Sector · Construction and sites
Construction site attendance: every site is a work area
Sites open, close and move; a crew sometimes works on two sites in one day. A card device does not fit that. Here every site is a work area with its location and radius, and clock-in comes from the phone, even without a signal.
Why is attendance on construction a separate job?
A construction company’s workplace is not fixed. Today’s site is handed over in six months and the next opens in another district. A terminal on the gate has to move with the site; power, connection and card distribution are set up again each time.
On most sites the timesheet lives in the foreman’s notebook. It reaches head office at month end, and which worker was on which site on which day is reconstructed after the fact. If the record is not made on site, at the moment, it cannot be verified later.
How the system works on site
Site = work area
A new site is defined by location and radius; on site, “use my current location” does it. Its QR code is tied to that location too.
Location clock-in by phone
A worker clocks in by phone on arrival; a clock-in outside the defined area is blocked or flagged, by company setting.
Weak signal and no coverage
The location’s accuracy margin is taken into account. With no connection the clock-in is stored on the phone with the tap time and sent when the connection returns.
Shared tablet in the cabin
A worker with no phone, or who would rather not use one, clocks in with a PIN on the tablet in the site cabin.
Two sites in one day
If the company setting allows, a worker clocks out of one site and into another; each clock-in is recorded with its own location.
Site managers see their own crew
Each site is defined in the department tree; the site manager sees and approves only their own site’s staff.
What to decide before setting up on site
These are the employer’s decisions, not the software’s; we put them in writing together during onboarding.
- Block or flag clock-ins outside the area? For a crew that goes out for materials, flagging is usually the better choice.
- Personal or company phones? If personal phones are used, explain this to employees in writing.
- How long is location kept? Retention is a company setting; location and photo records are destroyed when it expires.
- Whose certificates are tracked? Machine operators, safety training and medical check dates are entered up front.
When construction firms ask
If a worker works on two sites in one day, how is it recorded?
If several clock-ins a day are allowed in the company setting, the worker clocks out of the first site and in again at the second; each record keeps its own location and the timesheet adds up the day’s net times.
There is no signal in the site cabin; is the clock-in lost?
No. If the phone has no connection, the clock-in is stored with the tap time and sent when the connection returns; the manager sees the record as “taken offline”. The shared tablet in the cabin also needs a connection; where coverage is poor, clocking in by phone is the safer route.
Is a machine operator’s licence expiry tracked?
Yes. Operator licence, safety training and medical check are defined as mandatory documents; a notification goes to the manager 30 days before expiry and on expiry, and staff see when their own document is due.
Does a site manager see all of the company’s staff?
No. Each site is defined in the department tree, and the site manager, as department lead, sees and approves only their own site’s staff. Head office admins see all sites on one screen.
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