// ON THE RECORD
ConstructionClock Inc.
ConstructionClock is a construction time-tracking SaaS that uses GPS geofencing to automatically clock crews in and out of job sites, tracking labour hours and costs and exporting to payroll. It is a software product company, not a contractor.
📍 Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaEst. 2022✓ 100% first-party verified
// CLIPS FROM ConstructionClock Inc.
“when I unlock my tool belts for the last time I decided I was going to start a tech company”
“this is a big point of contention when we talk to construction companies the privacy of a user”
“we have incredible testimonials from customers that said this is taking an entire Saturday off my plate”
“so Daniel I jumped into the trades very early on when I was 16”
// LESSONS FROM ConstructionClock Inc.
Labour is the only major variable cost in construction that owners can actually control; material pricing is largely fixed, so focus your systems there.
A 3-to-12-person trade company scaling to multiple simultaneous crews is the tipping point where manual tracking breaks down and automation becomes necessary, not optional.
GPS geofencing auto-clocking lets field workers focus on work while giving owners real-time crew location and hours without micromanagement or privacy invasion.
Post-project labour-cost PDFs compared against estimates are the simplest feedback loop for improving future project profitability.
When building a product for a whole industry, resist reacting to a single customer’s request—a feature that helps one company will often break the workflow for ten others.
Staying hyper-focused on one specific problem (labour tracking) and integrating with broader platforms rather than building a monolith is a viable market strategy for construction tech.
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Founder David Peters ran his own subcontracting business in Winnipeg for nearly two decades before building ConstructionClock, which he founded around 2022.
SOURCE ▸ConstructionClock raised a CA$2 million seed round in 2025, led by Manitoba-focused Trillick Ventures with returning Chicago-based investor M25, following a ~$1.2M pre-seed in late 2024.
SOURCE ▸The company reports more than 3,000 construction companies on its platform, with roughly 80% of usage from the United States and the remainder spread across more than 20 countries; it operates as a remote team of roughly 25 people.
SOURCE ▸ConstructionClock was featured as a startup at the NAHB International Builders' Show and describes itself as a fully automated, hands-free time-tracking app for construction companies.
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