Attendance is one of the most common subjects of dispute and one of the easiest to evidence. Subcontractors arrive at the gate, sign in, walk to a work face, and remain for some period before leaving. Each step leaves a record, if the project chooses to capture it.
A complete attendance record
A complete attendance record is more than a sign-in sheet. It connects gate entry to a work face and to a time on task. It does not need facial recognition or perimeter sensors to be useful. It needs the existing pieces — gate logs, work-face capture, and the daily allocation — to live in the same retrieval.
- Gate entry attaches the worker to the project at a time.
- Work-face capture attaches the worker to the package at a time.
- Daily allocation records what they were expected to do.
- Closeout records what they did, with a quality observation if relevant.
Both directions of the conversation benefit. A subcontractor whose attendance is on the record can rebut a wrongful deduction in minutes. A main contractor whose record is complete can defend a non-payment without the conversation moving to lawyers.
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