These 6 Apps are the Most Helpful for Managing your Construction Projects
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Technology changes on a daily basis and it can be quite challenging learning and keeping up with the best apps and tools for the construction industry. If you own or run a construction business, you will want to keep up with the latest construction apps to make you more productive and improve your bottom line.

Nowadays we can choose from numerous construction management apps that are available on the market. However, it is even more troublesome now to select the right construction app for your needs. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all app to do all that is required to help you manage and run your business. So we’ve gathered a list of what we think are the best construction apps to manage your business:

1. All-In-One Calculator (Free)

All-In-One Calculator Free is a free Android app that helps you to do construction-related calculations. You can perform unit and currency conversions and calculate percentages, volumes, areas and proportions. It includes over 75 calculators and unit converters in one. There are ads within the app, but they aren’t too intrusive.

For your iPhone, try Carpenter’s Helper Lite for all your unit calculation needs. It enables you to calculate stair lengths, roof pitch, rafter lengths and more. There’s also a Quick-Job feature that lets you quickly calculate projects, like fencing, drywall, painting and flooring.

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2. iNeoSyte — Construction app for daily reports

iNeoSyte (iNeo Pro) is one of the construction apps that helps construction managers to make their field reports quickly and easily.

With a few taps and pre-defined project and report details, site managers or field supervisors can make notes, take photos and generate professional PDF reports.

These reports can be shared via email or a cloud-based system, like Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc. The iNeoSyte construction site app reduces the time you spend on the job site paperwork and lets you focus on the most important tasks on construction sites.

Whether you’re a principal contractor, M&E contractor, fit-out contractor or GRC Cladding installation contractor, you will find iNeo Pro app extremely useful for your trade.

3. FallSafety — Safety Management & Compliance App

Falls at construction worksites rank as the number one cause of construction deaths. Your team and employees’ safety should be one of your top priorities. If your employees are your most important asset, then you should definitely invest in their safety.

FallSafety leverages advanced technology to detect falls. It comes with different pricing tiers for different groups of people. The FallSafety Lone Worker and Worker Safety options will provide your organization with the best fall safety monitoring. It is ideal for organizations and individuals who are at risk from worker-down, working without cell service or Wi-Fi coverage, and falls.

FallSafety features two distinct alarms. The first is a countdown alarm that lets you know you have 45 seconds to say you are okay. The second siren alarm helps rescuers find your exact location.

It also automatically notifies emergency contacts, according to the safety protocols, if there is no response after a fall has been detected.

4. Hubstaff — a construction app for timesheet management

Hubstaff is a GPS time tracking software for construction teams that provides an accurate and painless way of recording work hours.

It provides insight into how construction teams use their time and automates several time-consuming tasks. With Hubstaff, inaccurate, cumbersome paper timesheets become a thing of the past.

Some of its key features include:

Time tracking, attendance scheduling, and daily emailed timesheets

Precise GPS and location tracking with geofenced job sites

Time and expense budgeting

Powerful reporting and invoicing capabilities for billing clients

Crews can track their time with the tap of a button or by simply entering the job site.

With Hubstaff, you can save time by no longer needing to track down hours, enabling you to eliminate the need for guesswork, and stay on top of project budgets with ease.