Traditionally, many construction companies used physical timecards to keep track of their employee’s work time (or time spent on their allocated job). Timecards have also been effective at estimating project costs and client billing. Why are timecards and attendance tracking critical for successful projects? Timecards effectively improve project execution and help to control any project […]
By 2025, experts predict that there will be rapid acceleration to the cloud. Driven by the demand for integration capabilities, agile work processes and composable architecture, Gartner Inc. predicts that companies will dedicate 51% of enterprise IT spending toward technologies that support a transition to the cloud, compared to 41% in 2022. Companies are moving […]
It is quite common for small and medium businesses to invest in QuickBooks early in their journey to digitizing core functions like accounting, payroll, and billing. Construction companies also find it helpful to organize some of their major back-office administrative functions and support reporting. Since its market introduction, QuickBooks has successfully delivered financial solutions for […]
During the era of the great resignation, HR and payroll software professionals must not be excluded from hybrid and remote work models. This becomes even more glaring when 97% of employees don’t want to return to the office full-time. Providing employees with the perks of working remotely is a must in today’s workforce, which means […]
As the construction sector grows, unifying data across fields, sites, and contractors is crucial to achieving end-to-end visibility into contracts, clients and financial books. But with most companies still using entry-level financial accounting software, which does not provide accurate project accounting.the issues in reconciliation of contract billing and costs at the end of the month and […]
As a construction company, how do you manage business finances? Do you use in-house systems or outsource this function to an external resource? The reality is that most businesses use a variety of resources to manage their financial accounting. The challenge of getting what is needed from these varied systems is even greater for the […]
The US economy incurs more than $7.4 billion in losses every day due to untracked work hours. If there’s confusion over how employees are spending their workday and how much time a particular project’s taking, it’s nearly impossible to fine-tune miscalculations, potential time theft, or any other inaccuracies. Since efficient time tracking is critical for construction payroll […]
For construction companies, payroll and time tracking is becoming increasingly complicated, especially regarding union and government compliance. Complying with standards being laid out by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or the Davis-Bacon act is not easy, especially with many companies still struggling to calculate the right wages and overtime rates for workers. Read on […]
In effect since 1931, the Davis-Bacon Act is a U.S federal wage legislation that is applicable to construction and infrastructure building companies. Essentially, the Davis-Bacon legislation requires contractors (or subcontractors) working on federal and state-level construction projects to pay their laborers wages that are not less than the prevailing wage paid locally to workers for […]
We’ve all seen (or been) contractors or project managers relying on an Excel spreadsheet for construction project management. Excel is ubiquitous in the sector. But, if we’re being honest, using a spreadsheet for construction tracking is merely reflective of slower than necessary digital adoption within the sector. Globally the construction industry is one of the […]
