R.G. Parkins & Partners

About R G Parkins & Partners Ltd

Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Kendal, R G Parkins & Partners Ltd has built a reputation for delivering high‑quality engineering services with a responsive, client‑focused approach. Their multi‑discipline team faced the challenge of tracking time and costs across diverse engagements ranging from short‑term consultancies to long‑term structural projects while keeping administrative overheads under control.

The Challenge

Before adopting Coretime, R G Parkins relied on multiple disconnected systems and spreadsheets to manage time tracking, project allocation, and invoicing preparation. This created several issues:

• Engineers logging time on different platforms or manual spreadsheets, making it hard to consolidate hours for billing.
• Limited visibility for project leads into how time was spent across tasks, projects and engineers.
• Administrative burden for support staff reconciling timesheets, preparing invoices and aligning time data with project budgets.
• Growing risk of missed billable hours, delayed invoices, and lack of a dedicated timesheet solution for engineers tailored to the consulting‐engineering environment.

In short, the firm needed a unified system that would bring together engineering timesheets, project tracking and cost visibility in one place.

Implementation

The roll‑out of Coretime as a timesheet solution for engineers at R G Parkins followed a structured approach:

1. Data migration of previous timesheet entries and project codes into the Coretime environment.
2. Configuration of engineering‑specific tasks and project templates so engineers could log time in a way that matched their day‑to‑day work.
3. Training sessions for engineers and project managers focusing on ease of use, accuracy of entry, and understanding of reporting dashboards.
4. Launch phase with monitoring of adoption, timesheet accuracy, and feedback from engineering staff.
5. Ongoing support via Coretime’s team to optimise processes, adjust dashboards, and ensure the system kept pace with R G Parkins’ growth.

Within a few weeks, engineers were using the platform consistently, and project leads had immediate access to reliable time and cost‑data.

The Results

Since implementing Coretime as their dedicated timesheet solution for engineers, R G Parkins & Partners Ltd have achieved:

• A unified, trustworthy system for engineers to log hours and for project leads to review time allocation.
• Improved visibility into how engineering resource hours are spent making it easier to identify non‑billable tasks or under‑utilised time.
• Reduced administrative workload on reconciling spreadsheets and manual timesheet entry.
• Greater confidence that billable hours are captured accurately, supporting timely invoicing and better financial control.

“The Coretime system is easy to use, accurate, and has helped to increase our efficiencies; we would absolutely recommend it to other companies in that we find it invaluable.”
— David Heron, R G Parkins & Partners Ltd

By choosing a solution designed for engineering consultancies, R G Parkins made their time‑tracking fit for purpose and positioned themselves for improved project profitability and scalability.

Looking Ahead

With Coretime embedded, R G Parkins & Partners are now equipped to scale their engineering operations more efficiently. They can continue to refine their timesheet solution for engineers adding advanced reporting, deeper project cost‑analysis, and tighter integration with invoicing and finance systems. The system will support their growth by keeping time data transparent, resource allocation optimised, and administrative burdens minimised.

If your engineering consultancy needs a reliable timesheet solution for engineers, offering clarity, efficiency and billing accuracy, then Coretime could be the answer.
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