The Site Book Site Control is the best site attendance choice for principal contractors on live UK sites: check-in and check-out, live people-on-site and audit-grade exports, tied to per-site contractor access, induction gating with CSCS credential capture and the generated UK CDM pack in one per-site tool with unlimited workers. Procore fits attendance inside enterprise project management, Velappity fits configurable mobile forms, and Evalu-8 fits broader UK EHS teams.
The Site Book Site Control is the best fit for principal contractors running live UK sites who need site attendance tied to per-site contractor access, induction gating with CSCS credential capture, and the generated CDM pack in one tool; Procore fits enterprise project management, Velappity fits configurable mobile forms, and Evalu-8 fits broader UK EHS teams.
Per active site with unlimited workers (~75+ typical), multiple contractor companies and assigned-site Site Supervisor logins inherited from Business
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Best for
Principal contractors and builders running live sites with subcontractors who need UK CDM documents generated plus on-site contractor access, attendance, RFIs and audit-ready evidence in one per-site tool.
Large contractors and developers who need a full project management platform for coordinating multi-million-pound builds.
Operations and H&S teams that want configurable inspection, RAMS, COSHH, reporting, assets, and client portal workflows in one broader field-service platform.
Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management.
Not ideal for
No biometric turnstiles or physical access control, so it cannot secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way hardware-led platforms like MSite can.
Custom annual pricing depends on turnover and products, so small builders cannot compare a simple monthly CDM-document cost up front.
RAMS and COSHH sit on the Gold plan, which is GBP50 per user per month billed annually (GBP55 on monthly billing) - expensive for small builders.
The RAMS module is GBP295/mo on top of core EHS (GBP2.50/licence/mo, 10-user minimum) -heavy for a sole trader who only needs RAMS, and most other add-on modules are still quote-only on the pricing page.
RAMS / CPP / COSHH generation
Generates UK RAMS, CPP, COSHH and method statements from the project brief — unique in this category.
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RAMS
AI-generated, site-specific and editable in-browser on every The Site Book plan; inherited by Site Control.
Document management module -manual creation, no UK-specific RAMS generator.
Custom form workflow; RAMS listed on Gold.
Module within wider EHS platform.
CPP
Full Construction Phase Plans, not just RAMS.
COSHH
Standalone COSHH document, site-specific substance register and safety-data-sheet upload with extraction.
No UK substance database -custom forms only.
COSHH listed on Gold and risk-assessment pages.
Method statements
Built-in trade task library plus your own reusable work types and method steps.
RAMS-oriented form/report workflow.
PCPP import
Upload an existing pre-construction plan and reuse its structure.
Document review
Review status and history, optional named-approver routing before issue, and client approve/request-changes via share links.
Submittals, workflows and document-control features.
Can be built as custom workflows.
Workflow capability depends on quoted modules.
Document checking
Site diary
Editable daily entries; owner/admin deletion is permanent, while a Site Supervisor's deletion is retained for owner/admin restore. Live entries and photo counts appear in the Audit Pack.
Site files
Drawings, plans, H&S docs, procedures, RAMS, CPP and emergency information.
Strong drawing and document management.
Files can support configured forms/portals.
Documents can sit in broader EHS modules.
Site portal
Workers get their own link to the documents and information for the sites they are on.
Enterprise collaborator/project access model.
Client portal workflows are listed.
Subcontractor tracking
Full subcontractor coordination in PM suite.
Subcontractor evidence
Evidence record, review and archive workflow against the project.
Subcontractor coordination, not CDM evidence requests by default.
Could be configured; not a CDM evidence module by default.
Corrective actions
Owner, due date and completion state against each inspection finding.
Reporting/action workflows in field forms.
Actions are part of the broader EHS platform.
Data export
Includes the Audit Pack: one merged PDF with documents, sign-offs, worker evidence, attendance, incidents, COSHH, permits and up to the latest 500 live Site Diary entries.
AI chat
In-app assistant answering from the published Help Centre articles.
Procore advertises Procore AI, including grounded answers, agentic workflows and job-specific agents for construction teams.
Permits to work
Site inductions
Digital induction blocks check-in until acknowledged - readable in 9 worker languages.
Training documents and toolbox talks; not a dedicated induction flow.
Multilingual inductions (9 languages)
Workers read and acknowledge key H&S details in 9 languages at the entrance QR; the language used is recorded in the audit trail and translations are site-team reviewable.
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RAMS sign-off (per worker)
Per-worker RAMS acknowledgement can block check-in until the current version is signed. Optional 4-digit PINs add evidence to shared-link document sign-off without changing attendance.
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Worker cert tracking
CSCS upload, internal review and expiry notifications.
General compliance tools -requires customisation for UK.
Training documents, not construction worker cert tracking.
Right to work
Records Home Office share-code checks with outcome, expiry and an evidence file (manual verification, not a live API).
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Contractor self-onboarding
Contractor self-join via the entrance QR with CSCS upload and approval.
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QR / mobile sign-in
Permanent entrance QR for guest sign-in/out and contractor self-join.
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GPS clock-in
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Biometric access
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Physical access control
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Site attendance
Check-in/out, history and a live people-on-site view.
Daily logs and workforce tools, not small-builder H&S portal focus.
Configurable forms can model attendance.
Can be covered by configured EHS workflows.
CIS payroll
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Live people-on-site
Triggered evacuation + muster roll-call: snapshot who is on site, mark each person safe, export a roll-call PDF.
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Multi-company isolation
Each contractor company sees only its own workforce — test-verified.
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RFIs
Create, attach, comment, answer and close — unique in this category.
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Document-review evidence
Version-specific read/acknowledge audit chain.
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Handover sign-off
Per-plot, per-trade hand-over sign-off signed in person on one phone; certified PDF emailed to developer and contractor; per-plot progress board. Unique in this category.
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Toolbox talks
Listed on Gold.
Site inspections
Strong configurable inspection forms.
Audits and inspections are core EHS modules.
Incident log
Incident reports listed on Gold.
Plant / asset management
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Workforce scheduling
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Multi-site dashboard & exports
Attendance CSV, monthly H&S CSV/PDF and project audit-log exports.
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Mobile app
No native app required; workers scan the entrance QR and use the browser on their own phone.
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Offline mode
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Single sign-on (SSO)
SAML single sign-on with Okta or Microsoft Entra; can be required across your company email domain.
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Public API
Read-only REST API with scoped account keys, rate limiting and an OpenAPI 3.1 spec (projects, documents, workers, certifications, attendance).
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Outbound webhooks
Signed real-time webhooks — documents generated/signed, certificates expiring, workers checking in — with retries and a delivery log.
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Reading this table: a tick means supported, a dash means partly supported, and a cross means we checked and it is not supported. An em dash (—) means we have not verified that capability for that product either way — treat it as unknown, not as a missing feature, and check with the vendor.
Why this matters
Construction site attendance is not the same buying question as payroll timesheets. The health-and-safety need is practical: know who is on site, run an emergency roll call, and keep the record with the project. The Site Book Site Control answers it per active site — contractors self-join through a permanent entrance QR, pass induction gating with CSCS credential capture before check-in, appear in a live people-on-site view, and can be swept into a triggered evacuation that snapshots the roster, marks each person safe and exports a roll-call PDF — with the UK CDM pack, RFIs and audit-grade exports generated in the same tool rather than a detached form system.
Who each tool is for
At-a-glance fit per product - pulled from the same data that drives the snapshot table.
The Site Book Site Control
Best for
Principal contractors and builders running live sites with subcontractors who need UK CDM documents generated plus on-site contractor access, attendance, RFIs and audit-ready evidence in one per-site tool.
Not ideal for
No biometric turnstiles or physical access control, so it cannot secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way hardware-led platforms like MSite can.
Team size
Per active site with unlimited workers (~75+ typical), multiple contractor companies and assigned-site Site Supervisor logins inherited from Business
Procore
Best for
Large contractors and developers who need a full project management platform for coordinating multi-million-pound builds.
Not ideal for
Custom annual pricing depends on turnover and products, so small builders cannot compare a simple monthly CDM-document cost up front.
Team size
50+
Velappity
Best for
Operations and H&S teams that want configurable inspection, RAMS, COSHH, reporting, assets, and client portal workflows in one broader field-service platform.
Not ideal for
RAMS and COSHH sit on the Gold plan, which is GBP50 per user per month billed annually (GBP55 on monthly billing) - expensive for small builders.
Team size
5+
Evalu-8
Best for
Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management.
Not ideal for
The RAMS module is GBP295/mo on top of core EHS (GBP2.50/licence/mo, 10-user minimum) -heavy for a sole trader who only needs RAMS, and most other add-on modules are still quote-only on the pricing page.
Team size
50+
The bottom line
Pick the option that matches how your team actually works.
Choose The Site Book Site Control if…
Choose The Site Book Site Control when you are a principal contractor running live sites and need to know who is on site at scale — per active site with unlimited workers, a permanent entrance QR for contractor self-join, induction gating with CSCS credential capture before check-in, live people-on-site, and audit-grade attendance exports, with the UK CDM pack generated in the same tool.
Recommended for: Principal contractors needing who's-on-site at scale with subcontractors
Choose Velappity if…
Choose Velappity if site attendance is one configurable mobile form inside a wider field-service or H&S reporting setup. It is more flexible than Site Control, but it takes more setup and is not a UK CDM document generator out of the box.
Recommended for: Teams needing configurable mobile forms
Choose Procore if…
Choose Procore if attendance sits inside a larger enterprise project-management stack with drawings, RFIs, submittals, cost controls, daily logs, and project collaboration. It is stronger for PM depth, but heavier than a focused per-site CDM, access, and attendance workflow.
Recommended for: Large contractors already standardised on a PM suite
Why switch to The Site Book
✓Site attendance — check-in/out, history and a live people-on-site view — sits on the same per-site tool that runs contractor access, with a triggered evacuation and mark-safe roll-call PDF built in.
✓Contractors self-join through a permanent entrance QR, with induction gating with CSCS credential capture enforced before anyone can check in.
✓Per-site pricing with unlimited workers, instead of per-seat or per-turnstile economics.
✓No hardware: a permanent entrance QR plus browser sign-in on the worker's phone means a new site goes live in days with no turnstile capex.
✓Audit-grade attendance and H&S exports come out of the same tool that generates the UK CDM pack and runs RFIs.
Full breakdown per product
Strengths, weaknesses, fit, and the sources every claim came from.
From £675/site per month plus £5,000 one-off setup; volume tiers as sites scale
Best for
Principal contractors and builders running live sites with subcontractors who need UK CDM documents generated plus on-site contractor access, attendance, RFIs and audit-ready evidence in one per-site tool.
Team size
Per active site with unlimited workers (~75+ typical), multiple contractor companies and assigned-site Site Supervisor logins inherited from Business
Sweet spot
A principal contractor running one or more active sites who must generate the CDM pack, control who is inducted and on site, run RFIs, and produce audit-ready attendance and H&S exports without hardware.
Strengths
Generates the full UK CDM pack — RAMS, CPP, COSHH and method statements — and captures sign-off on site; no direct competitor in this category generates UK compliance documents.
Per-site pricing with unlimited workers (~75+) and test-verified multi-contractor-company data isolation, instead of per-seat or per-turnstile economics.
No hardware: a permanent entrance QR plus browser sign-in on the worker's phone means a new site goes live in days with no turnstile capex or install.
Combines RFIs, document-review evidence, CSCS and induction gating, attendance and audit-grade exports in one tool — plus SSO (Okta / Microsoft Entra), a scoped REST API and signed webhooks for enterprise IT.
Plot-by-plot hand-over sign-off: capture every trade signed off on every plot in person, with a certified PDF and a live progress board — no other tool in this category does per-plot trade sign-off.
Provable safety, not assumed: per-worker RAMS sign-off (which can block check-in until the current method statement is signed), right-to-work evidence records with expiry, and a triggered evacuation muster roll-call with a roll-call PDF — all rolled into one Audit Pack export.
Weaknesses
No biometric turnstiles or physical access control, so it cannot secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way hardware-led platforms like MSite can.
No CIS payroll or GPS-geofenced clock-in, so payroll-accuracy-led buyers may prefer Chime or Donseed.
No plant/asset management or workforce scheduling — adjacent operations tools cover those.
New plan on a recently launched product, with a shorter track record than established incumbents.
Check the product detail
These maintained Help Centre guides show exactly how the controls behind this comparison work.
RAMS/COSHH on Gold from GBP50/user/mo (annual; GBP55 monthly)
Best for
Operations and H&S teams that want configurable inspection, RAMS, COSHH, reporting, assets, and client portal workflows in one broader field-service platform.
Team size
5+
Sweet spot
A multi-site contractor or compliance service provider with time to build custom forms and a budget for per-user Gold-tier access.
Strengths
Flexible form builder can support RAMS, inspections, COSHH, assets, reporting, and client portals in one configurable platform.
Mobile app and offline sync fit field teams that need to complete risk forms on site and report back later.
Public pricing and a free tier make the entry path clearer than demo-only enterprise EHS tools.
Weaknesses
RAMS and COSHH sit on the Gold plan, which is GBP50 per user per month billed annually (GBP55 on monthly billing) - expensive for small builders.
Requires custom form setup before it feels tailored; The Site Book generates construction documents from the project brief immediately.
No dedicated CPP, PCPP import, permits, site diary, or subcontractor tracking for a full CDM 2015 project pack.
Large contractors and enterprise teams with 50+ people who need a broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management.
Team size
50+
Sweet spot
An organisation that needs EHS across multiple business units and is willing to build a quoted package around core EHS plus RAMS, COSHH, audits, and other modules.
Strengths
Broad EHS platform covering compliance, training, audits, and incident management in one tool.
Suitable for large contractors and enterprise teams that need multi-module EHS across business units.
Includes site inductions, worker cert tracking, and toolbox talks -bigger functional spread than RAMS-only tools.
Weaknesses
The RAMS module is GBP295/mo on top of core EHS (GBP2.50/licence/mo, 10-user minimum) -heavy for a sole trader who only needs RAMS, and most other add-on modules are still quote-only on the pricing page.
Requires demo, onboarding, and configuration -slow to get running compared to self-serve tools.
Desktop-focused enterprise UI is not optimised for builders working from a phone on site.
Short, straight answers - the same questions real builders ask.
What should construction site attendance software record?
For health-and-safety purposes it should record who is currently on site, which project they attended, when they checked in and out, and enough identity context to support an emergency roll call. It should avoid payroll-style timekeeping language unless that is the product's purpose. The Site Book Site Control frames this as per-site attendance and live people-on-site, and now triggers an evacuation, snapshots the on-site roster, marks each person safe and exports a roll-call PDF.
Does Site Control need turnstiles or biometric hardware?
No. The Site Book Site Control uses a permanent entrance QR plus browser sign-in on the worker's phone, so a new site can go live in days with no turnstile capex or biometric install. Workers self-join through the QR, upload their CSCS card and complete the induction before check-in. It does not provide biometric or physical access control, so it will not secure a Tier-1 perimeter the way MSite or Biosite hardware can.
When is Velappity a better attendance choice?
Velappity is a better choice when attendance is one configurable form inside a wider field-service workflow with assets, inspections, client portals, and reporting. It is useful where a team wants to design its own forms. The trade-off is setup: it does not generate UK RAMS, CPPs, COSHH records, or site inductions by default, so teams without a CDM generator may need another tool.
When is Procore a better attendance choice?
Procore is the better fit for larger contractors already using a full project-management platform with drawings, RFIs, submittals, schedules, daily logs, document management, and cost controls. Its strength is connected project delivery at scale. Site Control is narrower and faster when attendance must sit beside per-site contractor access and the UK CDM pack.
How quickly can a new site go live with attendance software?
With hardware-led systems the lead time is the install: turnstiles or biometric readers have to be ordered, fitted and commissioned before the first check-in. With a software-only tool like The Site Book Site Control, a new site goes live in days: print the permanent entrance QR, workers self-join on their phones, upload their CSCS card and complete the induction, and check-ins start appearing in the live people-on-site view immediately.
How we built this comparison
Based on The Site Book Site Control plan scope and publicly available vendor pages for Procore, Velappity, and Evalu-8 reviewed on 2026-07-01.
Every pricing, feature, and fit claim in this comparison is checked against public vendor documentation and, where relevant, independent sources. The “source basis” footer on each product card lists the exact URLs and the date we fetched them. The internal freshness dashboard flags source evidence after 45 days; priority pricing is scheduled for monthly review and feature or ownership claims for quarterly review. Last reviewed on .
Generates the full UK CDM pack — RAMS, CPP, COSHH and method statements — and captures sign-off on site; no direct competitor in this category generates UK compliance documents.
Per-site pricing with unlimited workers (~75+) and test-verified multi-contractor-company data isolation, instead of per-seat or per-turnstile economics.
No hardware: a permanent entrance QR plus browser sign-in on the worker's phone means a new site goes live in days with no turnstile capex or install.
Combines RFIs, document-review evidence, CSCS and induction gating, attendance and audit-grade exports in one tool — plus SSO (Okta / Microsoft Entra), a scoped REST API and signed webhooks for enterprise IT.
Plot-by-plot hand-over sign-off: capture every trade signed off on every plot in person, with a certified PDF and a live progress board — no other tool in this category does per-plot trade sign-off.
Provable safety, not assumed: per-worker RAMS sign-off (which can block check-in until the current method statement is signed), right-to-work evidence records with expiry, and a triggered evacuation muster roll-call with a roll-call PDF — all rolled into one Audit Pack export.
