Stress on construction sites is one of the most dangerous risks for your project’s efficiency and performance. With tight deadlines, unexpected changes, and budget caps, construction managers deal with constant pressure that leads to jobsite stress not only on the managers but also on the workforce as well. But there’s
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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 is a constant need to optimize resources, and proper time
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 management, and payment processing for each and every member
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.
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Introduction
It may come as a surprise, but being able to calculate labor utilization
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 into timesheets intentionally manipulate the data. Most of these businesses
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 time to start looking for its replacement. The retirement of
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 you. When will the stress end? How can you keep
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 to time theft. Your manual paper timesheets just aren’t hacking
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 on? When it feels like the deck is against you,
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 seem like an expense we can avoid by just doing
