From a project to its participants
A construction record becomes an entry point into a firm’s work history, associated projects, and other public information. The value comes from the connections between records.
Zabalist connects the scattered records behind Texas construction. State project registrations, municipal permits, site plans, contractor information, and public bids become a searchable system that lets people move from an area, to a project, to the firms doing the work. Entity resolution and a shared data model make that journey possible across sources that were never designed to fit together.
A contractor searching for relevant work has to cross several public systems. A project’s registration, permit, owner, and design team can appear in different portals with different names and identifiers.
Company names change between filings. Reliable search requires a way to connect those variants without merging unrelated businesses.
The result also has to stay useful after the first search. People need to follow changes, revisit saved criteria, and inspect where each record came from.