“Coreloops has been a game changer for us. Labour tracking used to be a real headache, the timesheets module now gives us clear visibility into our costs and exactly where time is being spent across projects”
Graline Construction is a growing, family-run construction business.
Before Coreloops, they were not able to track labour costs at all. While QuickBooks was essential for accounting, it wasn’t giving the project-level clarity they needed and the admin effort required to maintain accurate cost breakdowns made it difficult to stay consistent.
Accurately and easily allocating labour hours to different activities was near impossible.
As they prepared to grow the business, they recognised they needed a better way to track and manage costs. They needed clear visibility into margins and where labour time was being spent.
Like many SME contractors, the challenge wasn’t a lack of data, it was that cost information wasn’t centralised, categorised, or easy to access.
Graline Construction wanted a system that could:
● Track real-time project costs without heavy admin
● Make it easy to see profit margins across jobs
● Improve labour tracking by allocating time to projects and cost codes
● Reduce reliance on spreadsheets and manual invoice processing
● Support a more scalable process for purchase orders and supplier management
Usability was extremely important to them. They wanted something that was easy-to-use and intuitive.
Coreloops gave Graline Construction a central platform to manage project financials, including:
✅ Timesheets & labour tracking
The team began using the timesheets module to allocate labour time directly to projects and cost codes, giving them clearer visibility of where time was being spent and how labour impacted profitability.
✅ Smarter invoice processing & cost coding
Invoices could be uploaded and automatically categorised into the right cost codes, helping remove manual effort and reducing misallocation compared to QuickBooks alone.
✅ Clear project cost reporting
With costs tracked against consistent cost codes, Graline could see which trades and packages were performing well (or underperforming) across projects.
✅ Scalable financial & commercial workflows
As the business grows, Coreloops supports better controls like purchase orders without needing a large back-office team.
After adopting Coreloops, Graline Construction saw immediate improvements in project cost visibility and control, especially around labour time.
They also noted that Coreloops felt intuitive to navigate and wasn’t overloaded with complexity, making it easier to adopt as part of weekly routines.
“Coreloops has been a game changer for us. Labour tracking used to be a real headache, the timesheets module now gives us clear visibility into our costs and exactly where time is being spent across projects”
