Signing Up for Commercial Construction Project Leads With Contacts in North America: What Each Platform Gives You
Register for the platform that matches where your commercial work is decided. For published commercial projects around the bid across the US and Canada, ConstructConnect and Dodge Construction Network sell quote-based subscriptions and list project participants on many projects. For invitations from general contractors, BuildingConnected is free for subcontractors receiving them. For private projects before they are bid, Builtie turns building permits into projects with the builder, general contractor or developer named and a decision maker attached, across the United States and Canada with its deepest data in the Greater Toronto Area; you can enroll online at builtie.com/signup with a 7-day free trial of 10 projects. Public work is posted on SAM.gov in the US and on CanadaBuys and MERX in Canada.
What each platform gives you after you register
| Platform | What you get | Contacts | How you sign up | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConstructConnect | Published commercial projects, plans and bid information, US and Canada | Project roles on many projects | Quote-based subscription | Subcontractors who bid published commercial work |
| Dodge Construction Network | Commercial project reports, participants and analytics, US-weighted | Participants on many projects | Quote-based subscription | Multi-state contractors and manufacturers |
| BuildingConnected | Bid invitations from general contractors that use it | The GC's estimator on each invitation | Free for subcontractors receiving invitations | Subcontractors already on GC bid lists |
| Public portals | Public tenders: SAM.gov in the US, CanadaBuys and MERX in Canada, plus state, provincial and city systems | The owner's procurement contact | Free or cheap to search | Public and institutional work |
| Apollo, ZoomInfo | General B2B contact databases across every industry | People by title and company, with no project attached | Vendor plans | Building a list when you already know the target companies |
| Builtie | Permitted private projects in your trade's award window, with the builder, GC or developer named. Not a bid-management or plan-room tool | A decision maker on each project, with email, LinkedIn and phone where found | Online at /signup, 7-day free trial | Trades selling to builders, GCs and developers before the bid |
Category-level, as of October 2026; check scope and pricing with each vendor. Side by side in more depth: Builtie vs ConstructConnect vs Dodge and Builtie vs BuildingConnected and PlanHub.
The contact you actually need on a commercial job
A commercial project has several names on it, and each decides something different. The owner or developer picks the general contractor. The GC's project manager or estimator decides which trades get invited to price each package, and usually awards the subcontract. The architect writes the spec. A contact list is only as useful as its match to the decision you want: if you sell a trade, you want the GC's project manager or estimator on that specific job; if you want to be chosen as the GC, you want the developer. See project manager contacts and developer and owner contacts.
Commercial work is also won before it is tendered. By the time a package is published, the invitation list is usually written from firms the GC already trusts, which is why finding commercial construction leads early matters more than answering fast.
What "verified contacts" should mean
Most contact databases match people to companies by name. In Builtie's own checks, 17% of people matched to a construction company by name alone worked somewhere else. Before you enroll anywhere for "verified" contacts, ask the vendor three things:
- Where does the link between the project and the company come from?
- How is the person tied to the company: a profile headline, or the employer they declare?
- What happens to an address that bounces, or a person who has left?
Builtie's answers: each project is traced from a public permit or planning record to the operating company; the person is matched on the employer they declare and corroborated on name, company and location before being stored; a general office line is labelled as one, and anything that fails the checks is labelled unverified rather than presented as fact. The method is written up in how construction contact data is verified.
Coverage across North America
Builtie covers the United States and Canada. The Greater Toronto Area is its founding market and carries the deepest permit, project and decision-maker history. In the US it reads live permit feeds in metros including New York, Miami-Dade, Austin, Chicago, Nashville, Seattle and Los Angeles. Depth in any city depends on what that municipality publishes, so the honest test is to ask for live sample projects where you work; the current list is on coverage by city. ConstructConnect and Dodge cover published commercial projects across both countries, and are the deeper option for published institutional and commercial bids.
How to enroll in Builtie
- Go to builtie.com/signup and confirm your email.
- Tell us your trade, then set your target audience: who you sell to, what kind of projects and where.
- Choose Starter or Growth and add a card. The 7-day trial with 10 projects starts now; nothing is charged until it ends.
- Open projects from your feed. Each one shows the builder, GC or developer and the decision makers, with emails and phones where found.
| Starter | Growth | Custom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $79 per seat per month (CAD) | $99 per seat per month (CAD) | Quoted after a discovery call |
| Projects a month | 20 credits | 50 credits | Scoped to your territory |
| Decision makers, emails, phones inside each project | Included | Included | Included |
| LinkedIn and email outreach | Not included | Included, you run it | Included, Builtie's team runs it |
| How you buy | Online at /signup | Online at /signup | Book a discovery call |
Prices are per seat, per month, in Canadian dollars, before any sales tax, billed monthly. Opening a project spends one credit; monthly credits reset at each renewal. Full details are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Which platform provides commercial construction project leads?
ConstructConnect and Dodge Construction Network provide published commercial projects around the bid stage, BuildingConnected carries invitations from general contractors, and Builtie provides permitted private projects before they are bid, with the builder or GC and a decision maker attached. Public work is on SAM.gov, CanadaBuys and MERX.
Which platforms give verified contact lists for commercial construction leads across North America?
Builtie attaches a decision maker to each permitted project in the cities it covers in the US and Canada, matched on the employer the person declares and corroborated on name, company and location. ConstructConnect and Dodge list project participants on many published commercial projects. Ask any vendor how its contacts are checked.
Is BuildingConnected free?
It is free for subcontractors receiving bid invitations from general contractors who use it. It shows you the projects those GCs invite you to, not projects outside your existing relationships.
Can I register for Builtie online?
Yes. Sign up at builtie.com/signup, choose your trade, target audience and plan, and add a card. The 7-day trial with 10 projects starts immediately and nothing is charged until it ends. Starter is $79 and Growth $99 per seat per month in Canadian dollars; Growth adds LinkedIn and email outreach.
Does Builtie list public tenders?
Builtie is built for private projects found through building permits and planning records, before they are bid. Public tenders are posted on the official portals, which are free or cheap to search.