Contractor Qualification Release Notes

The following release notes cover the most recent changes over the last 90 days. Here you can see the latest product features, updates, fixes for SafetyPlusWeb CQ. To get the latest product updates delivered to you, add the URL of this page to your feed reader, or add the feed URL directly: https://cq.safetyplusweb.com/release-notes



Version 4.8.13, Mar 04, 2024
Changes
  • Statistics status changes are now updated.
  • Users have the capability to conduct column searches in tables even when spaces are present.
  • Sites dropdown is sorted by ascending order
  • The action column on the contractor dashboard has been relocated to the first position.
Version 4.7.12, Feb 14, 2024
Changes
  • When creating a new company, site, or location, you have the option to select the Canadian provinces.
  • Added and modified questions to accomodate Canadian tiers
Version 4.6.12, Jan 03, 2024
Changes
  • The OSHA Q&A items for this past year are now added for SPW CQ contractors
Version 4.5.12, Sep 21, 2023
Changes
  • Files with duplicate names are now permitted for upload into the system, with the current date and time being added to the filename.
  • Internal maintenance of support emails and hyperlinks
  • The issue that displayed archived items in the "under review" grid for contractors has been resolved.
  • Implemented an internal automation procedure for updating contractor scores.
Version 4.5.10, July 20, 2023
Features
  • Questionnaire change
    • Admin can now create questionnaire with few questions
    • Admin must select atlease one question to save the questionnaire
    • Few required questions for calculating score are marked by * by the question number
    • Since all questions are not required, any unanswered ones on the grids are displayed as NA
    • Calculated questions are saved as NA if related questions are not required.
    • Core & Subcore references are now renamed to Questionnaire in the application
    • Grading widget message has been updated.
Changes
  • The tier submission button has now three distinct statuses: Incomplete, Needs to be Submitted, and Has been Submitted.
  • When a user uploads a new document for an expiring/expired upload item, the date field is now automatically cleared. Date field is highlighted to indicate that a new date needs to be input. The "Save" button is disabled until a new date is entered in the date field for the upload item
  • Fixed the bug that updates the submission state upon a review.
  • Admin can now make updates to tier questionnaire until a contractor is attached to the tier
Version 4.4.9, June 20, 2023
Changes
  • Optimized CQ Dashboard Grid for Faster Loading with Client-Side Lazy Loading
  • NAICS codes have been updated to the latest version
  • Fixed the bug for Improper Contractor Review Access Authorization
  • Fixed the broken logo on release notes page
  • Few misspellings on the website have been addressed
Version 4.4.8, May 19, 2023
Changes
  • Hot fix - Reverted Improper Contractor Review Access
Version 4.4.7, May 16, 2023
Changes
  • Fixed the bug with the visibility of SPW forms button.
  • Fixed the bug related to authorizing inactive contractors.
  • Made enhancements to the tier and tier contractors grid. Now the contractors and tiers those have completed the questionnaire are shown for review instead of all.
Version 4.4.6, Apr 13, 2023
Changes
  • Fix the bug in the updating questionnaire
Version 4.4.5, Apr 12, 2023
Changes
  • Updated statistics calculated questions to accept only whole numbers
  • Fixed the missing warning indicators on some of the tables
  • More validations are added to user creation.
  • Updated misspellings/grammar in auto-email
  • Fixed the bug that notifies incorrect statis change emails
  • TaxId column is added to contractors list table on the dashboard
  • Favicon is updated
Version 4.4.4, Mar 28, 2023
Features
  • Rating System
    • CQ Rating system enables hiring owners and safety administrators to give rating for the contractors. Rating can be given by category such as “Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability”, “Quality”, “Schedule/Time”, “Cost/Financial/Budget”.
    • These ratings are displayed on contractor reviews management page and on dashboard.
    • Average of all ratings and average by each category are displayed under performance review of the contractor section.
    • Under reviews history, user can view all ratings and can update rating.
    • User can add notes and supporting documents to the rating.
Changes
  • Detailed warning messages are updated on reset password page
Version 4.3.3, Mar 08, 2023
Changes
  • Statistics status changes are now updated.
  • Content has been updated on help page.
Version 4.3.2, Feb 09, 2023
Changes
  • Safety Plus Rebrand! The new Safety Plus logo is updated throughout the application.
Version 4.2.2, Jan 18, 2023
Changes
  • Few bugs related to dispalying count based on the active questions are fixed.
Version 4.2.1, Dec 29, 2022
Changes
  • The OSHA Q&A items for this past year are now added for SPW CQ contractors
  • A new question type acknowledgement which has required checkbox and textbox is added.
Version 4.2.0, Oct 28, 2022

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Version 4.1.3, July 27, 2022
Changes
  • Added more insurance types
  • On dashboard, contractor column in the contractors list grid is updated to a link that navigates to review management of the tier contractor. When logged in as Site Admin/Site User, the links are enabled only for the tiers that the user is attached to.
Version 4.1.2, June 22, 2022
Features
  • Submission Process:
    ● Performance and user experience of the submission process have been improved.
    ● Fixed bugs in submission process.
    ● Password reset feature is now available to all users.
Changes
  • Admin can edit question label.
  • Character limit of 'Reason for change' text field in 'Exception Management' is now set max 1000.
  • Fixed bugs in 'Scoring System'. Now CQ platform supports 'HTTP Strict Transport Security Policy'.
Version 4.1.0, May 26, 2022

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Version 4.0.0, May 5, 2022
Changes
  • Site Users - Site admin and Site user can now be added/updated to multiple sites. Dashboard and tiers are updated to view all the sites the loggedin user is attached to.
  • SPW Forms Url - Admins can now add SPW Forms Url to a company. LoggedIn company can view the url that opens in new tab.
  • Permissions of user roles are updated in several parts of the application.
Version 3.6.12, March 30, 2022
Features
  • Submission Process:
    ● Submit button label on questionnaire page is changed to Save Answers.
    ● Once contractor finished answering the core questionnaire, a pop-up dialog opens asking contractor to go to dashboard and submit the questionnaire.
    ● Dashboard in the side navigation menu now shows the count of #Questionnaires that are ready to submit.
    ● Contractor will now see submit button on tiers grid on dashboard. This is enabled only for the tiers that need submission. .
    ● Once contractor has finished questionnaire and submitted, submit button is disabled. If an answer is updated after submission, the submit is enabled allowing contractor to submit questionnaire again.
    ● Questionnaire submit action will take contractor to a tier-report page and submission process can only proceed forward if #Questions = #Answers in the report.
    ● Submit button on the tier-report page will trigger the newly developed Submission Pipeline and once done redirects the user to dashboard.
  • Review Management:
    ● "Notes To contractor” can now be saved without submitting review.
    ● Contractors can edit the answers from “Under review” grid on open items. Added Last Modified column to the grid.
Changes
  • Few updates are made to red bubble updation on side navigation menu
  • UI adjustments are made to side navigation menu.
  • Loader animation is added to contractors list grid on dashboard for admins and hiring company users.
Version 3.5.11, Febraury 28, 2022
Changes
  • 2021 Safety statistics is complete. 2019 Safety statistics is no longer displayed on the application.
  • Fixed the bug that is not updating score since previous build.
Version 3.4.10, January 21, 2022
Changes
  • 2021 Safety statistics questions are now available for contractors to answer.
Version 3.4.9, December 06, 2021
Changes
  • Security enahancements.
  • Fixed side navigation menu bug.
Version 3.4.8, November 10, 2021
Changes
  • Columns on tier related grids has been reorgnaized.
  • Red dots are now refreshed automatically.
  • Main navigation menu has been updated & reorganized.
  • Opening and reloading URLS is now supported
Fixes
  • Inactive questions are now removed from review items grid.
Version 3.3.7, June 07, 2021
Changes
  • Made enhancements to Q & A Report
  • Added more validations to company registration
  • Added a warning message for upload type questions with an expiration date to alert users.
  • Added expiring(in 30 days), expiring soon(in 10 days) indicators for expiration dates on the grids.
  • Updated CQ support link on site.
Fixes
  • Fixed expiration grids sort by chronological order.
  • Fixed validating "Tax Id must be unique" while creating/updating company
Version 3.3.6, May 21, 2021
Features
  • Export To Excel: The following grids can be now exported to an excel file
    ● Q & A Report : This was contractor answers grid, we have renamed it to Q & A Report. Contractor can now see complete questionnaire(both answered & unanswered) for the tier in this grid. Also, made couple of enhancements to UI and added additional columns.
    ● Tier Contractors grid
    ● Contractors List - This is the dashboard grid for admins and corporate heads
  • Created a grid on dashboard for admins and corporate heads that displays expiring/expired answers & documents from all the tiers & contractors.
Depricated
  • Inactivated company core category and its questions from the system.
Version 3.2.5, April 21, 2021
Features
  • Open Items: Open items grid is now available for the contractors on dashboard. open items are the tasks/actions that need contractor's attention. An open item can be an unanswered question, an expiring answer/document or an item currently under review. All the open items are categorized into three sections - Expiring questions,Under review questions and Unanswered questions(Core & Sub core, Company specific, documents). Contractor can now answer questions from the open items grid itself(except statistics category). This elimates the problem of navigating to every question category from the side menu.
Changes
  • Admin can now create questions with more than one correct answer.
Fixes
  • Fixed bug causing unintentional question status change documents grid.
Version 3.1.4, March 12, 2021
Changes
  • Notes and expiration dates of documetns and reviews will not be deleted automatically on exipration day. Admin has to manually delete or update them.
  • For controctors, following items have been added in 'Remaining' section while answering questionnaire.
    • Failed items
    • Expired items
    • Expiring items in less than 10 days
    From now on, 'Red Dots' count on navigation menu will include the above mentioned items.
  • Added status column to contractor's answer grid.
Fixes
  • Fixed the bug that was blocking downloding certain file types.
Version 3.1.3, February 26, 2021
Changes
  • Tier-Contractor grid's filter was not working. This has been fixed.
  • 2017 category will no longer be displayed. Status of all contractors has been updated based on 2020 statisticss answers and reviews.
Version 3.1.2, February 11, 2021
Changes
  • Now Admins can opt-in, opt-out users from email list
  • Inactivating a company inactivates all its users automatically.
Version 3.1.1, January 29, 2021
Features
  • 2020 Safety statistics questions
    • 2020 Safety statistics questions are now available for contractors to answer.
Changes
  • Improved review process - Submit button for reviews will be disabled until reviewers finish all the reviews of a contractor .
Bugs
  • Fixed the bug that was displaying incorrect information on score grid.
Depricated
  • Removed reset column in tier-contractors grid, now it will be displayed only if there is a status change.
Version 3.0, December 22, 2020
Changes
  • Admins cannot modify submitted questionnaire of a tier.
  • Angular version has been upgraded from 6.4.5 to version 10.2.7. Click here for more info.
  • Angular Material version has been upgraded from 6.4.5 to version 10.2.7. Click here for more info.
October 30, 2020
Changes
  • On admin dashboard,new grid with list of all of contractors has been added
  • Now Admins will be notified when user confirms his/her email. Also Admin can now resend email confirmation links from application.
  • Fixed states dropdown option “West Virginia”
  • Fixed bug that's causing unnecessary status changes for contractors attached to muliplr tiers
October 16, 2020
Changes
  • Fixed some styling on locations and contacts page of contractor. Added sorting, filtering, pagination to location and contacts grids.
  • Fixed download links for documetns on "Contractor-Answers" grid.
  • Fixed user update form for admins.
  • Fixed questions template. Now admin can update resource link field for questions.
  • Fixed IsUploadRequired field on company-specific-question-edit-form.
  • Sort functionality added to all grids that have a date field. Dates are sorted from oldest to latest.
  • Corporate dashboard grid is now sorted by status and score fields.
September 24, 2020 (Current release)
Changes
  • Added validation for uploads – expiration date is mandatory if there’s any.
  • If reviewer has given an expiration date to the document, it overrides contractor date
  • When document expires, contractor answer will be reset and status moves to pending along with red dot indicating file must be re submitted.
  • On contractor dashboard documents history is now sorted by newest first.
  • Navigation menu now can stay opened. Use hamburger icon to toggle between icon menu and standard menu. While in icon menu, hover to access menu items.
  • Improved UI experience across the application (buttons, layouts etc.). Removed demo analytics from contractor dashboard.
Fixes
  • While creating questionnaire template for tiers, previous configurations were not cleared. This issue is now fixed. Now questionnaire template will reset after every submit.
  • Contractor document expiry date now will not be removed after review instead overrides by reviewer date if provided one.
  • Fixed sorting and filtering on grids.
  • The wrong red dots count for contractors who are attached to more than one tier is now fixed.
September 1, 2020
Features
  • Scoring:
    • Contractors get a score for all the tiers he’s been attached to.
    • The system uses contractor’s reported NAICS code and compares their OSHA statistics with the national average for the contractor’s industry type. Percentage of deviation from the contractors BLS average industry score is used to deduct points from a starting point of 100.
    • Comparisons of RIR (total recordable incident rates), DART (days away and restricted duty incident rates) , LWR (lost workday incident rates) are factored into the score.
    • Score calculation is done once contractor finishes answering core questions and it is updated for all tiers he's attached.
    • Score column is added:
      1. For contractor, on his dashboard – tier info grid
      2. For corporate users, on their dashboard
      3. For admin & corporate users, on tier contractor’s review page.
    • Admin/Corporate Head/ Site Admin can also give a custom score and add notes to it on review page. This custom score is added to the generated score from system.
    • Score gets updated:
      1. When contractor changes his answers (Score is re calculated based on updated answers)
      2. When status is updated
      3. When custom score is updated
Deprecated
  • Removed state and BLS columns from corporate dashboard.
August 4, 2020
Features
  • Review Notes:
    • Admin / Corporate Head / Site Admin can now add notes add supporting documents for each review item.
    • User can now access history of review item’s notes and attached documents.
    • Every notes item will be appended with reviewer name, time stamp and review result. Over the time this helps in tracking changes on a review item.
    • Notes history updates in real time and is displayed in chronological order(latest to earliest).
    • Added search bar on notes history.
July 18, 2020
Changes
  • Added email validations to check if there are any empty or null emails in the list. Also, added form validations in email type text fields. Above email modifications are reflected in the following forms
    1. Registering a new user
    2. Creating a new contact
    3. Inviting a contractor using his email for a tier
    4. Creating a Company and adding a Primary Contact Email for the company
  • Change Status pop-up now includes any existing notes, expiration date,status when trying to modify the status of a contractor. This helps admins for easy updating.
  • Disabled adding contractors to a tier which has not been started yet. This helps in avoiding accidentally adding a contractor to an unimplemented tier (not started).
  • Contractor answer’s grid & review items grid default row count# reduced from 10 to 5.
  • Count of Tier Questions used to be displayed on navigation menu which was removed later. This may cause contractors to overlook the unanswered questions and logout from the application. In this release, red dots with unanswered item count are reintroduced but this time next to Dashboard tab.
Fixes
  • Fixed the bug where contractor is unable to navigate to a “Category” when clicks on any question to view the answer
  • Site Admin/Site user roles can now be changed to Corporate-Head/Site-Admin/Site-User. Also, Site-Admin / Site-User can update from one site to the other.
  • Fixed the big which is responsible for not displaying “Company name” on navigation bar. Displaying it in place of "Contractor Qualification".
  • Fixed an issue of not loading dashboard grid when logged in as Site Admin.
  • Whenever review has been made, now contractor answer’s grid data is consistent with the review grid updated information
  • Fixed the bug which is displaying incorrect # of answered questions in the contractor's table when assigned to multiple tiers.
  • Fixed the bug which is not displaying on web page CQ fav icon (icon on browser tab) after logging in to the application.
July 01, 2020
Features
  • CQ-System-Notifications:
    CQ notification are now active:- Contractor will now receive notifications if their status/reviewed items/documents expire in 1 day / 10 days / 30 days. Emails will be sent to all contacts of the contractor, copies all the emails used in the registration of a contractor, blind copies all the users (corporate head, site admin, site user) of the tiers.
    • UI Enhancements:
      • Added columns, "Expiration Date”, “Notes" to the grid "Tier Info" on contractor dashboard.
      • Warning icons added to grid rows. Orange-icon if expires in10 days, red-icon if expires in 1 day in below grids:
        • On Tier Contractor grid, depending on “Expiration of Status”.
        • On Contractor dashboard, “Tier Info” grid
        • On contractor dashboard, “Documents” grid
      • Added legend regarding color indicator to the above-mentioned grids.
Fixes
  • Removed "Primary" option from contact type dropdown when creating contacts by contractor.
  • Styling fixes on corporate dashboard grid.
  • Date field in ‘Company Specific’ questions is not showing up for upload question even though "Is Expire Date" is marked as required while creating the question. Fixed the issue.
  • When a company specific upload type question has been resubmitted, it is not showing up as “Need to be reviewed “on review grid even if it’s marked for review . Fixed the issue and is now showing as review needed.
  • If contractor has given an expiration date for a document, show the date on “Review Summary” detail pane. The date is now shown next to the file name.
  • If there is no expiration given by reviewer, then show contractor’s expiration date on “Contractor Answers” table.
June 03, 2020
Features
  • Contacts & Locations
    An intuitive UI is now available for contractors to add, view, update their contacts and locations. Contractor now can attach contacts to locations and vice versa
Changes
  • Company creation form has been redesigned.
  • Release notes is now available on home page.
  • Contractor’s email notifications are now sent to all the contacts of his company.
Fixes
  • Fixed incorrect color indicator on tier contractor grid columns- “EMR, RIR, DART, LWR” for corporate user on dashboard.
  • Fixed the bug that was not updating grading result of an answer when resubmitted by contractor.
Deprecated
  • Removed Contacts category and all questions under that category
  • Removed contact type checkboxes in mail composition grid for corporate users.
May 17, 2020
Changes
  • Angular version has been upgraded from 5.2.5 to version 6.4.5. Click here for more info.
  • Angular Material version has been upgraded from 5.2.5 to version 6.4.5. Click here for more info.
Fixes
  • Fixed bug that was not allowing administrators to recheck “Upload Required” checkbox in questionnaire when user unchecks it.
  • Added a new column in 'tier-contractors-grid' for Administrator/Corporate Head to view # questions answered by each contractor in a tier. It will also display # total questions for a tier.
  • Added search functionality to contractor’s dropdown when attaching him to a tier. Also, contractor’s list is now in alphabetical order.
  • The email confirmation token expiration time has been increased from 1 day to 5 days. When user clicks on expired confirmation link on his email, he will be redirected to 'resend confirmation link page'.