Built for the 45-Day Fire Drill

Every federal construction contractor knows the moment: the DOL audit letter arrives and suddenly you have 30 days to compile hundreds of payroll records, classify thousands of work hours, and produce a legally defensible response—all while your labor attorney bills $450 an hour.

We built ResponseIQ because we've seen what that fire drill costs. Contractors report spending 200+ hours assembling responses, only to hand them off to legal counsel for rewriting. The tools that exist today are either manual template systems built for proactive compliance tracking or high-priced consulting engagements that charge $15,000 or more per audit.

ResponseIQ changes that by handling the reactive, project-specific work: ingesting your DOL notice, extracting the actual findings, calculating the real wage shortfalls from your payroll data, and producing a structured response template your team can review and finalize in days instead of weeks.

The Infrastructure Investment Act has triggered a surge in DOL enforcement staffing—up 23% in 2023-2024—and the construction industry has been flagged for accelerated audits. We built the tool contractors are already asking for.