Labour tracking software for home builders
WBSync tracks residential labour per plot and per house type. Each plot is a branch of the WBS, every stage carries budgeted hours, and gangs are logged from a phone as they move between plots — so plot 47's first-fix cost is a number, not a guess, and house-type norms sharpen with every unit built.
Housebuilding is repetition — the same house types, the same stages, plot after plot. That should make labour predictable, but only if hours are captured per plot and per stage. When the site's labour is one weekly total, a type-B house that takes 60 hours too long just keeps taking 60 hours too long, phase after phase.
WBSync structures the development as phases and plots on a 4-level WBS. Gangs log against stages — foundations, frame, first fix, second fix, decoration — and per-plot, per-type productivity is live from the first foundation pour.
Where the hours go on home builders packages
Plot costs surface at completion, not during
By the time a plot's labour cost is reconciled, the gang is three plots further on making the same loss. Per-plot S/E (Spent vs Earned) shows the drift at the stage where it happens — first fix on plot 47, not 'the site' in general.
House-type norms never calibrate
The estimate carried hours per house type; nobody feeds back what type B actually takes. Because every plot of a type follows the same WBS stages, real norms emerge after the first few units — and the next phase (and the next tender) is priced from evidence.
Gangs move faster than the paperwork
A bricklaying gang touches three plots in a day; a spreadsheet gives all of it to one. The foreman logs the gang per plot from a phone in seconds, so hours land where the work happened — including labour-only gangs without logins.
Extras and options leak into contract hours
Customer options and site variations get built with contract labour and never recharged. Logging variation work as its own WBS activities keeps extras hours separate from day one, per plot.
How WBSync fits
Per-plot, per-type earned value
Every plot is a WBS branch, so S/E, SPI and CPI exist per plot, per stage and per house type — and comparing plot 47 against the type-B average is a click, not a reconciliation.
One import per phase
Upload the phase's plot schedule and budgeted hours as XLSX; WBSync builds the plots, stages and cost codes from it. Repeating house types means the workbook is mostly copy-down.
Gang logging from the kerb
The offline-first phone PWA logs a whole gang against a plot in the time it takes to walk to the van. Operatives and subcontract gang members don't need logins or app installs.
Variations stay variations
Customer options and site instructions live as their own activities in the variations register, so extras labour is separated from contract labour per plot — recharge-ready.
Frequently asked questions
Can we compare productivity across house types?
Yes — that's the natural shape of the data. Every plot of a type carries the same stages and budgeted hours, so actual hours per type accumulate automatically and the next phase or tender starts from real norms, not the original estimate.
Our trades are mostly price-work gangs — is tracking hours still worth it?
Yes. Even where gangs are paid per unit, the hours they actually spend decide whether the programme holds and what the next phase's rates should be. Logging the gang per plot keeps duration and cost visible without changing how anyone is paid.
We run several developments at once — does that work?
Each development is a project, and the portfolio dashboard rolls them up into one view. Pricing scales by active operatives — Team tier and above include unlimited projects.
What does it cost for a typical site?
Plans start at €249/month for up to 30 active operatives and 5 live projects, with unlimited manager and foreman seats. Every account starts with a free 30-day trial — no card required.
See your own package's S/E live within an afternoon — import the BOQ, add the crew, log a day. Start free with WBSync — 30-day trial, up to 30 active operatives, no card required.
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