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Time Tracking for Construction: Revolutionize Your Project Management

Accurately tracking employee hours is crucial for construction companies to maintain productivity and profitability. However, outdated practices like paper time cards leave room for error, inefficiency, and even time theft. More construction firms are turning to modern time-tracking solutions to automate and streamline their processes. Let’s explore how time tracking for construction can revolutionize your projects.

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Key Features of Time Tracking for Construction

GPS Time Tracking

Track your employees' real-time location when they clock in or out, ensuring they're on the job site.

Photo ID Capture

Eliminate buddy punching without fingerprint collection using photo capture technology during clock-in/clock-out.

Rugged Time Clocks

Durable, weather-resistant time clocks can be mounted anywhere on the job site for accurate tracking of hours, and project costs.

Powerful Reporting

Gain instant access to over 40 reports, including employee summaries, detailed time cards, and location data for informed decision-making.

Payroll Sync

Integrate with over 60 payroll systems to export employee data quickly and reduce manual entry errors.

Compliance Confirmation

Easily track meals, breaks, and injury reports to maintain compliance with labor regulations.

“It's been a game changer for sure. We have a better handle on what our true expenses are and what our profits should be on jobs.”

Jake Patton, General Manager
Pilot Painting

“When you use ExakTime there’s a time stamp and picture. With paper time cards, it’s just your word against the employee’s.”

Lindsey Talmadge, HR and Payroll Administrator
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Time Tracking for Construction Can Help You:

  • Save time & money
  • Increase accuracy
  • Take advantage of scalability
  • Enhance project management
  • Improve workforce productivity
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We help construction companies, contractors, and field service businesses work better through advanced time-tracking solutions.

Detailed Feature Breakdowns:

Enhancing Productivity and Efficiency

Time tracking for construction plays a vital role in improving productivity and efficiency:

Real-Time Monitoring

GPS features let you remotely monitor your team and job sites in real-time, compatible with most GPS-enabled smartphones and tablets.

Geofence Time Tracking

Set up geofences for each worksite and access precise maps and reports, verifying your employees' locations during clock-ins.

GeoTracker

Monitor employee locations and manage labor costs with real-time tracking, ensuring accountability on the go.

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Powerful Reporting for Maximum Visibility

Streamline timecard collection and simplify compliance with exportable, detailed reports:

Cost Code Tracking

Eliminate the guesswork from cost code tracking by showing exactly where workers log their time, providing valuable operational insights.

Overtime and Certified Payroll Reports

Ensure your company remains compliant with state and federal labor regulations through advanced reporting features.

Actionable Insights

Access comprehensive time card tracking reports, including employee executive summaries, detailed time cards, and employee locations.

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Photo ID Capture: Construction-Tailored Solution

Our photo ID verification solution eliminates time theft and buddy punching while avoiding challenges associated with traditional biometric data collection:

  • Snap a photograph of each employee every time they clock in or out using the mobile app
  • Store photos in the cloud for quick manager review anytime
  • Designed specifically for construction, overcoming challenges like dirty hands and wet weather
  • Compatible with most Android and iOS smartphones/tablets with front-facing cameras
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Rugged Time Clocks for Tough Job Sites

Our portable time clocks work at the toughest job sites to save you money while being:

  • Conveniently wireless
  • Durable and user-friendly, withstanding any weather conditions
  • Lockable for added security
  • Temperature-resistant, handling temps from -10 to 170 degrees F
  • Battery-powered, lasting up to 21 days with a convenient car charger

Payroll Integration

Exporting your employee data for payroll is simple and quick with our time-tracking solutions:

  • Automates database transfer and system setup
  • Shares time tracking data with your payroll application
  • Exports attendance records in seconds
  • Ensures paychecks are accurate and on time every week
  • Helps companies stay compliant
  • Eliminates time card collection errors and frees time for other responsibilities
  • Works with mobile time-tracking apps
  • Integrates with QuickBooks, Sage, and other valued partners

Transform Your Construction Business with Advanced Time Tracking

Free yourself from paper timecards, spreadsheets, or solutions that aren’t designed for construction. Stop wasting your time…and start saving money with advanced time tracking for construction.

ExakTime helps thousands of construction and field service companies track labor more effectively every day.

“We used to get hundreds of time cards a week, and now I audit and track my guys through this software. I can not recommend it enough!”

Ruby C

“We saved $75,000 on time card fraud in the first 12 months.”

Advantage Flooring

“Our small construction company depends on ExakTime to log employee time, assist in billing, and ensure our team is on the job when they say they are. We can see our team locations in real-time, are alerted when they assign time outside of their geo-fence, and save time on data entry by syncing with our Quickbooks payroll. Customer support is excellent.”

Paul S

“We save $50,000 a year, maybe more.”

Cooper Drywall

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How much could ExakTime save you?

Find out how much you might be wasting on paper time cards every year.

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This is what you’d save by not having to manually calculate and check the accuracy of paper time cards. The American Payroll Association (APA) estimates that these steps take a payroll employee approximately 6 minutes* per time card.
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Save this amount by eliminating the human error that goes with paper time cards. The APA reports an error rate of 1-8% of total payroll in companies that use traditional time cards. We used a 1% error factor for this calculation.

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Late arrivals, long lunches and early departures cost you time and money. Paper time cards mean you foot the bill. According to the APA, the average weekly “theft” of time is 4 hours and 5 minutes per employee!
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Payroll-Sync

Exporting your employee data for payroll is simple and quick.

Chances are, we’re already connected to your payroll system. ExakTime’s accurate hours are easily synced to over 100 payroll, ERP, and accounting programs ensuring paychecks are accurate and on time.

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Case Study

ExakTime’s Digital Time Tracking Takes Efficiency to the Next Level

Hancock Structural Steel, a family-run fabrication facility, sought to modernize its HR processes and save time by adopting ExakTime’s digital time-tracking solution. By integrating with their payroll software, implementing geofencing and cost codes, and eliminating manual timecard entry, ExakTime significantly reduced the Director of Operations’ workload, enabling her to focus on strategic initiatives and achieve a better work-life balance.

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ExakTime Puts Solar Company in Firm Control of Its Fast-Growing Workforce

SunEnergy1, a rapidly growing solar company, faced challenges in managing its expanding workforce using paper timecards and manual data entry. By implementing ExakTime’s GPS-enabled time tracking solution with Facefront Photo ID verification, SunEnergy1 gained accurate, reliable employee data, streamlined payroll processing, and improved accountability across their permanent and seasonal workforce.

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Free yourself from paper timecards, spreadsheets or solutions that aren’t designed for construction.

Stop wasting your time…and start saving money. ​

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