Trade-Up

Put your crews on the same page before the workday begins. In Trade-Up, create a project, list work packages, and attach measurable outputs (linear feet, square meters, fixtures, pours). Enter planned quantities and budgeted hours, then set shift goals for each crew so everyone knows the target before tools hit the ground. Invite foremen with one tap and assign roles—labor, lead, equipment operator—so time and production are attributed correctly from the start. Use templates to spin up repeat scopes faster and lock standards to keep data consistent across jobs.

At the site, the foreman opens the mobile app, selects today’s tasks, and clocks in the team in seconds. As work progresses, they record completed quantities by activity, snap photos, tag locations, and add notes about blockers or rework. Weather, deliveries, and key events drop into the daily log automatically. Breaks, equipment usage, and materials pulled are captured alongside hours, generating an accurate timesheet without double entry. If signal is spotty, everything queues offline and syncs the moment they reconnect. By day’s end, the foreman submits the log for approval—one package that includes labor, production, photos, and site notes.

Back at the office, the project manager reviews a live dashboard showing today’s output against plan, crew productivity rates, and variance trends. Color-coded views flag lagging activities, while earned quantities feed cost-to-complete forecasts. Filter by project, crew, phase, or location to isolate issues and rebalance resources. Approve or edit timesheets in bulk, push corrections back to the field, and lock entries after sign-off to preserve an audit trail. Generate weekly progress packs with photos and quantities, export CSVs for payroll, and send polished PDFs to clients for payment applications or progress meetings—all without rebuilding data in spreadsheets.

Use Trade-Up to close the loop on future work. Compare planned vs. actual production to refine estimates and set realistic targets on the next bid. Clone high-performing setups into templates, build checklists for start-up and close-out, and schedule reminders for critical milestones. Control who sees what with role-based permissions, and keep leadership aligned with automated summaries delivered to email or chat. Whether you manage one crew or a portfolio of trades, this workflow turns field entries into decisions you can act on the same day—helping you hit deadlines, protect margin, and prove progress with facts, not guesswork.