LCP Tracker and eMars Software Issues

You bought the software. You paid for the training. You hired someone (or maybe it's you) to spend hours every week wrestling with LCP Tracker and eMars, trying to keep certified payroll compliant while actually running your construction business.

Here's the truth nobody in the software industry wants to admit: 

The problem isn't that you need better software. The problem is that you're spending valuable time being a payroll data entry specialist when you should be building things.

The Software Trap [LCP Tracker & eMars] Construction Companies Fall Into

Generic payroll companies will tell you their platform "handles construction payroll."

They'll check a box that says "certified payroll" and call it a day. Then reality hits:

• Prevailing wage rates that change by county, project, and trade

• Multi-state compliance when your crews cross borders

• Union vs. non-union reporting on the same job

• Fringe benefits that need to be tracked six different ways

• Certified payroll reports that auditors actually accept the first time

LCP Tracker and eMars are powerful tools—if you have a dedicated payroll department. But most contractors and subcontractors don't. You have someone wearing twelve hats trying to figure out why the software is rejecting a timesheet at 4:47 PM on Friday.

What Construction Payroll Experts Actually Do Differently

Imagine this instead: You call in your hours. That's it.

Not "you call in your hours, then spend three hours fixing errors." Not "you call in your hours after you've organized them in three different spreadsheets." Just call. Or email. Or text a photo of your timesheet if that's easier.

Here's what happens on the other end—the part you stop worrying about:

They do the data entry. Every classification. Every rate. Every deduction. People who do this all day, every day, for construction companies just like yours.

They run your payroll cycle. Correctly. The first time. With every prevailing wage rate, every union requirement, every state compliance rule already baked in.

They generate your reports on demand. Need a report for a project manager? Done. Auditor asking questions? Your audit-ready package is already waiting. WH-347 forms? Certified. Fringe benefit tracking? Handled.

They know construction payroll. Not "we also do construction." Not "we have a construction module." They breathe Davis-Bacon, they dream in prevailing wage rates, they speak fluent certified payroll compliance.

Why Generic Payroll Companies Will Never Get It

A regular payroll company processes paychecks. A construction payroll expert manages the chaos of:

• Job costing by project, phase, and cost code

• Apprentice ratios and journeyman requirements

• Wage determinations that change mid-project

• Multi-state unemployment insurance

• Workers' comp codes that actually reflect what your people do

• Per diem and travel pay

• Equipment operator classifications

When you call a generic payroll company with a certified payroll question, you'll get someone reading from a script. When you call a construction payroll specialist, you'll get someone who just processed 47 other certified payrolls this week and knows exactly what that auditor is actually asking for.

Real Cost of DIY Construction Payroll

Let's be honest about what LCP Tracker and eMars are costing you:

• Time: 8-15 hours per pay period (and that's if nothing goes wrong)

• Errors: Prevailing wage violations can mean penalties of $10-$27 per violation per worker, per day

• Stress: That audit letter doesn't care that you "tried your best"

• Opportunity cost: Every hour you're doing data entry is an hour you're not bidding jobs, managing crews, or growing your business

  
  

You didn't get into construction to become a payroll specialist. You got into it to build things.

Getting Started Is Easier Than You Think

Here's what contractors tell us after they make the switch:

"I can't believe we waited this long."

"I got three hours of my life back every week."

"The auditor said it was the cleanest certified payroll package they'd seen all year."

One quick call gets you started. Seriously—one call. We'll ask about your current setup, walk you through how the handoff works, and you could have your next payroll cycle handled by experts who actually understand construction.

Get ahead of 2026. Get ahead of the headaches. Get back to building.

Ready to Hand Over the Complexity?

My Construction Payroll specializes exclusively in construction payroll services—not software you have to manage, but actual experts who manage it for you.

✓ Call in your payroll—we do the data entry

✓ Request reports on demand—anytime you need them

✓ Audit-ready packages—prepared and professional

✓ True construction payroll expertise—not generic payroll with a "construction option"

Stop wrestling with LCP Tracker and eMars. Start working with people who actually know construction payroll.

Call us today and let's talk about getting you set up before 2026.📞 1-800-466-0506

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Because your time is better spent building projects, not building spreadsheets.