For Restoration Contractors
Join the Network.
Keep Your Business.
Binnacle gives independent mitigation and restoration contractors the equipment, brand systems, documentation standards, and dispatch support needed to compete without becoming a franchise.
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Infrastructure Without Taking Your Identity
Binnacle is built for independent contractors who want professional mitigation work without giving up the company they are building. You keep your business identity, customer relationship, and day-to-day field judgment.
Mitigation and restoration work runs through the Binnacle network under shared standards, equipment procedures, documentation templates, and brand requirements. Non-mitigation work can remain under your own brand.
Structure
Not a Franchise. Not Equity.
Network participation is governed by contractor agreements, equipment rental terms, brand usage rules, and operating standards. It does not create ownership in Binnacle or require you to operate as a franchise location.
The practical difference
Your company performs the work. Binnacle supplies the foundation: equipment access, network dispatch, templates, training, documentation systems, and quality expectations.
Network Support
What Contractors Gain
Professional Equipment Access
Use Binnacle-owned restoration equipment on a per-project basis, including drying, air filtration, moisture mapping, and specialty mitigation tools without buying the full fleet upfront.
Binnacle Co-Branding
Use approved Binnacle uniforms, templates, vehicle standards, and customer-facing materials for mitigation and restoration work while maintaining your own business identity.
Dispatch & Market Support
Receive network-sourced opportunities, storm surge activations, and referral support when Binnacle routes qualified mitigation work in your operating market.
Documentation Systems
Work from shared photo, moisture, equipment, invoice, and insurance documentation standards so jobs close with a cleaner claim record and less back-office friction.
Training & Standards
Operate under safety, certification, customer service, equipment care, and quality standards designed to help independent crews deliver consistent professional work.
Administrative Framework
Binnacle provides the operating framework: templates, compliance expectations, software access, fee structure, and closeout procedures. You focus on performing the work well.
Agreement Basics
Clear Expectations Before Work Starts
Every contractor relationship is documented before dispatch begins. The agreement defines the working relationship, covered mitigation and restoration work, equipment use, brand requirements, payment timing, insurance minimums, certifications, and performance standards.
The model is designed for transparency: contractors know the fees, standards, responsibilities, and termination terms before taking Binnacle network jobs.
Typical Fee Categories
- Revenue Share Network percentage
- Equipment Rental Per-project rates
- Marketing Fee Binnacle-sourced jobs
- Membership Defined during onboarding
Final rates and terms are provided in the contractor agreement and equipment addendum.
Contractor Requirements
What You Bring
- Valid business, licensing, and insurance coverage for your operating market
- Workers compensation and commercial auto coverage where required
- IICRC credentials or a plan to obtain required certifications
- Commitment to safety, documentation, customer care, and equipment stewardship
- Willingness to perform covered mitigation and restoration work through the network
Binnacle Provides
The Operating Foundation
- Equipment fleet access with checkout, care, and return procedures
- Approved brand assets, uniforms, forms, and customer-facing templates
- Job documentation standards for photos, readings, logs, and closeout packages
- Dispatch support, referral development, and storm response coordination
- Training support and performance expectations tied to network quality
Onboarding
From Application to Network Dispatch
Apply & Verify
Submit your company information, operating market, background details, license status, insurance coverage, and restoration experience.
Review Terms
Walk through network expectations, covered work, fee categories, equipment terms, brand usage, and required documentation standards.
Train & Set Up
Complete equipment checkout training, template setup, software access, documentation review, and brand package requirements.
Go Live
Begin taking eligible Binnacle network jobs with operational support, closeout review, and a 90-day probationary check-in period.
Contractor Network
Ready to Talk?
Binnacle is building its contractor network across Missouri, Iowa, and Oklahoma. Tell us about your business and the markets you serve.
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