Time Tracking

Construction Time Tracking That Starts on the Job Site

Your crew clocks in from their phones, and the clock keeps running where the job site has no signal. You review the week in one place. Approved hours go to job costs, your payroll system, QuickBooks Online, and client invoices.

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A Time Clock in Every Pocket

Workers clock in on a phone or tablet and pick the job. The timer runs until they clock out, so nobody fills in a timesheet at the end of the week.

Take a break or move to another job without clocking out
Clock in and out with no signal. The time syncs once the phone reconnects.
If you turn on location, each clock in and out shows the job name
Finished hours go straight to a manager for review

Enter a Whole Crew's Day at Once

When the crew works the same hours on the same job, a supervisor records the day once. Each worker still gets an entry of their own.

Pick the workers, the date, and the hours each
Every worker's entry goes to review on its own
Adjust one person's hours without touching the rest

How to record hours for a whole crew at once

Review the Week in One Queue

Clocked hours, hand-entered time, and crew entries land in one place. Approve a page of time at once, or send an entry back with a reason.

Filter by week, worker, or project
Approved time is locked, so reports and exports stay put
Corrections keep the original entry and the reason for the change

How to review and approve your crew's timesheets

Know What Labor Costs on Every Job

Dated labor rates turn approved hours into a labor cost for each project. Tracked labor stays apart from your accounting actuals, so payroll you already book is never counted twice.

Default and optional named work rates for each worker, by effective date
Separate regular cost, overtime cost, burden, and bill rate; cost codes stay optional
Hours by worker, project, cost code, or entry method
Download approved time as a CSV, or send it to QuickBooks Online

Labor rates and tracked labor costs

Bill Approved Hours to Your Clients

On Cost Plus and Time & Materials projects, add approved time to the invoice or billing period. Each entry bills once, and clients see the hours and charges without your wages.

Each worker's bill rate, plus the builder fee on Cost Plus
Time that is already billed can't be added again
Clients see the date, hours, rate, and charge for each entry

How to track employee hours on construction jobs

How BldrTeam Time Tracking Compares

The time tracking features builders ask about most, side by side.

Feature	BldrTeam	JobTread	Buildertrend	CoConstruct	Contractor Foreman
Clock in and out from a phone	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Add hours by hand	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Enter a whole crew's hours in one step	Included	Not found	Included	Not found	Included
Clock in with no signal and sync later	Included	Not found	Included	Included	Preview
Breaks	Included	Included	Included	Not found	Included
Switch jobs without clocking out	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Manager review and approval	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Corrections keep the original and the reason	Included	Not found	Not found	Included	Not found
Location at clock in and out	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Time reports	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Labor rates and job labor costs	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Send approved time to QuickBooks Online	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Bill approved hours on Cost Plus and Time & Materials invoices	Included	Cost Plus	Invoices	Not found	Not found
Overtime and break rules	Included	Included	Overtime	Not found	Included
Rates for different types of work	Included	Included	By cost code	Payroll items	By project/code
Gusto payroll	Coming soon (CSV export today)	Included	Included	Not found	Included

Compared in September 2026 from each company's published feature pages and help articles.