Lien waivers are one of the most important documents in construction — and one of the most mismanaged. For decades, general contractors have relied on email chains, paper forms, and spreadsheets to track them. Documents get lost. Subs forget to sign. Projects close without the right paperwork in place. And when something goes wrong, the consequences are expensive.
Waivr was founded in Michigan by a construction industry insider who grew up watching these problems firsthand. With a father in the trades and years of exposure to how general contractors actually operate, the frustration was personal. The paperwork wasn't just inefficient — it was a liability.
The idea behind Waivr was simple: build the tool that contractors actually need. Not bloated project management software with lien waiver features buried three menus deep. A purpose-built platform designed from the ground up to make lien waiver collection fast, compliant, and stress-free.
Today Waivr serves general contractors across 12 statutory states, generating state-specific lien waivers, collecting e-signatures through secure tokenized links, and giving project managers a real-time compliance dashboard so nothing falls through the cracks. Subcontractors can sign from any device in under a minute — no account required.
We built Waivr for the contractor who is running three jobs at once and doesn't have time to chase paper. For the project manager who needs to close out a job and needs every waiver signed before the final payment goes out. For the small business owner who can't afford to lose a lien dispute because a document was missing.
Construction doesn't stop. Your waiver process shouldn't either.
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