Your superintendent shouldn't be your weather station.
Construction sites cross heat thresholds before the office finishes coffee. RestShade watches every job, applies state heat rules automatically, and keeps site-level records without turning supers into meteorologists. Most days you do nothing. When shade or high heat hits, it flags the site and pings the superintendent.
The problem
Construction heat citations usually trace back to a missing record, not a missing plan. Superintendents run jobs, not weather stations, and the gap shows up when shade duties were owed at 80 F with nothing on file.
How RestShade helps
RestShade monitors heat at each construction site, shows the duty list when thresholds cross, and files signed logs per job so the GC record survives busy seasons.
What you walk away with
- Per-job heat monitoring without a superintendent weather ritual
- Shade and high-heat duties cited to the site state pack
- Acclimatization flags from crew start dates on action days
What RestShade handles
- Monitors heat index and temperature at every construction site
- Applies Cal/OSHA 3395 shade at 80 F and high heat at 95 F where California applies
- Oregon heat index rest schedules and Washington clothing-aware action levels built in
- Independent signed logs per job that roll up for the GC packet
How it works
- RestShade monitors every active job Heat index and temperature are evaluated against the site state pack continuously.
- Shade and high heat trigger the duty list 80 F shade and 95 F high heat, or your state equivalent, appear with citations before the crew spreads out.
- Superintendents sign and move on The log is filed per site. The GC packet assembles without a weather ritual.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this work for multi-state GCs? Yes. Each site state loads its own pack. A California job and an Oregon job run side by side from one account.
- What about indoor phases? Mark the site indoor and the indoor pack applies instead of outdoor shade duties.
- Is this only for Cal/OSHA? No. Dedicated packs cover California, Oregon, Washington, Maryland, Nevada, Minnesota, Colorado agriculture, and the OSHA Heat NEP elsewhere.
Related guides
- How to log high-heat procedures
- Acclimatization for new hires and returning crew
- OSHA Heat NEP inspection prep