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Building AI Capability in HR Teams: 2026 Strategy Guide
When 2025 drew to a close, one message rang clear: the real winners in HR…
6min readHR solutions for Construction
HR to help you build bigger things
Power your workforce from project to project. ELMO helps construction companies nail compliance, slice admin and adapt to shifting workforce needs, so your team can stay focused on building what matters – a capable team.
Did you know?
Accross HR leaders in construction:
29%
identify the economic outlook as a significant issue
24%
struggle with upskilling, cross-skilling, or reskilling employees
23%
report a shortage of labour affecting HR initiatives
How ELMO helps construction companies
Go from paper trails to productive and project-ready crews.
Workforce compliance pain?
Track critical credentials like White Cards, trade licences and High-Risk work licenses. Get ahead of expiry dates, manage audits easily, and reduce risk across every project site.
Clunky rostering and time tracking?
Match the right crew to the right job, every time. Manage availability, automate timesheets, and ensure payroll accuracy, all while keeping within budget.
Slow hiring for project roles?
Move fast to snap up top talent with no fuss job ads, approvals and screening. ELMO helps you reduce time-to-hire, even when labour needs spike unexpectedly.
Fractured onboarding across sites?
Digitise from day one with mobile onboarding for on-site workers. Automate admin and get new starters project-ready faster, no matter what their skill type.
Don’t just take our word for it
Instead of hiring another admin resource, we brought on ELMO, and it’s like gaining an extra team member without the overheads.
Katie Hirst
People & Culture Advisor, Donovan Group
Donovan Group’s story
The automations, workflows and notifications we have set up for onboarding have been life changing. We have reduced a 102-step process to just 30 steps and cut the number of emails for new starters by 65% year-on-year.
Wendy Baker
Chief Human Resources Officer at Brosnan
Brosnan’s story
All of the administrative processes we have in place are now quicker thanks to ELMO. As a sole HR manager in a 200-strong organisation, it really is like having another team member.
Emma Liston
Human Resources Manager at Lipman
Lipman’s story
Solutions for your unique challenges
Centralise your workforce data. Manage roles, licences and site-based records with full visibility and a system built for compliance and mobility.
Build your next project team faster. Post roles, manage approvals and screen applicants in one place while creating talent pools for future needs.
Get your crew on-site quickly. New starters complete forms and upload documentation online, with automated task tracking for HR and hiring managers.
Process payroll with accuracy and confidence. Handle project allocations, contract types and changing awards with a system that reduces risk and admin.
Keep your teams site-ready. Deliver training and safety updates digitally, track compliance and respond quickly to regulatory requirements.
Track goals, progress and feedback across teams, trades and sites, so you can align effort to outcomes and keep projects and performance on track.
Ready to simplify construction workforce management?
See how ELMO can help you build a solid construction HR foundation.
Join 2,000+ ANZ organisations who trust ELMO to cut HR admin, keep them compliant and manage the entire employee lifecycle with confidence.
Join 2,000+ ANZ organisations who trust ELMO to cut HR admin, keep them compliant and manage the entire employee lifecycle with confidence.
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2min readFind the answers you’re looking for
HR software streamlines administrative tasks, improves compliance with industry regulations, enhances employee management, and boosts overall productivity. For construction companies, it can also help manage project-based workforce needs, track certifications, and delivery safety training compliance.
HR software helps construction companies stay compliant with industry regulations by tracking employee certifications, training, and safety records. It can automate reminders for renewals and provide real-time reporting to ensure all workers meet safety standards, reducing the risk of non-compliance penalties.
Construction payroll software means that industry specific elements are built. Factors allowed for the payroll needs for temporary and permanent staff, recruitment needs (to attract, recruit, employ and onboard) and to manage compliance and safety training needs.
Having a complete HR & payroll platform can help you quickly deliver complex compliance reports, tracking credientials as well as helping to roll out and track completion of specific training needs.
It also helps to simplify the recruitment process. From running job advertisements through the application process, down to employment contracts then onboarding.
Having a consolidated system improves efficiency along the full employee lifecycle from recruiting and boarding, tracking to industry compliance, ensuring safety training needs and completing accurate payroll every time.
