Guide — Nextprojex

Getting in

Account, verification, and the badge that unlocks the rest.

What it is: A free account on the network. Every seat is free — owner, architect, GC, sub, supplier, rep.
Where to find it: nextprojex.com/signup, or the Sign up free button in the top bar of any public page.
What you can do: Pick your role, your company, and the states you work. Your territory drives search, filters and rankings from that point on.
Who it’s for: Anyone in commercial construction. A work email is not required — a personal address works, it just starts you unverified.

What it is: The verified badge. Open entry, gated trust: anyone can create an account, but the badge and the actions that carry weight sit behind verification.
Where to find it: Prompted after signup, and any time from Profile.
What you can do: Three routes: automatic domain match if your email domain carries your company name, a vouch from a verified colleague, or a manual license review by hand.
Who it’s for: Everyone. Unverified accounts can look around; verification is what unlocks the actions other members rely on.

What it is: A meter showing how complete your profile is, and what to add next.
Where to find it: Profile in the sidebar, under You.
What you can do: Work the meter to full. A thin profile is the single biggest reason people skip past you in search.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: Your personal invite code and your company's referral link. The network is only as useful as the people on it.
Where to find it: Profile, and your company page's referral link at nextprojex.com/{your-company}/ref.
What you can do: Send your code to the people you already work with. Invites are tracked back to you and your company.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

The network

The Rolodex. Every company and every player, searchable by trade and territory.

What it is: Your people, and everyone you have not met yet. Eyebrow reads Your people · the network.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Network.
What you can do: Find people by role and state, send connection requests, and manage the ones you have. A badge on the nav item counts requests waiting on you.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: Every company on the network. Eyebrow reads Every player · one network.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Companies.
What you can do: Filter by state and role, open a company page, claim your own, or follow one to keep it on your radar.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: The product side of the network — what gets specified and who sells it. Eyebrow reads Every product · one network.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Products.
What you can do: Search by category, find the line you need, and go straight to the rep who covers your state.
Who it’s for: Everyone. Architects and GCs use it to find a line; reps and suppliers use it to be found.

What it is: Rankings built on real work. Eyebrow reads Ranked on real work.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Top Rated.
What you can do: See who ranks in your role and your states. Rankings are by role and territory on purpose — a Mid-Atlantic GC does not care who is hot in Denver.
Who it’s for: Everyone. Only verified teammates from a shared verified project can review, so the ranking cannot be bought.

What it is: Your shortlist — the companies and projects you chose to watch. Eyebrow reads Your shortlist.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Following.
What you can do: Follow a company or a project and it lands here instead of getting lost in the wider feed.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: One search box across projects, people and companies.
Where to find it: Top bar of the app, on every screen.
What you can do: Type any name, trade, or project number. Results are grouped by what they are.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

Projects

Project intelligence — the layer that sits on top of the network.

What it is: The preconstruction feed. Eyebrow reads Preconstruction pipeline · nationwide.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Horizon. It is the screen you land on.
What you can do: See work early, filter to your states, follow what matters, and open the project to see who is on it.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: One page per project, with a permanent site number like NPX-2026-0014.
Where to find it: Open any card in Horizon, Following, or search.
What you can do: Reference the ID in an email or drop it into your CRM. One number, one project, no ambiguity.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: Who is actually on the job — architect, GC, subs, suppliers, reps.
Where to find it: On any project page.
What you can do: See the team, then reach the person you need directly instead of guessing at a switchboard.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: Adding a project to the network. Free, and it publishes instantly.
Where to find it: Post a project on the Horizon screen.
What you can do: Submit it and verification runs automatically the moment you do. A watchdog re-sweeps the board nightly; anything suspicious gets flagged and pulled.
Who it’s for: Owner, Architect and GC accounts — the people with firsthand knowledge that a project is real. Posting a fake project ends the account.

What it is: Your invitations to bid. Eyebrow reads Your invitations to bid.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Tools → Bids.
What you can do: Track what you have been invited to and where each one stands.
Who it’s for: Appears once it is switched on for your account.

Your presence

What the rest of the industry sees when they land on you.

What it is: Your page on the network — role, company, territory, and the work behind you.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Profile, or your initials at the top right.
What you can do: Edit everything, watch the strength meter, and set what is public.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: Your company's page. It is already built and it keeps itself current.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Company Page, or the vanity link nextprojex.com/{your-company}.
What you can do: Claim it, then drive it: logo, brand colour, hero, lines you carry, team, and the projects behind you.
Who it’s for: The company page admin. Claiming is the step that hands you the keys.

What it is: A short, manual presence line — where you are and what you are on.
Where to find it: Your initials at the top right → Status.
What you can do: Set it when it is worth setting. Nothing is inferred or tracked automatically; it only says what you typed.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: A 24-hour company post. It goes up, it gets seen, it goes away.
Where to find it: From your company page.
What you can do: Post a crew on site, a delivery, a finished install — the things worth showing but not worth archiving.
Who it’s for: Company page admins.

What it is: Two ladders: personal badges (Member → Connector → Voice → Builder → Keystone) and company tiers (Listed → Present → Claimed → Active → Established → Cornerstone).
Where to find it: On your profile and your company page.
What you can do: Both move on real participation. Nothing here is for sale.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

Talking to people

Messaging, the feed, and how you find out something happened.

What it is: One-to-one messaging. Eyebrow reads Private · one to one.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Messages.
What you can do: Talk to your connections. A badge on the nav item counts unread threads.
Who it’s for: Requires a mutual connection — you request, they accept, then you can talk. That is the difference between a network and a spam cannon.

What it is: The wire — what is moving across the network. Eyebrow reads The wire · nationwide.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Activity, at the top.
What you can do: Skim what changed: new projects, new members, new work posted by companies you follow.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: The bell. Requests, replies, and anything aimed directly at you.
Where to find it: Top bar, right side, next to your initials.
What you can do: Clear the ones that need an answer. What reaches you here is controlled in Settings → Notifications.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

Tools

The working end. Some open for everyone, some switch on per account.

What it is: Every tool in one place. Eyebrow reads Every tool · one place, and the hub tailors itself to your role.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Hub.
What you can do: Start here when you know what you want to do but not what it is called.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: For the road. Eyebrow reads On the road.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Travel, or nextprojex.com/travel.
What you can do: Sort out a room and the rest of the trip without leaving the app. Free to use.
Who it’s for: Everyone. Built for reps living out of a truck.

What it is: The Nextprojex signature builder.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Tools → Email Signature.
What you can do: Build a signature that carries your verified profile and drop it into your mail client.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: CRM connection and follow-ups.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Tools → SYNC.
What you can do: Run your pipeline on boards your company builds — every card pointing at a live project, follow-ups and wins and losses shared across the team.
Who it’s for: Switched on per account, run by your company admin. Bring an existing pipeline in as a CSV; a Smartsheet connection is built and in testing, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Procore and Autodesk behind it.

What it is: Quote requests in and out, and where each one stands.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Tools → Quote Desk.
What you can do: Take a request from a verified member without it turning into a mail thread.
Who it’s for: Switched on per account.

What it is: Order tracking against a verified customer and a real project. Eyebrow reads Live from the shop floor.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Tools → Orders.
What you can do: Watch an order move through its stages, and let the customer watch it too without calling to ask.
Who it’s for: Switched on per account. Customer-side visibility is free.

What it is: The fabrication floor. Eyebrow reads Every mark, and where it is right now.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Tools → Shop.
What you can do: Track pieces through the shop and out the door.
Who it’s for: Switched on per account.

What it is: Every meeting and CEU request your company has sent or received, and where each one stands.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Tools → Meetings & CEUs.
What you can do: Request a lunch-and-learn, or field one, without the back and forth.
Who it’s for: Switched on per account.

The rest

Jobs, the award, and the drawing.

What it is: Hiring across the network. Eyebrow reads Hiring across the network.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Jobs.
What you can do: Filter by state and apply, or post what your company is hiring for.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: The best work in commercial construction — a quarterly design award, voted by the network.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Showcase, when the quarter is open.
What you can do: Enter work, vote, and carry a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Keystone seal on your company page.
Who it’s for: Appears when a cycle is running.

What it is: The weekly drawing.
Where to find it: Sidebar → Prize Drawing, when it is running.
What you can do: Enter, and see the week's result.
Who it’s for: Members outside FL and NY. Operator accounts are structurally excluded from winning.

Account and privacy

The switches, and what the rest of the network can see.

What it is: Your account, integrations and notifications in one place. Eyebrow reads Your account.
Where to find it: Your initials at the top right → Settings.
What you can do: Control what reaches you, what connects to you, and how the app behaves.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: A 6-digit code from your authenticator app on top of your sign-in.
Where to find it: Settings → Security.
What you can do: Turn it on. It takes two minutes and it is the single best thing you can do for your account.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: The line between your profile and your contact details.
Where to find it: Settings, and the privacy controls on your profile.
What you can do: Decide what the network sees. Your email is never published as a field on the network.
Who it’s for: Everyone.

What it is: How a company gets listed before anyone claims it, and how to get it changed or taken down.
Where to find it: nextprojex.com/listing-policy.
What you can do: Read the policy, then claim the page or ask for removal.
Who it’s for: Anyone, including people who are not members yet.

Where Everything Lives.