Track3D, a Milpitas, California, company that sells AI progress tracking to contractors, changed how it charges on October 6, 2026. Contractors now pay $0.15 per square foot per project for progress tracking, and Track3D includes visual documentation, the searchable photo record of site conditions, at no additional cost. The workflow it targets is the weekly progress check that feeds the schedule update and the percent-complete figures on a pay application.
What it does
Today a superintendent or field engineer verifies progress by walking each floor with each trade, marking up drawings and comparing notes with foremen. In Track3D’s case study of a Hensel Phelps project at San Francisco International Airport, a mechanical scope walk took 30 to 60 minutes, and the team repeated it for framing, electrical, finishes and the other trades.
With Track3D, a field engineer captures the site at the end of the workday. On the Hensel Phelps job, those captures came from the field engineers’ routine 360-degree site walks. The software runs image segmentation on each frame, which means it labels the parts of every photo by what they show, such as installed ductwork or framed walls. It then maps what it finds to the scope of work and reports quantified progress by level, trade and area, compared against the schedule. Track3D says the output shows what got built, which activities are slipping and which areas have stalled.
Track3D says it works from standard 2D drawings and uses a BIM model when one exists. Visual captures are available in as fast as 30 minutes and progress data in as fast as six hours, according to the company.
The people who would use it are superintendents and field engineers who run progress walks, project managers who check percent complete before approving a sub’s pay application, and schedulers updating the look-ahead. In the case study, the Hensel Phelps QC team also used the photo history to check in-wall work without opening walls.
Evidence so far
The evidence so far is Track3D’s own case study of the Hensel Phelps SFO project, a six-story office and operations center built between two active terminals, plus comments from a Hensel Phelps superintendent and the company’s director of innovation. Hensel Phelps deployed the software during the project’s second phase.
These claims come from Track3D’s case study:
- 2,964 total hours saved, which the press release describes as manual progress-tracking work.
- $342,000 in labor cost savings.
- A reduction of more than 50% in documentation time.
- Three major reworks avoided and 26 subcontracted trades coordinated.
Dividing the two headline figures gives about $115 per hour saved. The length of the period behind these totals and the method used to count the hours are not public.
The case study also reports what changed in the superintendent’s week:
| Task on the SFO project | Before Track3D | With Track3D |
|---|---|---|
| Hours per week verifying progress | 20 | 1 |
| Job walks per month | 20+ | 1 |
Area superintendent Garin Anderson is quoted in the case study: “We used to spend 20 hours a week just trying to verify progress.” Midway through the job the team added lighting fixtures to what the software tracked, and Track3D says lighting progress was being measured within days. Thai Nguyen, Hensel Phelps’s director of innovation, says in the press release that a six-hour turnaround makes the data early enough to change what happens on site.
Track3D also says 16 of ENR’s Top 30 contractors use the product.
How to measure it on your projects
Track progress verification hours per week. Count the hours your superintendent, field engineers and project engineers spend walking the job to confirm progress, marking up drawings, chasing trade updates and assembling the progress report. Leave out safety walks and QC inspections, so the number covers only the work the tool claims to replace.
Capture the baseline before a pilot:
- Add a timesheet code for progress verification on one active job, or have each person keep a simple daily log.
- Record four weeks of hours, and note how many job walks happen in that time.
- Record how many days pass between a walk and the updated progress report reaching the scheduler.
During the pilot, keep logging the same hours and compare the pay application percent complete for two or three subs against what the software reports. The SPI and CPI post shows how percent complete from pay applications feeds schedule and cost indexes, and the labor productivity post uses the same daily log and timesheet records.
A first step this week is to add the progress-verification timesheet code on one job.
Availability and cost
The new pricing is available now to new and existing customers, subject to Track3D’s terms and eligibility criteria. Progress tracking costs $0.15 per square foot per project. Customers on progress tracking get visual documentation across their projects at no additional cost for up to five times the area they contract for progress tracking. Track3D sells through its contact page.