Site communication for construction trades

Know what’s happening on every site, instantly.

Connects directors, office staffs, site managers and site crews.
Stop using WhatsApp and start using Swift Chat

Site feed · Westfield Fitout · Today

12 on site · 96 hrs · 1 variation

ProjectRoleTeamAll
FromRoleUpdateTimeHoursRecorded as
Coastline LabourLoan labourChecked in, gate 27:02 am7.5On site
J. MorrisSite managerLevel 2 rough-in 80% complete10:15 am8.0Progress
Apex DuctingSubcontractorExtra duct run, level 311:40 am3.5Variation
R. SinghEmployeeCan I take Friday off?12:05 pm—Leave request

One entry, many records: hours, leave, progress, variations, invoices and payroll

Open project view

The problem

What’s happening on site lives in someone’s head

Or in Excel spreadsheets, WhatsApp messages, phone calls and emails. None of it becomes a record you can find later.

WhatsApp groups

Quick and easy, but the messages never become an audit-ready record.

Phone calls

What was agreed on site disappears when the call ends.

Emails & spreadsheets

Hours, leave and progress kept in separate files and inboxes.

In the site manager’s head

Only one person knows, and they’re busy on site.

On site

Data scattered across every channel

Hours in one place, leave in another, and progress and variations buried in a whatsapp chat thread nobody can search.

How it feels

“Is this job actually on track?”

You don’t know if the work is going to plan, if the quoted labour hours have been exceeded, or if you’re making a profit.

It’s just wrong

Easy shouldn’t mean no records

Most systems are too complicated, so crews fall back on WhatsApp because it’s quick. But quick messages don’t create a system of record.

Chasing-time calculator

What does chasing site updates cost you a year?

Every call, text and email to find out what happened on site takes time. Move the sliders to see what it adds up to across your crew.

Crew size 30
Minutes chasing updates per crew member / day 5
Average hourly cost ($) 55

Estimated yearly cost (230 work days)

$31,625

575 hours a year spent chasing site updates

What you get

Site communication that turns into records

Your whole crew talks on one platform, and every important update lands against the project, so you always know what’s happening onsite.

Your whole crew on one platform

Employees, subbies and loan labourers in one place, so the right people get the message every time.

  • Project-based Groups
    Talk to everyone on a job.
  • Role-based Groups
    Reach site managers or office staff.
  • Direct messages
    Message one crew or trade.
  • Work kept separate
    Personal WhatsApp stays personal.

Chat that works like WhatsApp

Crews message the way they already do, but every important update is captured on the platform.

Keep personal and professional details separate, while hours, leave, work progress, defects and variations land where they belong.

One entry, many records

A single entry from site feeds work hours, leave, daily project progress, variations, invoice processing and payroll, so nobody re-keys what the crew already sent.

A 360° view of every project

All project and organisation data in a single platform, so you know who’s on site, the hours worked, who’s on leave and how every task is tracking.

  • Variations recorded against the project.
  • Ask your questions, like who worked on variations in site A?

The plan

One platform for site updates in three simple steps

  1. 01

    Bring your crew onto one platform

    Employees, subbies and loan labourers, all in Swift Chat.

  2. 02

    Set up your channels

    Communicate by project, by role or by team, so every message reaches the right people.

  3. 03

    Your crew updates from site

    One entry from the field becomes hours, leave, progress and variations, and the office sees it straight away.

Work hours

Recorded from the same site entry.

Leave updates

HR group chat updates leave requests.

Progress & variations

Logged against the project at anytime.

Project Files & Photos

Easily upload and share project files

Worried your crew won’t give up WhatsApp?

They don’t have to learn a new way of talking. It works like WhatsApp inside the Swift platform, keeps personal and work messages separate, and captures all the data you need from the site.

We get it

We know what it’s like when site communication is scattered everywhere.

WhatsApp, emails, phone calls, multiple spreadsheets and different software, with no single place to check what actually happened on site.
We built Swift Checkin to be a single source of truth.

Everyone in one place

Employees, subbies and loan labour on the same platform.

The right group

Project, role and team communication, so messages reach the right people.

One entry, many uses

Hours, leave, progress, variations, invoices and payroll.

A system of record

Every update saved against the project it belongs to.

Before & after

Why Swift Checkin stands out?

Before
After

WhatsApp, phone calls and emails

One system to know what’s happening on every site

Scattered, and never sure the information is accurate

Organised, with peace of mind

Chasing updates, and passing information to site managers and supervisors by hand

Updates arrive from site as they happen, and everyone sees what they need

The office that’s always asking what happened

The business with a record of every project

No record

Every update sent on WhatsApp is one you can’t find later.

Data gets missed, scattered and entered wrong, and it shows up as profit erosion and project delays later.

Support

FAQs

Can't find the answer you're looking for? Chat to our team.

Does it replace WhatsApp for site communication?+

It works like WhatsApp inside the Swift Checkin platform, keeps personal and work messages separate, and captures the important data as records.

Who can be on it?+

Your whole crew: employees, subbies and loan labourers, alongside directors, GMs, office staff, and site and project managers.

Can I message just one project or team?+

Yes. Communication can be project-based, role-based or team-based.

What does a site entry feed into?+

A single entry from site users provides data for work hours, leave management, daily project progress, variations, invoice processing and payroll processing.

Can I see what’s happening on a project right now?+

Yes. You can see who’s on site, how many hours have been worked, who’s on leave, and the progress of each task and variation on every project.

Can I search past updates?+

All project data sits on one platform, so you can pull out what you need, for example who worked on variations.

Know what’s happening on every site, as it happens

All your project data on one platform, so anyone can find what they need, like who worked on variations.