How hh2 Integrates with Foundation Software: Streamlining Payroll, Time Tracking, and Document Management

Regardless of scale, running a successful construction company brings a unique subset of challenges. Additionally, solutions to each obstacle must not only solve the problem—but also create harmony throughout the ecosystem of operations. 

• Payroll demands infallible organization skills to effectively manage employees, multiple job codes, overtime regulations, and processing.  

• Project bidding requires comprehensive data on job costing, confident communication, and precise project forecasting.  

• Job costing must be accurate, up-to-date, and encompass everything from wage requirements, material costs, vendor availability, and project timeline projections. 

And that’s barely scratching the surface. 

With so much to manage, software is crucial in alleviating resource strain, ensuring accuracy, and optimizing productivity. 

Foundation Software is a robust construction accounting solution that helps businesses manage various accounting and payroll processes. While built with a suite of impressive features, there is a way to further enhance your payroll, time tracking, and document management.  

Learn how integrating hh2’s cloud construction platform with Foundation Software simplifies seamless data flow, reduces manual errors, and increases efficiency. 

Foundation Software and The Risks Of Using Standalone Solutions 

Foundation Software is a comprehensive and powerful construction accounting software that has been around for over four decades. It helps construction companies enhance their back-office operations. It offers solutions for job costing, time tracking, payroll, and beyond while providing highly customizable reporting features. 

While Foundation is a longstanding industry pillar, there are some risks associated with relying only on one software solution in your construction business. 

The Challenges of Standalone Accounting and Payroll Systems 

• Information silos: One of the most apparent and inefficient drawbacks is the potential for data silos if your accounting solution can’t effectively communicate with other elements of your tech stack. This can mean outdated data, collaboration issues between the field and back-office, and bottlenecks in workflow. 

For example, Some Foundation Software users struggled with importing information because of a steep learning curve, which can create bottlenecks in their system. 

• Accessibility issues: Some standalone accounting and payroll systems are usually location-based, making it harder for field teams to enter, track, and provide up-to-date information. This is especially true if one employee travels to multiple job sites per day (or week).  

For example, some Foundation Software users state that the mobile application lacks comprehensive reporting. 

• Lost productivity: Standalone systems are—stand-alone. Isolated systems can struggle (or are unable) to integrate with the other software needed to execute tasks effectively. This can increase the risk of errors, lead to disorganization, and slow down productivity. 

For example, jobs can evolve throughout the project's life cycle, and some Foundation Software users reported that they couldn’t print CPR based on the site, or track labor via change orders. 

While these challenges can be frustrating, the right integration strategy not only solves the problem–but improves operations beyond accounting–in ways you may not even consider at the start. 

The Benefits of Integrating hh2 with Foundation Software  

• Improved efficiency and accuracy: By interconnecting your IT stack, integrating hh2 can eliminate redundant data entry and improve data accuracy across payroll, job costing, and accounting. 

• Real-time data synchronization: hh2’s tools effectively sync data in real-time, giving construction finance teams up-to-date insights that strengthen decision-making and forecasting capabilities. 

• Enhanced compliance and documentation: Features like Geofencing, automated overtime rules, payroll groups, pay types, document tracking, and audit-ready approvals in hh2’s Remote Payroll solution and Document Flow help ensure compliance and record a clear audit trail. 

How To Enhance Foundation Software With hh2 Payroll and Time Tracking 

With features like GPS-enabled time tracking, user-friendly punch clock functionality, and intuitive multi-level approval workflows, it’s no wonder hh2 Time Tracking can increase payroll speed and accuracy by 70%.  

It’s an ideal complement to Foundation because employee punches are captured in Remote Payroll, and automatically integrates directly with your current Foundation Software. This seamless connectivity helps increase payroll accuracy and reduce the need for manual data entry.  

Did you know that businesses using manual time entry waste $50 billion each year because of erroneous or untracked labor? 

But the benefits of hh2 Payroll and Time Tracking integration don’t stop there for Construction teams—here are a few more:  

• Streamlined time tracking across multiple job sites: Thanks to an intuitive mobile app and real-time data syncing with Foundation, tracking projects (regardless of how many or where), is more accurate and efficient. 

• More effective forecasting: When trying to grow a construction business, or submitting profitable bids, accurate job costing is crucial. hh2 offers real-time visibility into labor costs for improved project budgeting. 

• Enhanced compliance with labor laws and union requirements: Improved communication between Foundation and the rest of your tech stack helps your business stay compliant with evolving labor laws and union requirements. 

How hh2 Document Flow’s AP and Document Management Enhances Foundation Software 

One of the most tedious and frustrating aspects of payroll is organizing documentation. Be it paperwork or digital: ensuring compliance, managing tax season, and having a complete financial picture of your business—all hinges on effective document management.  

hh2 Document Flow helps manage accounts payable (AP) documents and automates approval processes, taming the chaos of tracking business-related expenses.  

Integrating Document Flow with Foundation optimizes capturing, coding, routing invoices, and finalizing AP documents. Document Flow also offers real-time data syncing to improve accurate job costing and financial reporting—but that’s not all. 

More optimal workflows: Integrating Document Flow helps reduce manual data entry and paperwork, fostering better collaboration and streamlining AP approvals.  

• Everything you need in one place: One of hh2’s key benefits is how it helps you stay organized. Document Flow centralizes storage for invoices and supporting documents, ensuring everything is easily accessible. 

• Total control for easier management: No two construction companies are exactly the same, that’s why hh2 offers enhanced control over AP processes with customizable workflows. 

How hh2 and Foundation Improve Job Costing and Project Insights 

In the construction industry, walking the line of innovation and stability is key to staying competitive (regardless of market fluctuations). You need adaptability and a solid foundation of reliable systems. hh2 cloud construction and Foundation Software are perfect examples of such balance, as they allow companies to scale at their pace and create solid, customized processes that are unique to their needs. 

Integrating hh2 tools into Foundation Software systems provides adaptability by enhancing real-time job costing, giving financial teams up-to-date cost insights that enable better project planning and budget management. 

Construction businesses can maintain a stronger foothold when data from hh2 Remote Payroll and Document Flow provides a clear and accurate picture of project expenses.  

Having 24/7 access to such comprehensive information helps project managers stay within budget and identify cost-saving opportunities that increase stability regardless of supply chains and market fluctuations. 

Book your demo to see how hh2's direct integrations with Foundation Software can transform your construction accounting and project management workflows.