Manpower

See where the crew is before you move the schedule

Manpower is for the morning labor call: which employees have pinged in, which jobs and service calls they are covering, who is already promised somewhere else, and which foreman can spare a person without breaking another crew. The map gives dispatch and operations a county-level view; the schedule, roster, skills, conflicts, and assets tell them what they can safely change.

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Manpower Workflow

From live crew pings to a workable labor plan

Start with the map, not a phone tree

The dashboard shows the crew spread for the day: who has pinged in, where they are working, how many people are on jobs, how many assignments are exposed, and whether the plan already has conflicts.

Check the service-area map before moving a crew
Compare active employees, project load, service load, conflicts, and utilization
Jump to roster, schedule, reports, skills, conflicts, assets, or settings from the same desk

Manpower command board — A county-level crew map next to daily labor metrics and active employees.

Put labor on real work

The schedule is built around assignments. A planner can assign people or assets to projects, service calls, estimates, or overhead codes, set role, supervisor, start and end time, add notes, then move or copy blocks when the week changes.

Plan project, service, estimate, and overhead labor from one schedule
Switch between hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly views
Move work when a job slips, an emergency service call lands, or a foreman changes the crew plan

Manpower schedule grid — The planner's working grid for placing labor.

Fix double-booking before dispatch

Conflicts make overlapping commitments visible by employee, supervisor, date, status, and notes. Operations can filter the list and resolve rows before a technician or foreman is expected in two places at once.

Catch overlapping assignment pressure early
Filter by status, supervisor, and date range
Use resolve actions to keep the planning record honest

Manpower conflict review — Conflict rows turn a scheduling mistake into a visible task.

Keep the roster useful

The roster groups workers by supervisor, role, status, current assignment, and contact details. The planner can see who is active, who reports to whom, and which profile needs cleanup before an assignment is trusted.

Track active field staff, technicians, apprentices, and foremen
Search/filter by name, role, status, skill, or supervisor
Open profile actions when a role, supervisor, or status changes

Manpower roster — Roster rows keep people records close to the schedule.

Check qualifications before assigning the person

The skills catalog tracks skills, certifications, and licenses at the org level. That gives the planner a way to check EPA, lift operation, rigging, safety, license, and qualification records before specialized work is staffed.

Maintain skill, certification, and license records
Filter by type or active/inactive status
Use the catalog when employee profiles need qualification updates

Crew Map And Schedule

Manpower screens from the demo contractor account

Manpower dashboard with county-level crew pings and active employees — The command board shows employee pings across the service area, daily crew counts, open conflicts, utilization, and the active employee list for the selected date.

Manpower conflict list with overlapping assignment rows — Conflict review shows who is double-booked, the date, the supervisor, and the row that needs to be resolved before dispatch.

Manpower company roster with supervisors and active workers — Roster shows who reports to whom, who is active, each worker's role, contact info, and current assignment context.

Manpower skills certifications and licenses catalog — Skills, certifications, and licenses stay in the workforce desk so the planner can check qualifications before staffing specialized work.

Manpower weekly schedule grid — The schedule grid is where people and assets are placed against project, service, estimate, or overhead work.

Daily Decisions

What operations can decide from Manpower

Crew planning

Build the week around real jobs, service work, estimates, and overhead, then move assignments when the field plan changes.

Conflict control

Review overlaps, supervisor pressure, unresolved rows, and trend spikes before the wrong person gets dispatched twice.

Workforce readiness

Keep roles, supervisors, active status, skills, certifications, licenses, assets, and maintenance context current enough to trust the schedule.

Coverage

Crew questions the office needs answered fast

Contractor needs	BuildDaily does it
Who is active today?	Yes Dashboard metrics show active employees, project/service split, vacation, open conflicts, fleet counts, utilization, map context, and active employee rows.
Can the office schedule labor against actual work?	Yes Assignments can be tied to projects, service calls, estimates, overhead work, people, assets, roles, supervisors, start/end times, notes, and status.
Can the week be changed without rebuilding it?	Yes Schedule controls support move, bulk move, copy day/week patterns, undo copy, assignment update, and assignment info for additional shifts.
Can employees see their own assignments?	Yes My Schedule gives employees an assignment-facing view with week/date navigation and partial refreshes.
Can double-booking be caught?	Yes Conflict screens and conflict feeds surface overlapping manpower assignments with status, supervisor/date filters, trend counts, detail modals, and resolve actions.
Can supervisors plan by crew instead of a flat list?	Yes Roster groups field personnel under supervisors and shows active counts, roles, status, current job context, contact details, and profile actions.
Can credentials stay visible to operations?	Yes Skills, certifications, and licenses can be created, edited, filtered, assigned to employees, uploaded, downloaded, and managed from the workforce area.
Can company assets be planned with labor?	Yes Assets support status, category, assignment, unassignment, maintenance programs, maintenance records, files, usage logs, timelines, and shared service/manpower context.
Can non-project labor be planned?	Yes Overhead code search and overhead assignment context let operations plan shop, training, PTO-adjacent, or administrative labor without pretending it belongs to a job.
Can utilization be reviewed later?	Yes Reports summarize active field staff, project work, service work, PTO, open conflicts, resolved conflicts, and utilization trend data.

Planning Rhythm

A crew day from map check to conflict cleanup

Review the day from the command board

Operations checks active people, project/service split, utilization, open conflicts, map context, and recent pings before changing the plan.

Update the roster and qualifications

The planner confirms active workers, supervisors, roles, current job context, skills, certifications, and license records so assignments are based on current information.

Place assignments on the schedule

People and assets are assigned to projects, service calls, estimates, or overhead work with role, supervisor, start/end time, notes, and assignment status.

Move the plan when the field changes

When a job slips, a service emergency lands, or a foreman changes crew coverage, the planner moves, bulk moves, copies, or undoes blocks instead of rebuilding the whole week.

Clear conflicts before dispatch

Conflict review catches overlapping assignments and lets the office resolve rows before the wrong person or asset is promised twice.

Review utilization and coverage

Reports give operations a way to look back at active field staff, project/service allocation, PTO, conflicts, resolved conflicts, and utilization trends.

Manpower Areas

The desk by labor task

Planning and schedule

Dashboard Command board with metrics, map layers, recent pings, active employee rows, date navigation, and quick access to planning tabs.

Schedule Crew schedule with search, date controls, hourly/daily/weekly/monthly views, assignment creation, refresh, move, bulk move, copy, and undo controls.

My Schedule Employee-facing schedule view for the user's own assignments and week navigation.

Reports Utilization, time, PTO, active field staff, project/service split, open conflict, resolved conflict, and summary breakdown views.

People and qualifications

Roster Company workforce list with supervisors, active employees, roles, current assignment context, status, contact detail, filters, profile expansion, and edit actions.

Skills and Certs Org catalog for skills, certifications, and licenses with type/status filters, upload/download paths, employee skill assignment, and license management.

Conflicts Overlapping assignment log with trend counts, date/status/supervisor filters, conflict detail, and resolution actions.

Settings Default shift behavior, weekend/holiday handling, assignables, overhead codes, and module configuration.

Assets and shared equipment

Assets Company assets shared between manpower and service, with status, category, assignment state, detail, files, and actions.

Categories Asset categories for vehicles, equipment, tools, and other shared resources.

Maintenance Maintenance programs and maintenance records that tell operations whether an asset is ready for the field.

Usage and timeline Asset usage logs, event history, assignment timeline, compact/detail views, and file history.

Field Changes

When the field changes, this is what gets moved

Project crew week

Check dashboard utilization and open conflicts before filling the week.
Assign foremen, apprentices, technicians, and required assets to the project.
Use roster and skills records to confirm the crew can actually perform the work.
Move or bulk move assignments when the schedule shifts.

Service emergency stealing project labor

Place the service call on the manpower schedule instead of hiding it in a side conversation.
Use conflicts to see whether the technician is already committed to a job.
Move the project assignment or resolve the conflict before dispatch.
Keep the project/service labor split visible to operations.

Credential-sensitive work

Review the skills/certifications/license catalog before assigning specialized labor.
Update employee skill records when a certification or license changes.
Keep qualification context near the roster so staffing decisions are not made from memory.

Overhead and shop work

Use overhead codes for shop time, training, admin work, or non-project labor.
Keep non-billable labor visible instead of burying it in an empty job slot.
Review utilization and reports to see how much labor is leaving the job schedule.

Asset readiness

Track asset status, category, assignment, files, maintenance programs, maintenance records, usage logs, and timelines.
Avoid assigning a vehicle, lift, or tool that is already checked out, under maintenance, or tied to another crew.
Keep service-shared equipment visible to both manpower and field service planning.

Walk through See where the crew is before you move the schedule

We can walk through the module around the way your company actually handles the work.

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