Construction Timesheet Generator
A construction timesheet has one column an office timesheet doesn't: the job. Field hours have to land on the right project and cost code. That's how job costing, client billing, and certified-payroll reporting stay honest. This sheet pairs clock in/out with a job/cost-code column so the same paper feeds payroll and the job ledger.
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| Day | Job / cost code | In | Out | Break | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | MEADOW-01 · deck framing | 7:00 AM | 3:30 PM | 30 min | 8.00 |
| Tue | MEADOW-01 · deck framing | 7:00 AM | 3:30 PM | 30 min | 8.00 |
| Wed | GARLAND-04 · punch list | 7:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 4.00 | |
| Wed | MEADOW-01 · railing | 11:30 AM | 4:00 PM | 4.50 | |
| Thu | MEADOW-01 · railing | 7:00 AM | 3:30 PM | 30 min | 8.00 |
| Fri | MEADOW-01 · cleanup | 7:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 30 min | 5.50 |
| Total hours | 38.00 | ||||
| Regular (≤40 h per workweek) | 38.00 | ||||
| Overtime (>40 h/workweek, paid at 1.5×) | 0.00 | ||||
| Gross pay estimate ($38.00/h) | $1,444.00 | ||||
States With Daily Overtime Rules
Federal law requires overtime after 40 hours in a workweek everywhere. These states add a daily trigger on top. Rules carry industry and employer-size exceptions; confirm your state's current law before relying on this summary.
| State | Daily trigger | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| California | Over 8 hours / day | 1.5x after 8, 2x after 12; special 7th-day rules |
| Alaska | Over 8 hours / day | 1.5x, with exemptions for some voluntary flex plans |
| Nevada | Over 8 hours / day | Applies when the employee earns under 1.5x minimum wage |
| Colorado | Over 12 hours / day | 1.5x after 12 in a workday (or 12 consecutive hours) |
Source: State labor codes (CA Labor Code §510; AK Stat. §23.10.060; NV Rev. Stat. §608.018; CO COMPS Order) · checked 2026-08
What to Know About Construction Timesheets
- Job costing lives or dies on daily coding: hours allocated to the wrong project silently distort every bid the estimator prices off historical costs.
- Public-works contractors file certified payroll (federal WH-347 under Davis-Bacon) built from exactly this data. Worker, day, hours, and the project they were on.
- Same-day multi-site work is normal in the trades; a row per site (not per day) is the convention that keeps travel and split shifts allocable.
- The supervisor signature converts the sheet into the approved source document GCs and auditors accept for time-and-materials billing.
- Weather days, standby, and show-up time have pay rules in many union agreements and some states. Recording them as coded rows (rather than omitting them) is what preserves the claim.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why one row per job instead of one per day?
Because the hours have to be allocable: a Wednesday split between two sites is two rows with their own times. Day-level totals can't feed job costing or certified payroll without someone guessing the split later.
What is certified payroll and does this sheet cover it?
On public-works projects, contractors submit weekly certified payroll (federal form WH-347) listing each worker's classification, hours per day, and rates. This sheet captures the field data that report is built from; the certification itself is done on the government form.
How should travel between sites be recorded?
Per your company policy and applicable wage law, usually as its own coded row naming both ends of the trip, for example travel from job MEADOW-01 to job GARLAND-04. Recording it explicitly beats losing it: mid-day travel between jobsites is generally compensable time.
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