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Marron Civil Engineering

Weekly labour meetings more efficient with accurate, real-time labour reports

Groundworks / Civil EngineeringSkills managementGreenford, UK

About Marron Civil Engineering

Established in 1967, Marrons CE specialise in groundworks and concrete frame and carry out all their works with their directly employed workforce.

The Challenge

As Marrons CE has grown over the years, it has become harder and harder to check exactly who is on-site every day and compare this to their time-sheets. Elaine Marron, Accounts Manager, said “I would have to ring the foreman each day to determine who was there on site but this was both time consuming and not fully reliable”. They also had the problem of not understanding the true costs of their labour in real-time. John Marron, Managing Director, said he tried to combat this by introducing a fingerprint solution to his sites but this ended up being difficult to use for the men and therefore didn’t provide the answer they needed.



The Results

1 | Gradual deployment very successful


Chime was deployed to one site initially. After quick success here, Chime was then easily rolled out to all their sites across the UK.


2 | Less chasing foreman


Elaine Marron, Accounts Manager, has found huge time savings in not having to chase foreman ‘I was permanently chasing people’ saving her at least half a day each week to be getting on with other things.


3 | Power of Data


The power the data is bringing to Marron’s weekly labour meetings - as John notes ‘ The meetings are now more efficient - with the data there at our fingertips - so we really understand labour costs and better plan for future projects’.


4 | Support & Training


Chime provided Marron CE with support and training to enable all the teams to feel confident using the app everyday. Now 200+ operatives are using it with ease.


5 | Reports at click of button


Having reports and data at the click of a button has improved weekly meetings and enables directors to have more control over labour costs.

Saved time - no more chasing foreman

Real-time visibility of every site

Accurate, real-time labour costs

Plan and manage projects better to understand true costs

Easy to deploy to team

Customer support from Chime means it's quick and easy to get up and running

We tried finger-print clocking in but this didn’t work. Chime is so easy and has saved us a fortune.

John Marron - Managing Director, Marron Civil Engineering

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