Patent ID: 7720703

Claim:
A method for tracking and evaluating labor for a construction project, the method employing a computer having a display screen, an entry device and a processor, the processor being coupled to said display screen and performing the method comprising: providing a drawing, said drawing comprising construction items; associating a completed labor task with one or more construction items; flagging the construction items associated with said completed labor task on said drawing with one of a plurality of task identifiers, wherein said task identifier relates to said completed labor task associated with said construction items; displaying said drawing and said task identifiers on said display screen; selecting an option from said drawing; selecting a completed labor task from a labor status menu generated in response to selecting said option from said drawing; defining an area comprising one or more construction items associated with said selected completed labor task using a drop-down menu; associating said selected completed labor task with said construction items in said area; and indicating on said drawing for each of the one or more construction items in said area, the task identifier of the associated selected completed labor task.