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Manpower Planning

See where labor demand is headed before staffing becomes a problem.

Controls Star turns your labor hours into a period-by-period manpower picture — planned, earned, spent, remaining and forecasted — so teams can see the ramp coming and staff to it.

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Controls Star · Project Manpower (Monthly · FTE)
PlannedEarnedSpentRemainingForecasted
Representative labor profile shown for illustration.
The hours model

Five views of the same workforce.

Actuals stop at the data date; projections take over after it. Read together, they show whether labor is keeping pace with the work — and where it's heading.

Planned

The labor hours the plan expects for each period.

Earned

Hours earned against progress actually completed.

Spent

Actual hours booked to the work so far.

Remaining

Hours still required to finish from the data date.

Forecasted

Where labor demand is heading on current performance.

Cut it the way you plan

Weekly or monthly. Whole project or one discipline.

  • Weekly or monthly cadence

    Switch between a monthly demand curve and a weekly view for near-term crewing.

  • Filter by discipline

    Isolate Pipe, Electrical, Concrete or any discipline in the data to see its labor profile.

  • Hours translated to FTEs

    A work-schedule and calendar convert labor hours into full-time-equivalent headcount you can staff against.

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What teams do with it

Fewer staffing surprises. Earlier conversations.

Anticipate demand earlier

See ramp-ups and drop-offs coming before they become a staffing scramble.

Check staffing against the plan

Compare where labor demand is heading with what the schedule assumes.

Spot labor-performance pressure

When spent hours outrun earned, the histogram shows it — period by period.

Better controls ↔ construction conversations

One shared picture of labor demand, instead of competing spreadsheets.

Construction crew coordinating work high on a steel and concrete structure

The right crews, in the right numbers, at the right time — planned from the hours you already track.

Related capabilities
Discipline Level Breakdowns

Find the trade behind the variance so teams focus corrective action where it matters.

Project Performance

Understand the condition and trajectory of a single project without stitching reports together.

Earned Value Management

Turn planned, earned and spent values into earlier, clearer decisions.

See your labor demand before it arrives.

Explore the manpower view on the sample project, then load your own hours to plan the ramp.

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