Tracking Labor & Job Costs in the Field: Remodelers Council Discussion
Date and Time
Wednesday Apr 8, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
4pm to 5pm
Location
BRAG Ann Arbor Lower Level 179 Little Lake Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Fees/Admission
No fee to attend, registration appreciated. The Remodelers Council costs $60/year to be a member company. If you aren't yet a member, we will contact you with details after registration.
Description
Invite your team to join us for a discussion of how to track labor and job costs from the field with a focus on project management software, JobTread and BuilderTrend.
You should be keeping track of labor, subcontractors, and materials for each job that you perform, but how do you do it? We're bringing three approaches from three different builders to share their experience tracking job costs, and show you how its done.
General Council business and Introductions.
Presenters:
Adam Zylka - Momentum Construction + Design (JobTread)
Daniel Jones - Giraffe Design Build, LLC (JobTread)
Jerry Tyrrell - Dexter Builders (Buildertrend)
Quick intro on job costing, what it means, why you do it.
Keep track of costs for each job separately and not lumping it into one general budget
Allows you to react quicker to jobs that aren't on track
Builds history of past costs to use when estimating new work
Basis for change orders or accurate billing
Presenter's "how-to" on JobTread / Buildertrend.
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Show entering a timeclock entry
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Show entering a receipt
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Show applying a sub bill to the job
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Etc
Discussion Q/A
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