A Time Management & Safety Solution for the Construction Industry
Paper timesheets, manual entry and patchy compliance, replaced by one tablet and cloud platform across dispersed UK job sites: digital attendance, a rate card engine, and hazard-proximity alerts that have prevented over 200 accidents.
- 06:58UK-BC-042Dryliningchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:02UK-WY-118Groundworkschecked in · geofence verified
- 07:05UK-SJ-007Electricalchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:11UK-CR-019Scaffoldingchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:14UK-BC-042Plumbingchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:20UK-WY-118Steel fixingchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:26UK-SJ-007Formworkchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:31UK-CR-019Roofingchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:34UK-BC-042Dryliningchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:40UK-WY-118Groundworkschecked in · geofence verified
- 07:45UK-SJ-007Electricalchecked in · geofence verified
- 07:52UK-CR-019Scaffoldingchecked in · geofence verified
Hundreds of trade contractors across physically separate sites, all timed on paper. The result was payroll errors, compliance exposure and supervisors working blind.
Manual Timekeeping Errors & Discrepancies
Traditional paper timesheets and manual spreadsheet data entry produced frequent payroll discrepancies, rounded-up hours, and inflated labor costs across trade subcontractors.
Payroll Bloat & Cost Discrepancies
Complex UK Labor & Working Time Compliance
Ensuring adherence to UK Working Time Regulations, mandatory rest breaks, and statutory overtime caps was nearly impossible with paper logs, exposing the firm to severe legal liability.
Regulatory Non-Compliance Risk
Resource Allocation & Crew Inefficiencies
Project supervisors had zero real-time visibility into who was on site, causing crew bottlenecks, unbalanced trade deployment, and expensive milestone delays.
Idle Labor & Scheduling Drag
Dispersed Job Sites & Inconsistent Attendance
Tracking hundreds of workers across physically dispersed sites led to unverified check-ins, ghost shifts, and fragmented reporting that took days to consolidate.
Dispersed Operations Blindness
Limited Reporting, Analytics & Audit Trails
Legacy software lacked actionable job costing, mobile supervisor approvals, and structured audit logs, forcing leadership to make critical financial commitments in the dark.
Opaque Job Margin Analytics
From a Friday pile of carbon slips to a sign-off in minutes.
- 01
Carbon slip filled in on site
Hours rounded by hand, often after the fact.
- 02
Slips carried to the office
One site at a time, one week at a time.
- 03
Re-keyed into spreadsheets
Every transcription is a chance for an error.
- 04
Disputes surface at payroll
Corrections arrive days after the work.
- 01
Check-in on a site tablet
Geofenced, time-stamped, works offline.
- 02
Rate card and breaks applied
£15 base, £22.50 overtime, statutory deductions.
- 03
Signed off in under 2 minutes
One tap per day, with change history.
- 04
Exported with an audit trail
Straight to Excel or accounting tools.
Drag the line to compare. Arrow keys work too.
Scroll to walk through the platform. The rail tracks where you are, and each stage shows the data it produces.
Real-time project overview, crew allocation, and milestone tracking.
Centralized cockpit engineered specifically for non-technical site supervisors. Provides instantaneous telemetry on active site trades, daily budget burn, and phase delivery milestones.
- Target Audience
- Site Managers & Project Directors
- Non-Technical
- Refresh Frequency
- WebSocket Real-Time Feed
- Sub-Second
- Metrics Monitored
- Worker Headcount, Overtime, Site Budget
- Live
- Navigation
- Zero-Training Tablet Touch Ergonomics
- Verified
Granular tracking of individual worker productivity and shift logs.
Captures precise hours completed, tasks assigned, and time logged per trade discipline. Ensures workers adhere to schedule while giving managers objective efficiency data across active work zones.
- Data Capture
- Hours Completed, Tasks, Break Intervals
- Audited
- Efficiency Tracking
- Task Output vs. Allocated Labor Hours
- Automated
- Schedule Adherence
- Working Time Regulations Verification
- Enforced
- Audit Logging
- Immutable Timestamped Shift History
- Compliant
Cross-site management across regional UK construction locations.
Allows leadership to orchestrate multiple building sites within one responsive interface. Aggregates trade hours, site material deliveries, and subcontractor commitments across London, Kent, and the Midlands.
- Locations Managed
- Regional UK Commercial Sites
- Consolidated
- Subcontractor Pools
- Cross-Site Trade Allocation
- Shared Matrix
- Material Usage
- Job Costing & Consumption Tracking
- Integrated
- Reporting Scope
- Site-by-Site and Group Aggregations
- Real-Time
Multi-stakeholder communication and role-based permissions.
Seamlessly manages general contractors, specialist trade subcontractors, suppliers, and client representatives. Keeps project communication transparent and prevents unauthorized timesheet modifications.
- Stakeholder Tiers
- Client, General Contractor, Subcontractor, Trade
- Isolated
- Timesheet Approvals
- Two-Tier Supervisory Sign-Off Workflow
- Enforced
- Auditability
- Change History on Every Rate & Hour Entry
- Preserved
- Rate Visibility
- Confidential Commercial Markup Protection
- Masked
Movement telemetry, hazard zone detection, and proactive alerts.
A standout differentiator that avoided over 200 potential jobsite accidents. Integrates worker activity feeds with hazard geofencing, triggering immediate tablet and sounder alerts for exclusion zone breaches and mandatory rest violations.
- Accidents Prevented
- 200+ High-Risk Incidents Averted
- Production Record
- Proximity Telemetry
- Heavy Plant & Excavator Exclusion Zones
- Active
- Safety Alerts
- Instant Supervisor & Worker Notifications
- Broadcasting
- Compliance Standards
- HSE UK Construction Design & Mgmt (CDM)
- 100% Adherent
Rates, hours and pay sit in one table, so a supervisor checks and signs off without opening a spreadsheet. Hover a numbered entry to find it on the screen.
Project managers watch live headcount, weekly contractor cost and timesheet status for every active project, from a laptop or a field tablet.
Site register
124 workers · 4 projectsEducation build
Representative register: site names are generic and the figures are illustrative.
Representative interface. Site names, counts and figures on the screen are illustrative.
- 1Detect
A position crosses the warning band around Excavator 4’s swing radius.
- 2Alert
Audio alert on the worker’s wearable; the site manager’s tablet is notified.
- 3Clear
The worker leaves the zone and the event is logged with its timeline.
Illustrative plan view, modelled on a recorded production alert event.
Worker position is checked against hazard zones, so people are warned before anyone is hurt, and every alert is logged for UK safety compliance.
Exclusion-zone geofencing
Audio and visual alerts fire when a worker nears an excavator swing radius, crane slewing path or demolition area.
Fatigue management
Supervisors are told the moment a worker approaches the maximum continuous shift without a rest break.
Instant supervisor alerts
Site managers get a haptic push notification on their tablet, early enough to halt the activity.
Potential accidents avoided across active commercial sites since go-live.
A job summary, a directory of every working employee, and a timesheet grid. Supervisors see progress, productivity and payroll without a spreadsheet in sight.
Basements and tunnels often have no signal. The tablet keeps working, then syncs the moment it can.
No signal: check-ins wait safely on the tablet.
- Step 1
Saved on the tablet first
Every check-in is stored on the tablet itself, so nothing is lost in a basement or a dead zone.
Under the hood: Next.js 15 · TypeScript · PWA Service Worker · IndexedDB
Step 1 of 5No signalSite tabletCompany recordsRulesRate card readySafetyZone 4 clearPayrollAwaiting sign-offNo signal: check-ins wait safely on the tablet.
- Step 2
Sent the moment there is signal
As soon as the tablet reconnects, check-ins and alerts reach the office within a fraction of a second.
Under the hood: Node.js · WebSockets · Redis Streams · AWS ECS
Step 2 of 5Signal onSite tablet- Drylining07:30
- Groundworks07:32
- Electrical07:41
Company recordsRulesRate card readySafetyZone 4 clearPayrollAwaiting sign-offSignal returns: they move to the company records.
- Step 3
Pay and breaks worked out automatically
Hours, breaks and overtime follow fixed rules, so every worker is calculated the same way.
Under the hood: PostgreSQL · Node.js Worker Queues · ACID Transactions
Step 3 of 5Signal onSite tabletCompany records- Drylining07:30
- Groundworks07:32
- Electrical07:41
RulesCalculatingSafetyZone 4 clearPayrollAwaiting sign-offHours, breaks and overtime are worked out for you.
- Step 4
Danger zones watched all day
Each worker’s position is checked against machinery zones, and a warning sounds if they get too close.
Under the hood: Spatial Geofencing · PostGIS · Push Notifications
Step 4 of 5Signal onSite tabletCompany records- Drylining07:308.25h · £15 + OT
- Groundworks07:328.00h · £15
- Electrical07:419.25h · £15 + OT
RulesRate card readySafetyZone 4 clearPayrollAwaiting sign-offPosition is checked against danger zones all day.
- Step 5
Ready for payroll
Approved hours export to Excel and accounting tools, with a record of who approved what.
Under the hood: Node.js · ExcelJS · REST Webhooks · S3 Glacier
Step 5 of 5Signal onSite tabletCompany records- Drylining07:308.25h · £15 + OT
- Groundworks07:328.00h · £15
- Electrical07:419.25h · £15 + OT
RulesRate card readySafetyZone 4 clearPayrollAwaiting sign-offApproved hours export to payroll with an audit trail.
Time trackers such as Toggl or ClockShark lack real-time accident prevention and UK rate matrices, while general suites like Buildertrend stay desktop-heavy and form-centric.
| Platform | Safety alerts | Rate cards | Multi-site | Excel / ERP | Limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClockShark | None | Basic | Limited | Partial | Limited accident prevention metrics compared to dedicated safety platforms. |
| Buildertrend | Manual Forms | Flat Rate | Moderate | Basic CSV | Lacks robust safety compliance and real-time accident prevention tracking. |
| Toggl Track | None | Single Rate | No | Basic CSV | Severely limited in construction worker hour rules, site safety, and job costing. |
| FieldAware | Checklists | Job-Based | Moderate | Custom API | Accident prevention metrics and hazard proximity tracking are absent. |
| Techdome Platform (Uplift) | Real-Time Hazard Audio/Visual | Multi-Tiered UK Matrix (£/hr) | Centralized Live Dashboard | Native Enterprise Two-Way Sync | Enterprise-grade focus (not suited for solo independent handymen). |
The difference is safety compliance and real-time accident prevention built into the same system that runs timesheets, with centralised oversight across sites and an intuitive tablet design that non-technical workers adopt without training.
Turning historical project records into forward-looking intelligence: automated labour allocation, live labour-law scanning and wearable attendance badges.
Predictive Analytics for Labor Allocation
Analyzes historical project phase data, weather delays, and trade output curves to forecast upcoming labor demand, preventing subcontractor underutilization or emergency hiring premiums.
AI-Powered Compliance Monitoring
Automated legal scanner auditing live shift streams against UK Working Time Regulations, break intervals, and maximum weekly thresholds, flagging statutory violations before payroll approval.
Smart AI Scheduling Engine
Recommends optimized shift rosters factoring in critical path deadlines, Met Office local weather forecasts (rain, wind crane limits), and specialist trades availability.
Automated Reporting & AR Safety Walkthroughs
Equips supervisors with tablets or smart safety glasses during physical site walkthroughs. Computer vision highlights unflagged hazards, missing guardrails, and improper PPE in real time.
IoT Wearable Sensor Integration
Integrates ruggedized smartwatches and active BLE smart badges to automate check-ins without bottlenecks, providing live man-down detection and heart-rate heat stress warnings in high-risk zones.
Real-time cloud tracking and proactive safety alerts replaced paper, and brought substantial cost reductions and no regulatory fines.
Accidents prevented
Proximity alerts averted incidents near heavy plant and high-risk zones.
Timesheet accuracy
Paper timesheets, manual transcription errors and ghost hours eliminated.
Supervisor approval
One-click daily approvals with automated rate calculation and audit logging.
Statutory compliance
No Working Time Regulations rest-period or maximum-shift infractions.
Leaving error-prone paper methods behind.
Real-time monitoring, automated reporting and compliance tracking address the inefficiencies of manual timekeeping directly: accuracy, compliance and insight that paper could never provide.
With continuous enhancement, especially through AI and IoT, the platform can change how construction companies manage their workforce, with better productivity, lower cost and tighter control of every project.
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