Electrical contractors commercial jobs · crews moved mid-week · foremen
An electrical contractor runs several jobs at once and moves journeymen between them as each one waits on inspections or other trades. GEOTT records every clock-in on the project it belongs to, checks it against that project's geofence, and lets each foreman approve the hours on their own job without seeing the rest.
$7 per active worker a month · foremen with rights on their own job · 15-day trial, no card
Because crews move. A journeyman starts Monday on a school, spends Tuesday on a tenant fit-out while the school waits on drywall, and returns Wednesday. If the timesheet is written once a week, those moves get averaged out, and the job-cost report shows the bid, not the job. GEOTT records each move when it happens.
| Where hours go missing | What GEOTT changes |
|---|---|
| Crew moved to another project for half a day | Site change on arrival, checked against the new project's circle |
| Foreman fills in the crew's hours from memory | Each worker punches on their own phone; the foreman reviews |
| Time at the supply house counted on the job | A punch outside the project's circle is refused or flagged |
| Overtime discovered on payday | Weekly view with expected hours and overtime after 40 hours, live |
Yes. Make the foreman a project manager on their jobs and give rights area by area: hours (view, approve, correct), documents and crew messages. They see the punches, flags and reports of their projects only. The office keeps the full picture, and every correction stays in the change log with a reason.
Below is a sample month with invented projects for a contractor with 8 electricians. The by-project Excel export lists each job with the hours of every worker who touched it: 1,312 hours across four jobs, and the shop. That is the figure to compare with each bid before the next one is priced.
| Project (sample) | Workers | Hours | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary school renovation | 6 | 620 | Paused 3 days for inspection |
| Medical office fit-out | 4 | 380 | Crew moved in while the school waited |
| Warehouse lighting retrofit | 3 | 216 | Night work, night rule applied |
| Restaurant service upgrade | 2 | 64 | Basement panel, punches synced later |
| Shop | 8 | 32 | Loading and prep |
GEOTT gives the hours, not dollars: labor cost and invoicing stay in your accounting. The four exports are described on the features page.
Outside, usually good: GPS.gov puts smartphones within about 4.9 m (16 ft) under open sky. Inside a structure with steel and concrete, accuracy drops. That's why the circle should cover the whole site plus a margin, and crews should clock in at the gate or trailer.
GEOTT suggests a radius and flags after the first week if honest punches land outside. More on geofence time tracking.
| Project | Suggested radius |
|---|---|
| Tenant fit-out in a mall or tower | 100 m (about 330 ft) |
| School or clinic renovation | 200 m (about 660 ft) |
| Warehouse or industrial site | 300 m (about 985 ft) |
| Solar or utility site | 800 m (about 2,620 ft) |
$7 per active worker per month: 8 electricians who all clocked in cost $56. Foremen count only if they clock in themselves; office staff, estimators and admins are free. No base fee, no charge per project, no hardware, and the trial runs 15 days without a card.
How the monthly count works: GEOTT pricing. How a site goes from setup to month-end: how GEOTT works.
Electrical contractor questions
One that keeps hours per project when crews move mid-week, gives foremen rights on their own jobs only, and works inside buildings with weak signal. GEOTT does those for $7 per active worker. It doesn't estimate, invoice or do payroll.
Yes. The weekly view shows expected hours, worked hours and the difference per person, live. For US companies, hours over 40 in the workweek count as overtime automatically, and you can add daily thresholds. Each total comes with a step-by-step explanation.
Keep "clock in anyway" off for that project: a punch outside the circle then doesn't go through. If you'd rather not block anyone, turn it on and every out-of-area punch arrives flagged, with the distance, for the foreman to approve or reject.
Yes, and in some states it's required in writing. GEOTT shows each worker a notice to confirm before the first punch. The rules by state are in is GPS tracking of employees legal?
Any company whose people start the day on a job site instead of in an office. Each page takes one trade, its typical day and the radius that fits its sites.
Construction Two or three sites a day, basements with no signal.
Commercial cleaning Many buildings a night, short shifts, hours per building.
Landscaping and lawn care Six properties a day, quiet winters that cost nothing.
HVAC Installs and maintenance contracts, rooftops and mechanical rooms.
Plumbing Rough-ins, remodels and service contracts, often below ground. Electrical Long commercial jobs, crews split between projects.
Property maintenance A portfolio of buildings and hours you can bill per property.
Roofing One- to three-day jobs, weather stops, new site every week.
Painting Interior and exterior jobs, crews that move mid-week.
Solar installation A house or two a day, rural roads, big utility sites.
Restoration Emergency calls, drying visits, basements with no bars.
Pest control Commercial accounts and crews on recurring sites.
Security guards Fixed posts, night shifts and reliefs that start on time.
Agriculture Seasonal crews, large fields, no signal on the back forty.
Events and catering A new venue every day and temporary staff.Set up the two projects your crews move between most, make the foreman a project manager on one of them and send the link. After a week, compare the hours per job with what you expected. The trial lasts 15 days, no card needed.