Pack 2B — pages outside the project (Approval Config, Dashboard, Email)

› Settings › General Settings › Project Defaults

Collaboration & Approvals

Configure how changes are reviewed and approved

Collaboration mode

How changes are shared and approved with clients

Require approval for

If none selected, client only approves the status change to Confirmed.

Require approval once project status is

Who can approve changes

Set who can approve a change, depending on who made it. Any one approver on a row is enough.

Changes made by Company roles Project roles Users
⚡ Name Can override — apply changes without requesting approval (set in Roles)

Any one approver on a row is enough. Approvers can escalate a request to the client.

Allow approvers to escalate a change to the client

Contractor changes stay anonymous. The client never sees who requested them.

Override (instead of requesting approval)

Users with override permission can apply a change immediately instead of requesting approval. Evidence is always required.

Accepted evidence types

Who can request changes

Read-only requests are approved by the same people as Owner changes.

Non-Employee users always need approval for any change to a non-draft project, regardless of these settings.

Dashboard

Overview of your tasks and team activity

Awaiting your approval

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2025-032-highwood-management

3 changes from Rachel Wong (CNRL) · Today 2:14 PM

Follow up: d (Josh Lambert)
Overdue 134 days
Follow up: d (Josh Lambert)
Overdue 141 days
Follow up: d
Overdue 132 days
Review quality plots for 2025-032
Due Oct 22
Submit payroll for week 42
Due Oct 28

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Required Training

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Email preview

What Rachel Wong (CNRL) receives when a change request is sent

FromForest Builder <no-reply@forestbuilder.app>
ToRachel Wong <r.wong@cnrl.com>
SubjectApproval needed: 3 changes to 2025-032-highwood-management

TELUS Environment · Forest Builder

Changes need your approval

Jamie Lee (Shakti Trees) requested changes to your project 2025-032-highwood-management.

"Added a second block next to W5. Need more trees."

Sites

13-16-047-14 W5

Size1.49 ha → 1.8 ha
Density2,000 → 2,200 trees/ha

13-17-047-14 W5

Pending creation

Trees

25FV53I(C) SW · Requested amount1,350 → 2,500
25FV63UF1.4 PL · Inventory sourceGrowing - Own → Client supplied

Allocations

13-16-047-14 W5 · SW (White Spruce) decrease1,890 → 1,200
13-17-047-14 W5 · SW (White Spruce) allocate700

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Zero-effort login

Clients get a one-time link that signs them in automatically. No password needed.

Contractor privacy

No contractor information is shown. The client never sees who the contractor is.

One-click approve

The green button approves all changes without requiring login first.

Site names included

Each change is grouped by site name so clients know exactly what they're approving.