NEXGEN Contractor Portal: Connecting You With Your Contractors - 02.27.24

NEXGEN Contractor Portal: Connecting You With Your Contractors - 02.27.24

Webinar Recording 



Webinar Summary 

During this webinar, we went over the NEXGEN Contractor Portal: what it is and how it can be used. See below for an outline of the webinar along with the attached slide deck.

What is the Contractor Portal? (10:47) 

  1. A NEXGEN product that interfaces with your existing NEXGEN site.
  2. A new URL
  3. Specifically for contractors
  4. Added service (not included with your main NEXGEN site) 

How does the Contractor Portal help connect you to your contractors? (14:10) 

  1. Limit/eliminate paperwork
  2. Streamline work management between employees and contractors
  3. Data access is limited (contractors only see work assigned to them) 

Contractor Portal Options (16:48) 

  1. Work Management Portal
  2. Backflow Testing Portal
  3. Both

Web Application Walkthrough (20:00) 

  1. Assigning work to a contractor
  2. Contractor’s view
  3. Work Orders (WO) in the Contractor Portal compared to WO in NEXGEN proper 

Q&A Break (31:00) 

  1. Limiting contractor access to Backflow Inspections
  2. Contractors can’t create work orders in the Contractor Portal
  3. Updating cost 
  4. Character limit in comments – 250 

Managing Contractors (38:00) 

  1. How to assign contractors to the Contractor Portal
  2. Manage Company option 
  3. Portal Options – assign specific contractors to a WO 

Q&A Break (50:00) 

  1. Attach inspections to assets for contractors to complete
  2. Notification of WO completion
  3. Can a WO be triggered based on inspection results?  

Contractor Admin Option (55:50) 

  1. One person is assigned as an administrator
  2. This person can then assign work to different employees 

Mobile Application Walkthrough (58:00) 

  1. Available for iPhone and Android phones
  2. Can be downloaded onto the iPad
  3. NEXGEN hotspot includes ability to directly scan assets and upload documents
  4. Work Orders are a limited version of Work Orders in NEXGEN proper 


If you need additional help with the topics covered during this webinar, feel free to explore the Knowledge Base, or email support@nexgenam.com.