Points North was founded in 1994 specifically to solve the compliance headaches of construction and trade contractors. Its flagship Certified Payroll Reporting product sits on top of a contractor's existing payroll system - ADP, Paychex, QuickBooks, UKG, Paycom, and others - and automates the generation of WH-347 and the 100+ state-specific certified payroll reports required on federally funded and state public works projects. For HVAC contractors doing school, hospital, government, or commercial prevailing-wage work, this turns what used to be a weekly spreadsheet nightmare into a few clicks.
Beyond the core reporting engine, Points North offers tools for ACA tracking and reporting, union payroll, fringe benefit calculations, and - more recently - WageIQ, a pre-payroll intelligence solution that validates wage rates and union CBA requirements against each job and classification before payroll is run. The idea is to catch errors before they become audit findings or underpayment claims, which is increasingly important as prevailing-wage enforcement tightens.
Points North is not a payroll engine itself; HVAC contractors still run payroll through ADP, Paychex, Gusto, or QuickBooks and bolt Points North on for compliance. That pairing is especially common among mid-size mechanical and HVAC contractors who do a mix of private and public work and can't afford the audit risk of manual certified payroll. The company also offers managed services for contractors that want to outsource compliance reporting entirely.