Whistle reported an increase in safety reporting in an example using rewards linked to Procore activity. Its August 9, 2024 article argues that construction incentives can support adoption of reporting processes and other work routines.

In the example, Whistle says average spending of $5 per project per day was associated with a 50% increase in safety reporting over 30 days. It also reports that the higher reporting activity continued after the reward ended. The article presents these figures as its own example of encouraging a new routine.

The integration described in the article automates rewards for completing specified tasks or goals in Procore, including safety observations. Whistle connects this with the challenge of encouraging reporting on sites involving multiple subcontractors, suppliers and working practices.

The company’s argument is that an incentive can help a worker begin a process whose benefit is less immediately visible than physical construction work. It discusses habit formation and recognition as ways to reinforce that activity after the initial incentive.

Its operational recommendations are to keep the process simple, recognize activity promptly, use smaller rewards regularly and communicate the purpose of the program. Gifts and bonuses are presented as tools within that design, alongside clear feedback about the behavior being recognized.

The article also discusses recognizing contributions across a team and the connection between feeling valued and retention. Those broader benefits are presented as Whistle’s rationale for program design, separate from the specific safety-reporting figures it supplies.