In today’s fast-moving construction industry, using a reliable construction app is no longer optional — it’s essential. From managing tasks to tracking materials and labour, a powerful app can transform how your projects are executed on-site.
But with so many apps in the market, what features truly matter?
Here are the top 10 features every construction app must have — and how buildcontrol offers them all in one smart platform.
1. Task Management with Real-Time Tracking
Every construction project involves hundreds of tasks across teams. A good app must offer an intuitive task management system.
✔️ With buildcontrol, you can:
- Create, assign, and update tasks
- Set task duration and deadlines
- Track task status (Not Started, In Progress, Delayed, Completed)
- Analyze progress by contractor, department, or priority
Whether you’re a site engineer or a project manager, task clarity and tracking are always at your fingertips.
2. Central Store for Material & Inventory Management
Material delays are a major cause of construction slowdowns. A smart construction app should help manage inventory, transfers, and stock availability in real time.
✔️ buildcontrol offers a robust Central Store module that lets you:
- Track material requests and approvals
- Manage stock transfers between sites
- Monitor supplier deliveries and purchases
- Maintain up-to-date warehouse inventory
It’s a complete warehouse management solution inside your construction app.
3. Labour Attendance & Payout Tracking
Manual labour tracking leads to errors and disputes. Your app must capture shift-wise attendance, vendor labour, and basic payout details accurately.
✔️ With buildcontrol, you can:
- Mark daily and shift-wise attendance for labour and vendor labour
- Transfer labour from one site to another
- Track labour department and work type
- Maintain labour payout records (without full payroll)
This ensures workforce transparency and saves valuable time during audits.
4. Equipment Management
Heavy machinery and tools are core to construction. You need a system that monitors usage, fuel, operators, and more.
✔️ buildcontrol includes a detailed Equipment Management module where you can:
- Track rented and owned equipment
- Log operators, supervisors, and work hours
- Record fuel type, quantity, and approximate work done
- Upload equipment images and work proofs
No more miscommunication around equipment availability or performance.
5. Document & Drawing Management
Construction teams rely on multiple files – drawings, quotations, reports. A disorganised system wastes time and creates costly errors.
✔️ In buildcontrol, you can:
- Upload and organize site drawings, reports, quotations, and other documents
- Share documents with your team in real-time
- Access files anytime, anywhere — even on-site
Everything stays digital, updated, and secure.
6. Daily Work Report / Worksheet
A daily site update is critical to ensure work accountability and communication.
✔️ buildcontrol‘s Daily Worksheet module helps you:
- Record labour, material used, contractor, and work type daily
- Capture photos of the work in progress
- Track approximate work done and location details
- Generate structured daily reports
This boosts transparency and allows accurate progress tracking.
7. Payment & Expense Management
A modern construction app should handle more than site data — it must help track expenses and manage payments too.
✔️ In buildcontrol, the Payment Management module includes:
- Contractor and supplier payment tracking
- Expense logging and petty cash management
- Transaction records for all payment activities
Stay financially organized without relying on separate tools.
8. Booking & Inquiry Management (for Real Estate Projects)
For real estate builders and developers, managing leads and bookings is a must.
✔️ buildcontrol supports:
- Storing inquiries and follow-up history
- Tracking unit status (booked, available, on hold)
- Recording BUA (Built-Up Area), SBA (Super Built-Up Area), and Carpet Area with measurement units
It’s a CRM tool built specifically for construction companies.
9. Dashboard with Analytics
You shouldn’t have to dig through reports to understand project status.
✔️ buildcontrol‘s Dashboard provides:
- Visual graphs of task progress, labour attendance, payments, and more
- Quick overviews of all project modules
- Real-time data to support faster decisions
One glance is enough to understand what’s happening across sites.
10. Multi-Organisation & Multi-Project Support
Construction companies often run multiple projects across different regions or clients. Your app must handle that complexity easily.
✔️ With buildcontrol, you can:
- Manage multiple organizations
- Create and track multiple projects under each organization
- Assign different teams and control access per project
Scalable, flexible, and built for growth.
Final Thoughts
The best construction app isn’t just about task management or attendance — it’s about offering an all-in-one solution that helps you save time, reduce costs, and deliver projects efficiently.
buildcontrol checks all the boxes — and more.
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