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# Construction partners

A **construction partner** is a person or company you work with to bring a [project](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/projects-general-explanation-9z0uyr/) to a successful conclusion: an architect, a safety coordinator, an EPB or EPC reporter, an asbestos expert, and so on. You link them to a project, together with the right contact.

## Activating construction partners

Switch the function on via **settings > projects > settings**:

| Setting | Explanation |
| ---- |
| Construction partners | Switch this on to show the **construction partners** table in the project file. |
| Type construction partner | The list of types you can choose from. You use this list both in the supplier file and in the project file. |

Then click **activate settings** at the bottom right.

|| By default, the types **architect**, **safety coordination** and **EPB** are ready for use. You can adjust that list entirely to your own preference — in the example below it has already been extended.

![Settings for construction partners](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/e/a/d/f/eadf6dec760ec000/projectinstellingen-bouwpartne_36o3x1.png =800x283)

## Creating a construction partner

A construction partner first exists as a [supplier](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/suppliers-xbz2v5/). You therefore cannot create one from the project file itself.

1. Create the party as a supplier.
2. In the supplier file, use the **type** field to indicate which type of construction partner it is.

|| Do you not see that **type** field on the supplier file? Then the construction partners function has not yet been activated in the project settings.

## Linking a construction partner to a project

Open the project file and go to the **construction partners** section. For each line you set:

* the **construction partner** itself;
* the **contact** at that construction partner;
* **receive progress claims?** — tick this if this construction partner has to receive the [progress claim](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/progress-claims-general-explanation-1ja6eom/).

You can link several construction partners to the same project.

![The construction partners section in the project file](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/e/a/d/f/eadf6dec760ec000/projectfiche-rubriek-bouwpartn_vo2ogf.png =800x324)