The best crew scheduling software for a construction company puts labor and equipment on one board, tells the field, and turns the schedule into hours for payroll. ControlBoard® does all three at a published per-person price. HCSS, Assignar and B2W Schedule are strong for heavy civil, Bridgit Bench and Procore for planning project teams, and Tenna for equipment-first fleets. This guide says who each product suits, what it schedules and how it is priced. Every outside fact links to the vendor’s own page, as checked on 31 October 2026.
We make ControlBoard, so it comes first. We have tried to describe the others the way their own sites do.
What to look for
A construction company’s schedule is not a project schedule. The question is who goes where, with what, tomorrow and for the next three months. Five things matter:
- Labor and equipment together. A crew without its excavator is a wasted day.
- Conflicts you can see. A person or machine booked on two jobs should be marked before the morning.
- The field told. Changes reach the crew by app, text or email before the shift.
- Time from the schedule. Hours start from what was scheduled, so nobody types them twice.
- Your accounting system kept. Jobs and cost codes come in; approved hours go back.
The products at a glance
| Product | Best for | Labor | Equipment | Field time | Prices published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ControlBoard | Construction companies keeping their accounting system | Yes | Yes, with rentals and moves | Yes, to a payroll file | Yes, from $4 a person a month |
| HCSS Dispatcher / Resource Planner | Heavy civil contractors on HCSS | Crews and drivers | Yes, with rentals | HeavyJob, separate | No |
| Assignar | Contractors who do their own civil, crane, traffic, plant hire | Yes | Plant and vehicles | Yes, with award rules | No |
| B2W Schedule (Trimble) | Heavy construction on Trimble | Yes | Yes, plus materials and trucking | Not on the schedule page | No |
| Bridgit Bench | Planning project teams across projects | Yes | Not described | Time off only | No |
| Procore Workforce Management | Contractors already on Procore | Yes | Not described | Separate product, per FTE | No, by construction volume |
| Tenna | Mixed fleets, equipment first | Reserves crews | Yes, with tracking hardware | Not described | No, by asset count |
| Workyard | Smaller field crews, time first | Pro plan and up | Not described | Yes, GPS time | From $6 a user a month |
1. ControlBoard
Best for: construction companies in heavy civil, paving, utilities, electrical, mechanical and specialty trades that want one board for labor, crews, equipment, rentals and subcontractors, and want to keep their accounting system.
The schedule goes to the field on the ControlBoard Field app, by text or by email. Workers punch in with location rules or type their hours, and foremen keep the crew’s sheet and daily log on the phone. The office approves each week and sends a payroll file. With the Complete add-on, a HeavyBid or Excel bid becomes the job’s budget and needs, each job gets a labor forecast, and job cost shows the projected final cost. Jobs and people come in from QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct or Sage 100 Contractor, and approved hours go back.
Pricing: published per person by role: $4 a month for a field worker with the app, $14 with the time clock, $110 for a scheduler, 10% off yearly. Capterra shows 4.8 from 52 reviews.
Less suited to: residential builders who sequence tasks on one house, and contractors who need fatigue rules or invoicing from field data.
2. HCSS Dispatcher and Resource Planner
Best for: heavy civil contractors already running HCSS HeavyBid and HeavyJob. HCSS describes Dispatcher as an electronic scheduler that replaces the magnet board, covering equipment moves, availability, rentals, crews and drivers. Its page now points to Resource Planner, “the modern way to schedule crews, equipment, and work”. HCSS says 4,000+ contractors use it and offers 24/7 support.
Pricing: not published; licences are concurrent and pricing varies by customer.
3. Assignar
Best for: contractors who do their own civil and earthworks, crane, traffic management, utilities, rail, asphalt and plant hire. Assignar puts crews, operators, plant and vehicles on one board, checks who is qualified, ticketed and inducted, applies fatigue rules, and calculates overtime and allowances on timesheets. It says your accounting system stays the system of record and names Xero, MYOB and construction ERPs.
Pricing: not published; a tailored quote after a demo.
4. B2W Schedule (Trimble)
Best for: heavy construction contractors in civil, utilities, earthwork and paving, especially those already on Trimble. B2W Schedule assigns labor, equipment, materials and trucking, and Trimble names customers such as MasTec and Mortenson.
Pricing: not published; contact sales.
5. Bridgit Bench
Best for: general and specialty contractors planning which people go on which projects, months ahead. Bridgit leads with AI workforce planning, forecasts staffing by role, date range or office, and matches people by role, availability and experience. Its site does not describe equipment scheduling.
Pricing: not published; book a demo.
6. Procore Workforce Management
Best for: contractors whose projects already run in Procore. The product began as LaborChart, which Procore acquired in October 2021, and plans workforce needs by project phase.
Pricing: an annual fee by product, based on annual construction volume, with unlimited users.
7. Tenna
Best for: contractors whose first problem is a mixed fleet. Tenna tracks equipment, maintenance, inspections and dash cams, and reserves assets, labor and crews for projects.
Pricing: custom; data and hardware priced by asset count.
8. Workyard
Best for: smaller field crews whose first need is GPS time tracking and payroll. Plans start at $6 a user a month, and scheduling comes with the Pro plan and above.
If you only need time
If the schedule is fine and the problem is hours, a time app may be enough. busybusy publishes $0, $9.99 and $14.99 per user. ClockShark publishes base fees of about $42 and $63 a month, plus $9.50 and $11.50 per user. Rhumbix covers field and workforce management, with prices on request.
How to choose
Start with your morning. If the hard part is getting crews and machines to the right place, shortlist the labor and equipment dispatch products: ControlBoard, HCSS, Assignar and B2W. If it is staffing project teams months out, look at Bridgit and Procore. If it is the fleet, look at Tenna.
Then ask each vendor three things: can we try it on our own jobs, what does it cost for our headcount, and what happens to our accounting system. A vendor that publishes its price answers the second question before the call.