18 Months Post-Handover.
Warranty Claims Are 340% Above Reserve.
The HVAC system you “signed off on” has 14 open claims. The roofing sub went bankrupt. The owner is calling — and your warranty reserve ran dry 4 months ago. POD connects daily quality data to warranty exposure so you see the tsunami building, not drowning in it.
Why Warranty Reserves Fail
The claims don't surprise you. The size of them does.
Warranty reserves are set on gut feel, not data
Your estimator budgets 0.5% for warranty based on "industry standard." But your actual claims on the last 3 projects averaged 1.7%. You are underfunding the reserve by 240% before the first shovel hits dirt.
Claims spike after one full weather cycle
Months 1-6 are quiet. Then the first heavy rain, the first freeze-thaw, the first extreme summer hit. By month 14, the roof leaks, the HVAC fails, and the envelope cracks. All at once. Your reserve was sized for a trickle, not a flood.
Subcontractors disappear when you need them most
The roofing sub that did marginal work went bankrupt 11 months after handover. The HVAC installer merged with another company and claims the warranty doesn't transfer. You have no contemporaneous quality documentation to pursue their surety.
No link between daily quality and warranty exposure
A failed roof inspection on day 147 is buried in a spreadsheet. 14 months later, the leak appears. Nobody can connect the warranty claim to the documented inspection failure because the daily report and the warranty tracking system never talk to each other.
How POD Prevents the Warranty Tsunami
From daily quality data to real-time warranty exposure in three steps.
Document Daily Work Quality
Every daily voice report captures inspection results, punchlist items, rework events, and commissioning outcomes. POD links each entry to the responsible subcontractor and warranty risk category automatically.
AI Tracks Warranty Risk Items
POD's AI analyzes quality data to identify warranty risk patterns: failed inspections, marginal test results, rework frequency by trade. Each risk item is categorized and tracked against your warranty reserve in real time.
Dashboard Shows Claims vs Reserve
A real-time warranty dashboard shows cumulative claims against your reserve balance, identifies the highest-risk building systems, and projects when your reserve will be depleted at the current claims velocity.
How POD Turns Quality Data Into Warranty Protection
Quality-to-Warranty Risk Linking
Every failed inspection, marginal commissioning test, and rework event in your daily report is automatically linked to a warranty risk category. When roof inspections fail 3 times before passing, POD flags elevated roofing warranty exposure months before handover.
Reserve Adequacy Projection
POD models your warranty reserve against historical claims data and current quality trends. If your 0.5% reserve is tracking toward a 1.7% actual spend, you see the gap forming during construction — not 18 months after handover when it is too late to adjust.
Subcontractor Warranty Documentation
Every subcontractor's daily quality record is preserved with timestamps, photos, and inspector signatures. When a sub disappears during the warranty period, you have the contemporaneous documentation their surety company requires to honor the bond.
Claims Velocity Monitoring
POD tracks not just total claims but claims velocity — the rate at which new claims arrive. A sudden spike in HVAC claims at month 13 triggers an alert before the tsunami overwhelms your reserve. Early detection means early intervention.
The Warranty Claims Tsunami
Claims volume by month after handover. The wave crests at months 13-18 — when your reserve is already depleted.
Warranty Risk Metrics — Auto-Calculated From Daily Reports
Reserve tracking and claims distribution — computed from the quality data already in your daily reports.
Warranty Reserve
Claims by Building System
Built for Warranty Risk Management
Warranty Reserve Dashboard
Real-time reserve balance, claims exposure, and depletion projections — updated automatically from every daily report's quality data
System-Level Risk Tracking
Claims broken down by building system (HVAC, roofing, envelope, MEP, finishes) so you know which systems are consuming your reserve fastest
Sub Warranty Compliance
Subcontractor warranty obligations tracked with expiration alerts, bonding status, and financial viability scoring — know before they disappear
“We budgeted $500K for warranty on a $78M project. By month 16, we had $1.3M in claims and the roofing sub was dissolved. If we'd had POD linking our daily quality data to warranty exposure, we would have caught the roofing risk during construction — when we still had leverage to demand corrections. Instead, we ate $800K in unfunded claims.”
— VP of Construction, Regional GC
Frequently Asked Questions
How Much Is Your Warranty Reserve Really Worth?
POD connects daily quality documentation to warranty risk exposure — so you see the claims building during construction, not 18 months after handover.
Last updated: March 2026