Customer stories

How a Small Family Contractor Became a Bigger Asset to GCs

Prairie Creek Fence

Subcontractors

July 10, 2026

Prairie Creek Fence replaced overwhelming research and admin burden with a low-maintenance apprenticeship program that let them staff projects fully, add states easily, and deliver complete compliance packages without adding headcount or daily stress.

30 Minutes

Monthly Maintenance

Rapid State Additions

Colorado and Washington Live

No Crew Limits

Can Now Staff Projects Fully

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"We're a bigger and better asset for our clients."

Hannah Ellendson

Head of Administration

Situation

Prairie Creek Fence, a small family-owned company, was increasingly asked to contribute apprentices on large IRA projects. They had previously limited crew sizes to stay under thresholds that would trigger the requirement.

Problem

Starting a registered apprenticeship program from scratch felt overwhelming and opaque. They feared high costs, heavy administration, and the need to send people to external classes that would not fit their work.

Solution

Apprentix provided a ready-to-use compliant program for craft labor, handled all registration and state additions through simple forms, gave full credit for existing work, supplied complete document packets for clients, and required only minimal monthly time entry with automated reminders.

Results

Setup was immediate and low-maintenance. The company can now staff projects without artificially limiting headcount, making them a more valuable partner to general contractors. Adding new states became simple. The program removed a constant mental burden and gave the small team the exact support they needed.

"It took less than a week for you guys to get us set up. And I think that's when the whole team went, holy crap, here we go. Which was great. 'Cause at that point we're able to call the client and say, we've got a program and that sets us apart from everybody else."

Whitney Waldheim

Director of Operations

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"Having a partner like Apprentix has really just taken that complete load off of us knowing that you guys apprentice is knowledgeable with the laws and the requirements and the compliance and the documents has all of those boxes checked."

Rebecca Nichols

Head of Compliance

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"The fact that basically I just get a notification, like, hey, you're out of compliance or you need to do this, or you will be out of compliance. It's nice. Very user friendly, the notifications are great."