Groundworks specialists GCL switched from paper time sheets to a Donseed biometric time and attendance system in 2007 and have seen a significant reduction in labour costs.

Trevor Diviney, Managing Director at GCL, said: “Within GCL we have nearly eight hundred people working for us onsite. We offer large scale groundworks and intrinsic quick frame packages across London and the home counties. With the growth of the business things had to change, we had to find a different method of doing things.”

GCL now use Donseed, who provide cloud-based biometric time and attendance systems to innovative construction companies. The Donseed solution utilities fingerprint clocking-in recognition to collect important project information and record accurate time and attendance data for workers. The system is assisted by GPS to track the location of sign-ins and sign-outs and is deployed on a range of temporary, mobile and permanent workplaces across the construction industry.

GCL’s Finance Director, Graham Payne, commented: “Donseed gives us a huge amount of information; who was on site, exact hours they worked. We can then apply wages to those hours to see where exactly we are spending money and compare that to the budget.”

Graham added: “I would say that Donseed saves us 10 – 15% on the labour costs, which would equate to about three million pounds in a year.”

“The system has a range of potential benefits for construction companies,” said Donseed’s Marketing and Strategy Director, Kev Dendy. “As well as providing powerful and accurate time and attendance reports, the system can also help monitor your health and safety compliance. The technology prompts workers to confirm that they have the correct equipment for the job they are undertaking, together with their qualifications, and automatically alerts head office of any issues.”

Trevor concluded: “I would certainly recommend Donseed to any businesses that are paying a high number of people by the hour, on remote sites, across a wide geographical area.”