How-to guides

Short, step-by-step guides to the main tasks in Validate, using the exact buttons and screens you will see in the app.

Projects
Create your first project in Validate with the four-step wizard, from contract details to programme, ready to log work and apply for payment.
3 min read · Updated 3 July 2026
Team
Add office staff and site operatives in Validate, record CSCS cards and qualification expiries, and get engineers onto the phone app.
3 min read · Updated 3 July 2026
Validation
How to review, approve, adjust or reject engineer-submitted site work in Validate's validation queue, one item at a time or in bulk.
3 min read · Updated 3 July 2026
Payment
Step-by-step guide to raising an Application for Payment in Validate, from validated site work to a dated, submitted AFP your client can certify.
4 min read · Updated 3 July 2026
Tenders
Turn a won tender into a live project in Validate so the value, programme, materials and subbies carry across without re-keying anything.
4 min read · Updated 3 July 2026
Health and Safety
Produce a project RAMS in Validate, review the method, hazards and controls, then issue it in a state a main contractor will accept on site.
4 min read · Updated 3 July 2026
Money
Read the Validate dashboards and Project P&L, and know exactly where every figure comes from, certified work, committed spend and actual cost.
4 min read · Updated 3 July 2026
Billing
See your Validate plan and invoices, upgrade from the trial, update your card and manage storage, all self-serve from the billing settings.
3 min read · Updated 3 July 2026