from the date the notice is given.
• Uniform Dwelling Code requirements. Wisconsin’s Uniform Dwelling Code establishes statewide standards for one- and two-family dwellings. The code is enforced throughout Wisconsin, with permitting and inspection administered through the state’s municipal and inspection-agency system. ScopeAccord references the applicable permitting and code-compliance framework without pretending that a contract can replace the permit, inspection, or code-enforcement process itself.

That distinction matters.

ScopeAccord does not decide whether your specific project is legally compliant, and it is not a substitute for your attorney. We do not tell contractors that software can replace legal judgment.

What it does is start you from a document built around Wisconsin’s real requirements, reviewed by Wisconsin construction counsel, instead of a generic template that’s never seen a Wisconsin statute.

That is the bet behind ScopeAccord.

Know one state deeply. Build it correctly. Then earn the right to expand to the next one.