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Importance of Time Management in Construction

As the construction industry expands, so do the demands for efficiency and innovation. Now effective time management is not only a best practice. It is non-negotiable to succeed in construction. The deadlines are becoming tighter while labor availability fluctuates. There

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Digital Solutions for Time Card Approval

The construction industry is a labor-intensive field, with multiple contractors and skilled workers engaged in the job site at any given time. For subcontracting company leaders, project managers, field supervisors, and payroll staff, this means hours of time tracking, labor

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How to Calculate Labor Utilization

Labor Utilization Calculator Before getting started, we wanted to offer an easy way into the concept of labor utilization with this useful online labor utilization calculator, which will be broken down in this article. Introduction It may come as a

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How to Eliminate Timesheet Fraud

Discover effective strategies to eliminate timesheet fraud, understand its consequences, and learn how SmartBarrel’s time tracking software can safeguard your projects. What is Timesheet Fraud? Timesheet fraud is when employees at organizations that allow them to enter information regarding attendance

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Preparing for Kronos Workforce Central End of Life

The start of 2025 will come with the departure of Kronos Workforce Central. The workforce management software, commonly used by many industries for employee scheduling, payroll, and time and attendance control, will meet its end of life, so it’s about

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5 Ways SmartBarrel Reduces Stress and Keeps Your Projects on Track

Are you sick of the everyday work challenges that seem to pop up each time you think a situation is under control? The never-ending paperwork pile-up, tedious compliance risks, or uncertainty around your workers’ labor hours–that’s just the beginning for

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Top 5 Timekeeping Tricks for Cost Saving in Construction Projects

Do your construction project costs seem to always be on the rise, and your timelines are often spiraling out of control more than you’d like to admit? It’s your outdated timekeeping system wreaking havoc on your productivity and exposing you

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5 Proven Ways Automated Time Tracking Helps You Earn More on Every Construction Project

Confidence. It can take you a long way. Not only in the construction industry but in life itself. When do you feel the most confident, is it when you’re thrust into a situation with very little background information to go

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Why Time Tracking Solutions Should Be an Overhead Expense

Time tracking solutions should be considered just like the other tools we can’t operate profitably without. We can’t operate without vehicles and telephones, so we consider them overhead expenses we can’t avoid. For some of us, however, time tracking solutions

From Construction Data Collection to AI: Where Do You Start?

With all the recent talk about artificial intelligence and leveraging construction data, you may be wondering exactly what the fuss is all about. Is it worth it to jump on the bandwagon? If your goals are saving money, increasing efficiency,