Construction Time Tracking Software

Easily automate your construction time tracking.

Automate worker clock-ins and timesheets, easily assign cost codes, and push labor data to payroll with SmartBarrel’s construction time tracking software. Save 16 hours weekly.

Saved per worker, per year

$ 0 +

Saved on manual entry every year

0 hours

Timesheet Accuracy

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Meet the only construction timesheet app you'll ever need.

Biometric facial verification.

SmartBarrel’s app uses AI-powered facial verification. In simple terms, it scans your face on clock-in — making buddy punching and errors impossible.

So easy your grandma could use it.

SmartBarrel’s constructiom timesheet app makes clocking in and out simpler than ever. Just type in your phone number and the app automatically scans your face. That’s it.

Seamless integrations.

SmartBarrel’s construction timesheet software and app send data directly to your existing software including Procore, CMiC, and PowerBI. No need for manual entry.

Eliminate the BS with biometrics and geo-fencing.

Timecards and manual entry apps are prone to errors, which cost you thousands of dollars every month. Biometric facial verification and geo-fencing fix all of that. By verifying each clock-in, SmartBarrel's construction timesheet app ensures 100% time tracking accuracy, saving you time, money, and the headache of payroll disputes.

SmartBarrel's Construction Timesheet App

Three easy ways to clock in.

For Individuals

Use punch mode to clock in with one tap whenever you get to the job site.

For Small Crews

Use kiosk mode to clock in on a supervisor's phone or a dedicated tablet.

For Larger Crews

For 10 or more workers on the jobsite, use the rugged, solar-powered hardware time clock.

No more paperwork.

SmartBarrel's construction time tracking software replaces your clipboards and paper logs.

Time and Break Rules

Easily set clock-in, clock-out, time rounding, and break rules.

Automatic OT / DT

Automatically calculate overtime and doubletime for your workers.

Cost Codes

Track labor cost codes in real-time across jobsites and projects.

Sub Management

Track time for all companies including temp labor and subs on the project.

Procore Integration

Send data directly to Procore accounting software, autofill daily logs, and run payroll.

Union Compliance

Automatically comply to union shift and break rules.

Shift Approval

Take full control over shift approvals before processing payroll.

Daily Logs

Automate your daily logs and eliminate manual paperwork.

Broadcasting

Quickly message your entire field crew with important announcements.

More than just a construction timesheet app.

SmartBarrel gives you everything you need to triumph over timesheet BS and take full control of the field.

The Hardware.

Get a dedicated portable time clock with biometric verification that doubles as an access control point to keep your jobsites secure.

The Software.

Included free of charge with the app, SmartBarrel’s head office software gives you full visibility and control over the field.

How it works.

How SmartBarrel's construction time clock app automates manual work and saves you money.

Two ways to clock in.

Get workers to punch in on SmartBarrel's LTE-connected, solar-powered construction time clock or just use the app. SmartBarrel's AI and geofencing automatically verify their identity and location—all integrated within our construction time tracking software.

Automated timesheets.

As workers get verified on clock-in and clock-out, our construction time clock app provides automatically filled timesheets with all the data you need — including project details, location, hours worked, and breaks.

Simple cost code tracking.

Track tasks and phases using our construction time clock app by adding cost codes to each shift on a simple, user-intuitive dashboard. Easily split shifts and automatically carry over cost codes to the next day.

Easy data collection.

Automatically track PPE with AI, prompt workers to send incident reports and daily work summaries via text message, and manage it all with our construction time tracking software — view everything in one simple dashboard.

Auto-filled daily logs.

Automatically collect all the information you need for daily logs. SmartBarrel tracks weather and conditions, headcount and manpower, progress, and work summaries.

Seamless integrations.

SmartBarrel's construction time tracking software offers native integrations into the most popular construction and accounting software, eliminating the need for manual entry.

CMiC
Procore
Viewpoint
Foundation
ComputerEASE
Sage
Quickbooks
Excel

"SmartBarrel was an obvious choice: a simple solution that provides very high quality, useful data."

SmartBarrel fits a lot of our needs as a contractor. It's very unique, it's construction-oriented."

"SmartBarrel is very easy for our crews to use, and we can manage it from the office."

Construction time tracking FAQ

Why is time tracking in construction so important?

With construction projects being so vast, it’s hard to keep track of everything going on on the jobsite. There are so many aspects that are hard to control but labor shouldn’t be one of them. Generally, a contractor’s biggest expense is labor costs and if you don’t have a good handle of how many hours are being spent on different tasks, it can be hard to understand how the job is performing compared to the budget and can be hard to estimate and effectively bid jobs going forward. It’s easy to go over the estimated labor costs if this isn’t something you aren’t actively keeping track of on a daily basis.

Is construction time tracking micro management?

That’s a great question and it really depends on the solution. With SmartBarrel’s construction time tracking software, we have a labor first mentality and it’s designed to bring the worker and the office together. Time tracking is essential for the worker as well so that they are paid for the hours they worked. Remember, the office is there to support the field and providing them with an accurate and easy to use construction time tracking solution is important for both parties for productivity and efficiency!

Who should be responsible for tracking time on site?

A worker and a foreman should both be responsible for time on the jobsite. A worker should be responsible for logging their own time but in a way where the time can actually be verified and the system should be easy to use. You don’t want to onboard a worker and spend more than 5 minutes teaching them how to use the construction time tracking system. The foreman or crew leader’s responsibility is to make sure that workers are utilizing the solution on a daily basis and not forgetting to punch in/out. The foreman is also generally responsible for cost coding the hours as they would know best what activity their crew was performing during what times.

What features should I look for in a construction time tracking solution?

There are many features that are essential for construction time tracking solution – some of the biggest ones include:

Ease of use – this should be the number one feature to look out for as if the solution isn’t easy to use, the team won’t use it. Your field team is busy and they want to get to work doing what they do best – building! If your construction time tracking solution is complicated or has too many steps, good luck getting the team to use it!
Ease of implementation & training – there unfortunately is a lot of turn-over in construction and so it’s important to look for a construction time tracking solution that would ideally require little to no training. When you onboard a new employee, it should take less than 5 minutes to teach them to use the solution to check-in and check-out. For the foreman, super, or project manager – it should take less than an hour of training on the back-end.
Geo-fencing – geo-fencing is definitely important as you want to make sure that people aren’t checking in on a project when they are sitting in their bed at home. However, it’s also important to find a balance. There are also two different options – one option with geo-fencing is workers only being able to check in and check out within the specified area defined by the jobsite. The second option is something called “breadcrumbing” which means it would track the workers location the whole time and keep pinging the location. Usually the first option is the best option for construction for a few different reasons. If you are asking workers to use their own phones, then it’s really hard to enforce “breadcrumbing” as you can’t ask them to turn on location services on their phone. If you provide a company phone, then you will have to ensure that the worker is actively charging it and not leaving it on the jobsite. Lastly, a lot of states have different rules around breadcrumbing and it’s important to stay on top of the laws to ensure this doesn’t come back to bite you! If you are a union contractor, breadcrumbing is definitely not the way to go and can rack you up with some hefty fines if you are thinking about implementing it.
Buddy Punch proof – Buddy Punching is so common in construction because a lot of contractors have bad timekeeping processes or outdated clocking systems. If you make it an option to be able to buddy punch, you are opening yourself up to liability. Finding a construction time tracking solution that has a facial verification system is important – not only will you eliminate time theft but you will also change the morale for the hardworking team that you have that’s actually onsite and putting in hours.
Offline mode – In construction, unfortunately, bad connectivity on job sites seems to be the norm. So needless to say, the ability to check in offline and find a way to sync back when there is service is essential!

These are just 4 high-level features that are important for construction time tracking but there are way more, please feel free to visit our blog on choosing the right time tracking solution.

Can I use a construction time tracking solution if I am a union contractor?

This is one of our favorite questions. Yes, absolutely, yes! With union contractors there are some pretty strict guidelines – your employees typically work 5 8s or 4 10s and usually you are paying them for those hours even if they came in 15 minutes late and left 30 minutes early as you aren’t allowed to deduct time from their timesheets. However, what you can do is ensure that the workers that are supposed to be there are actually there. We work with a lot of union contractors who have 20+ workers/site and don’t have a good way to know who is onsite and with such high labor costs, having this data is a huge money saver. Also, being able to identify if you have a worker coming in late all the time, while you cannot dock pay, allows you to ensure you have the right people on the jobsite. In addition, a lot of contractors are doing manual calculations for overtime rules, with SmartBarrel construction time tracking software we have all the rules built into the system, so you don’t have to worry about the math anymore and feel comfortable that we can take care of that for you!

No more time tracking headaches.

Forget crumpled timecards, illegible writing, unverifiable hours, and endless payroll disputes. Get 100% accurate construction time tracking with zero paper work and zero manual entry. See it for yourself.