Find the Right Private Provider for Your Projects
The first platform built to connect Florida private providers with the contractors who need them.
One place to find the right private provider
Florida contractors have had the option to use a private provider for over 20 years. But finding the right one is still word of mouth, a name passed along on a jobsite, or a search that turns up a handful of firms and no way to tell which of them fits what you need.
It got to a point where hearing horror stories from contractors about private providers became normal.
"They're slow. They ghost me on an inspection. I can't get anyone on the phone. They said they could do the job, and then it turns out they can't."
Right now the only way to find a private provider is one at a time. You get a name, you call, you explain the project, and you find out whether it's going to work after you've already committed to it.
And for the times it doesn't work out, you feel trapped. The building department is terrible. But so was that experience. Now what do you do?
The truth is, having a poor experience with a private provider doesn't mean it's a bad industry. It's a bad match.
How Easy Build Works
For Contractors
Find a Private ProviderYou fill out one form about your company and project(s). Where it is, what you're building, and whether you need plan review, inspections, or both. It takes about 3 minutes.
That one submission goes against every private provider in the system. Not just the ones closest to you. The ones who work in your county, who do the type of project you're building, at the size you're building it, and who have room to take it on right now.
You get matched to the private provider(s) that best matches what you're looking for. From there you're talking to firms that align with you, instead of finding out on the third project that you need to start looking again.
For Private Providers
Request AccessLet us know that you'd like to apply here. We'll schedule a time for an in-depth interview to learn about: the services you offer, the municipalities you cover, and how you operate.
After building out your profile in our portal, you will be notified every time you receive a new match.
Our goal is to connect you with the contractors you serve best.
What goes into matching?
1. Registration
Often overlooked, and it's a silent timeline killer.
Is the private provider even registered to work in your municipality?
Are they still registered after the recent HB 803 updates?
Some municipalities make registration easy. Others are terrible about it.
If you're ready to submit for plan review and your provider isn't registered where you're building, that's days or weeks you didn't plan for.
2. Logistics
If a provider's closest inspector is an hour away from the job site, that drive time is in your bid and you're the one paying for it.
Some providers offer virtual inspections, which solves the distance problem.
But if you don't want virtual inspections on your job, you're right back where you started.
So we ask both sides.
3. Demand
Does the private provider actually want the work?
Every private provider has projects they want and projects they take because they're behind this month and it's good money.
Maybe it's a municipality they don't like dealing with. Maybe the scope is above them, or beneath them.
It's still a yes on the phone.
You feel it later.
4. Volume
And then there's volume. A two man shop doing in person inspections cannot serve an aluminum contractor running 50 pool cages a month. That isn't a knock on the two man shop. It's a bad match.
Certain private providers set a minimum regarding project counts and don't do one-offs. Some contractors move enough work to drown a provider who said yes without understanding what they were agreeing to.
Discovering the necessary details for a good match isn't something you can find in a directory listing. It comes from detailed information gathering and vetting. We line that information and compare it to your submission to find out if there's a possibility for a good fit.
And if nobody is a good fit, you'll hear that too.
We Would Rather Send You Nothing
A bad match is worse than no match. That's the whole reason why Easy Build exists. Instead of over promising and under delivering, we would rather shoot you straight.
If no private provider in the system fits your project, you'll hear that from us directly. If you submit your information and don't receive a match, have no fear!
Your requests are what steer our research to discover the best Private Providers.