Built for Australian Subcontractors

Every variation.
Documented. Paid.

Capture scope changes in 60 seconds on site — photos, timestamps, cost breakdown, client signature. Send professional variation requests directly from the app. Stop losing money at payment time.

Setup in 5 minutes · 30-day money-back guarantee · $299/mo

60-second site capture Send to client from the app Professional PDF reports Works offline on site Field + office roles

Sound familiar?

Three things costing you money right now

01

Verbal instructions

"Just get it done, we'll sort the paperwork later." Three months later, the client has no record of the instruction. Your invoice gets disputed.

02

No paper trail

Photos buried in your camera roll. Texts lost in a chain of 800 messages. Nothing referenced, nothing linked, nothing the client can approve against.

03

End-of-job negotiations

Every undocumented variation becomes a negotiation when leverage is gone. You did the work. You deserve the money. But you can't prove the instruction.

The system

From site to signed in 60 seconds

No complex workflows. No training required. Three steps and the variation is documented before you walk to the next task.

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Capture on site

Open the app. Add photos, description, cost and time impact. Takes under 60 seconds. Works offline — syncs when you're back in range.

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Send to your client

Generate a professional PDF variation request and send it directly from the app. The client gets a link to approve or reject — no phone calls needed.

3

Track to payment

Every variation tracked from draft to approved to paid. Your PM sees everything in real time. No chasing. No arguing. No surprises at final account.

Features

Built for the way subbies actually work

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60-Second Capture

Photo, description, cost breakdown. Captured on site before you walk to the next task. Time-stamped automatically.

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Send to Client

Professional variation requests sent directly from the app via email. Client approves or rejects with one click — tracked in your dashboard.

🖨️

Print-Ready PDFs

Variation registers and requests that look like they came from a Tier 1 contractor. The kind the client's commercial team processes first.

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Field + Office Roles

Supervisors capture on site — no dollar values visible. PMs see everything in the office dashboard. Right information to the right people.

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Works Offline

No site Wi-Fi? No problem. Capture offline, sync automatically when you're back in range. Nothing gets lost.

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Real-Time Dashboard

Every variation across every project — approved, submitted, disputed — at a glance. Know exactly where your money stands.

Why this exists

Built from the other side of the desk

We spent 15 years as project managers on Tier 1 and Tier 2 infrastructure projects across Australia. Our job was processing variation claims from subcontractors — and deciding which ones got paid.

We saw the same thing every week. Skilled tradespeople doing legitimate extra work. Good claims rejected because the paperwork wasn't there. Not because the work wasn't done — because the evidence wasn't documented properly.

"Everyone on site knew it was extra" doesn't hold up in a final account meeting. The head contractor's commercial team knows that. And by the time you're arguing about it, the leverage is gone.

Variation Shield exists because we know exactly what gets approved and what gets thrown in the bin. Every feature is built around the evidence chain a head contractor can't ignore.

Shane Little
Founder, Leveraged Systems · 15 years Tier 1 & 2 project management

Pricing

Simple. No surprises.

One plan. Everything included. Cancel anytime.

$299/month

30-day money-back guarantee. No lock-in.

  • Full web app + mobile capture
  • Unlimited variations, projects & team members
  • Send variations to clients via email
  • Professional PDF reports
  • Field supervisor accounts
  • Priority support from the founder
  • Variation Agreement Playbook included ($49 value)
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If you don't recover more than you spend in 30 days, we refund your first month

Stop leaving money on the table

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