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n construction, innovation often comes 
from lived experience. For David 
Peters, the creator of ConstructionClock, 
inspiration was forged over more than 
two decades in the field and a firsthand 
understanding of what it takes to keep 
crews engaged, accountable and  
on schedule.
“I spent 20 years of my life in the field,” 
Peters tells WCA’s Build Manitoba. “I was 
a blue-collar construction worker and 
contractor in southern Manitoba, doing 
everything from residential framing to 
agricultural and commercial builds. I 
lived and breathed this lifestyle.”
Those years gave Peters a deep 
appreciation for the challenges of 
tracking and verifying employee hours. 
When he launched his own contracting 
company, those challenges became 
impossible to ignore. “The biggest thing 
I realized was that my employees, as 
much as they liked me, were padding 
their hours,” he says. “It cost me money, 
but I had no way of solving it.”
At first, Peters relied on a patchwork of 
back-office tools to record hours and 
manage accountability. As his company 
grew, however, that approach became 
increasingly cumbersome. He began 
imagining a single mobile app that  
could replace those disconnected 
systems and quietly handle time tracking 
in the background.
“I thought it’d be really cool if there 
was an app that just made sure when 
people got to site it clocked them in 
automatically, tracked their lunches and 
handled everything in the background 
so I could just work,” he says. “The 
reality is, if you’re on a roof and it’s 
minus 40, you don’t want to organize 
things on your phone. You just want it  
to happen.”
The vision for ConstructionClock took 
shape gradually. Peters imagined 
a GPS-enabled app that could 
automatically record work hours, 
manage timesheets and simplify payroll 
and project reporting. But it wasn’t  
until 2021, when a herniated disc  
forced him off the tools, that the idea 
gained urgency.
“I basically had to take an entire season 
off,” he says. “My guys were out there, 
my manager was running everything, 
and I was sitting at home thinking about 
this app and what it could be.”
When his injury failed to improve, 
Peters faced a turning point. Realizing 
he was unlikely to return to physical 
work, he made a bold decision. He 
handed his construction company over 
to his employees, rented a small office 
in Winnipeg and committed fully to 
building ConstructionClock. “I treated it 
like a job,” he recalls. “I shut down my 
company on a Friday, rolled up my tools 
and gave everything to my employees. 
Then Monday morning, I woke up at 6 
a.m. and put in a full day.”
His first attempt to build the app proved 
costly after he spent $30,000 hiring a 
developer to make a first iteration that 
fell far short of his expectations. Still, he 
pressed on. Peters sold his house, hired 
his own developers and built the first 
functional version of ConstructionClock. 
By 2023, he was back on the road, 
driving across Western Canada and 
visiting jobsites to convince companies 
to try the app, sometimes offering to pay 
them for their time.
The effort paid off. By the end of the year, 
ConstructionClock had 100 users and 
secured a crucial angel investment. “We 
were burning through money,” Peters 
says, “but we were making progress.”
Momentum accelerated quickly. In 2024, 
the customer base grew from 100 to 
1,000 companies, including users in 
Australia, New Zealand and the United 
Kingdom. In 2025, that number climbed 
to 3,000 companies, with annual revenue 
nearly tripling to $2.2 million. Investor 
interest surged as well, eventually 
narrowing to three trusted partners who 
now sit on the company’s board.
“We know exactly what we’re doing now,” 
Peters says. “And we’re sprinting.”
While ConstructionClock delivers clear 
value for employers, Peters is equally 
Peters’s timely jobsite solution
By Matthew Bradford
TECH TRAILBLAZER
Photos courtesy of ConstructionClock.
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