InEight Plan & Progress Software Features
Connected Planning & Progress Tracking for Capital Construction
InEight Plan & Progress bridges the gap between planning and field execution. Purpose-built for capital construction, it unites detailed work packaging with real-time progress tracking to deliver precise visibility into productivity, earned value, and schedule performance. By connecting daily field reporting to project plans, teams gain the insight needed to keep projects on schedule, on budget, and fully aligned from office to jobsite.InEight Plan & Progress Is Part of an Integrated Construction Project Controls Solution
The modular, integrated InEight platform connects planning, cost management, and field execution across every phase of construction. InEight Plan & Progress integrates with InEight Control, InEight Contract, and InEight Change to synchronize work progress, budgets, and commitments. Real-time data sharing ensures teams operate from a single, accurate source of truth from planning through completion.
Explore InEight Plan & Progress Capabilities for Real-Time Planning and Field Execution
InEight Plan & Progress provides digital tools to plan, execute, and track construction work efficiently. These features cover daily execution planning, mobile field data capture, progress tracking, and integration with cost and scheduling systems — giving capital project teams full control and traceability over performance.
Capabilities capturing field progress and productivity metrics for precise project visibility.
| Function | Capability | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Real-Time Progress Tracking | Capture field progress as it happens | Gain real-time visibility into field performance and productivity. InEight Plan & Progress enables you to log work completion in real time via mobile devices, feeding productivity metrics directly into performance dashboards. As crews enter actual quantities and hours, the system automatically calculates percent complete, productivity rates, and earned value—helping you spot trends instantly when tasks slip or accelerate. |
| Daily Logs & Field Reports | Record daily jobsite notes and attachments | Capture daily field activity with complete documentation. InEight Plan & Progress helps you record delays, safety incidents, and attach photos directly within electronic daily logs. Supervisors can annotate entries with free-text notes or picklists, embed geotagged images, and link logs to specific work packages. All entries feed into a centralized daily diary for easy review and regulatory compliance. |
| Mobile Field Application | Use an easy mobile app for data capture | Replace paper with real-time, mobile data capture. InEight Plan & Progress supports crews with a mobile interface for entering quantities, hours, and checklist items—even while offline. The app includes photo and video capture, barcode scanning, and geofencing to validate location. Once reconnected, data automatically uploads to the central system to ensure you maintain accurate, up-to-date field records without manual entry. |
Features supporting detailed planning and daily work tracking to keep crews aligned and efficient.
| Function | Capability | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Work Package & Daily Planning | Create detailed work plans for field execution | Plan field work with precision and flexibility. InEight Plan & Progress enables you to create detailed work plans for field execution by grouping tasks and assigning crews, equipment, and materials to each package. Daily plans roll up from work packages, linking field activities to budgets and schedules. Planners can clone, sequence, and adjust packages on the fly to help you respond effectively to changing site conditions. |
| Integrated Schedule Look-Ahead | Align field plans with the master schedule | Keep field execution aligned with the master schedule. InEight Plan & Progress allows you to import schedule activities from the master plan and break them into daily field tasks. As crews report progress, updates sync automatically back to the master schedule to ensure you can adjust look-ahead windows in real time and keep critical path dates accurate. |
| Rules of Credit & Percent Complete | Use weighted steps to measure partial progress | Improve earned-value accuracy with weighted progress tracking. InEight Plan & Progress supports you in applying weighted steps for partial completion to better reflect real progress. You can define custom credit rules—for example, trenching: 25% excavation, 50% piping, 25% backfill—so that field-reported progress reflects true percent complete. These rules automatically adjust earned-value calculations without manual intervention. |
| Time Tracking (Timesheets) | Track craft labor hours and productivity | Digitize time tracking for complete labor visibility. InEight Plan & Progress helps you capture crew hours per task or cost code through digital timesheets with optional geofence enforcement. Foremen can submit, edit, and approve timesheets on mobile devices, while project controllers receive alerts for missing entries or out-of-scope hours. Approved timesheets flow directly into cost integrations for seamless reporting. |
| Paperless Workflows & Approvals | Enable digital submission and approval of field data | Streamline daily approvals and ensure accountability. InEight Plan & Progress enables digital submission and managerial approval of daily plans and timesheets with timestamped records. Approvers receive instant notifications and can approve or reject entries on mobile or web, with audit logs capturing who approved what and when to ensure you maintain full compliance and accountability across all field operations. |
Features connecting field performance with cost and schedule data for real-time accuracy.
| Function | Capability | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Integration | Integrate with scheduling tools | Keep schedules synchronized from the office to the field. InEight Plan & Progress enables you to import activities and logic from scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, break them into daily field tasks, and feed progress updates back to the master schedule. Bi-directional syncing of durations, percent complete, and actual dates ensures you maintain alignment between your baseline and look-ahead plans—so any delay or acceleration in the field is immediately reflected in your project timeline. |
| Project Cost Capture | Integrate field data into project cost records | Align your field progress with true project costs. InEight Plan & Progress captures actual costs—including labor hours, material quantities, and invoices—and integrates them with your accounting system via open APIs. Whether entered manually or pulled from ERP or payroll systems, these actuals feed directly into your project budget to ensure you maintain a complete and accurate view of spend from field execution through closeout. |
| Cross-Module Data Flow | Seamless data flow between InEight modules | InEight Plan & Progress is part of the seamless integration across the InEight platform, ensuring project data flows automatically between modules. |
Capabilities linking progress to contract line items for consistent earned value and payment alignment.
| Function | Capability | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule of Values & Line Items | Define detailed payment breakdowns per contract | Connect field progress to real-time earned value. InEight Plan & Progress provides a detailed Schedule of Values with unit prices, quantities, and total values for each contract line. As field progress—whether quantities or milestones—is reported, the system automatically calculates earned revenue per line item to ensure you align invoicing with actual work and maintain visibility into unbilled amounts. |
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