Plumbing contractors new construction · remodels · service contracts
Plumbers spend their day where phones struggle: basements, crawl spaces, the lower floors of buildings going up. GEOTT accepts the clock-in there anyway, checks it against the job's geofence, and turns a week of rough-ins and remodels into hours per job that you can hold up against the bid.
$7 per active worker a month · 15-day trial, no card · clock-ins saved without signal
Three things: crews split between several projects in the same week, work below grade where phones lose signal, and apprentices whose hours need checking before they're paid. A paper sheet hides all three. GEOTT records each punch on the job it belongs to, even without coverage, and every change to an entry keeps who made it and why.
| What happens today | What GEOTT does |
|---|---|
| A journeyman covers two projects a day; the sheet shows one | Site change between jobs, hours split automatically |
| Basement rough-in, no bars, "I'll write it later" | The clock-in is saved on the phone and sent when signal returns |
| An apprentice forgets to clock out | The session closes on its own, flagged, instead of running overnight |
| A missed punch gets added on Friday with no trace | Recovered punches need a manager's approval and stay in the change log |
Each project you know in advance becomes a site: a new build, a commercial tenant fit-out, a remodel that lasts a week, a building on a service contract. The plumber taps once on arrival, at the gate or the front door. GEOTT reads the position at that moment only and checks it against the site's circle.
Address, pin on the map, suggested radius. An admin standing on a new job can create it with "I'm here".
Only the plumbers assigned to a job see it in their list, so nobody clocks in on the wrong project.
One tap. The screen says valid, outside the area, or saved on the phone without signal.
A site change checks the next job's geofence and splits the day without a second clock-in.
Out-of-area punches and missed punches arrive with the reason in plain words. Approve, reject or correct.
The by-project export gives the hours every job took, the figure to compare with the estimate.
A sample week with invented projects: a journeyman and an apprentice, four jobs, one of them below grade with no signal. GEOTT ends the week with 80 hours split across four jobs, the basement entries synced with their original times, and one recovered punch waiting for approval.
| Job (sample) | Hours | Signal | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| New townhomes, underground rough-in | 36 | None below grade | Punches synced at lunch each day |
| Restaurant tenant fit-out | 24 | Good | Site change at 1 p.m. on two days |
| Kitchen remodel | 12 | Good | Missed clock-in recovered, approved Friday |
| Office building, service contract | 8 | Weak | Quarterly inspection |
On an iPhone, entries saved underground upload the next time the worker opens GEOTT with signal. Nothing has to be retyped. More on offline clock-in.
Poorly, and GEOTT doesn't pretend otherwise. GPS.gov lists indoor and underground use among the causes of weaker accuracy; under open sky phones are typically within 4.9 m (16 ft). The practical answer: clock in at street level, then go down. The circle covers the lot, not the trench.
If honest punches keep landing outside, GEOTT tells you after the first week so you can widen the circle. See geofence time tracking.
| Job | Suggested radius |
|---|---|
| Single home remodel | 50 m (about 165 ft) |
| Restaurant or retail fit-out | 80 m (about 260 ft) |
| Mid-rise building under construction | 150 m (about 490 ft) |
| Subdivision or site utilities | 400 m (about 1,310 ft) |
$7 a month for each worker who clocked in that month. Six plumbers and apprentices cost $42 in a full month; estimators and office staff who never clock in are free. There is no base fee, no per-job charge and no hardware, and the 15-day trial needs no card.
Examples with seasonal crews: GEOTT pricing. The complete feature list, from breaks to overtime rules: features.
Plumbing questions
One that accepts a clock-in with no signal, ties it to the right job and lets a crew move between jobs without double entries. GEOTT does those for $7 per active worker a month. It is a time clock only: estimates, invoices and parts stay in your other tools.
The weekly view shows expected hours, worked hours and the difference for each person. Tap a day to see the punches, the map and how the hours were counted. A recovered punch only counts after a manager approves it, and every change stays in the change log.
No. GEOTT reads the phone's position only at clock-in, site change and clock-out. The drive between jobs and the time under the sink aren't recorded, and each worker can see what GEOTT keeps about them on a dedicated screen.
A manager can enter or correct that person's hours, with a mandatory reason kept in the change log. Some states have rules on personal devices, such as Maine since July 2026: read 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.Pick the job with the worst signal, create it in about 2 minutes and send the link to the crew working there. After a week, check that every punch arrived with its original time. The trial lasts 15 days and needs no credit card.