Construction budget and cost control software
A live cost budget that tracks itself as the job spends
Set a cost-coded budget baseline once, then watch committed and actual cost roll up automatically as subcontracts, purchase orders and bills land against it, with no month-end spreadsheet reconciliation.
| Cost code | Original | Committed | Actuals | Forecast | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-100Preliminaries | $458,000 | $304,000 | $186,500 | $458,000 | — |
| 02-100Site & earthworks | $286,000 | $279,500 | $231,400 | $286,000 | — |
| 03-100ConcreteAcme Concreting | $612,000 | $589,900 | $294,950 | $601,000 | +11,000 |
| 05-100Structural steel | $358,000 | $351,200 | $87,800 | $358,000 | — |
| 06-100CarpentryPO-0042 | $394,000 | $18,650 | — | $394,000 | — |
| 07-100Roofing & waterproofing | $248,000 | $241,000 | — | $248,000 | — |
| 08-100Windows & glazing | $322,000 | $316,500 | — | $322,000 | — |
| 09-100Wall & ceiling finishes | $486,000 | — | — | $486,000 | — |
| 15-100Plumbing | $342,000 | $338,000 | $84,500 | $342,000 | — |
| 16-100ElectricalINV-2214 | $488,000 | $474,800 | $86,900 | $488,000 | — |
| 17-100Mechanical / HVAC | $178,000 | $176,400 | — | $178,000 | — |
| 31-100External works & landscaping | $240,000 | — | — | $240,000 | — |
| Total | $4,412,000 | $3,089,950 | $972,050 | $4,401,000 | +11,000 |
Original budget seeded from the $4,412,000 Northside Apartments estimate. Committed flows in from awarded subcontracts and POs; actuals land from approved bills on the matching cost code. Forecast is the PM’s estimate at completion — variance is original less forecast.
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Your budget shouldn't go stale the moment work starts
Tracks itself
Committed and actual cost roll up automatically as instruments and bills land, so the cost report is never a week old and built by hand.
Seed from the estimate
When you win the work, opt in to seed the budget straight from the estimate, and cost codes and values carry across.
One cost-code spine
Budget, committed and actual all live under the same cost codes and roll up cleanly.
Everything cost control needs, in one view
From a fixed baseline to budget vs committed vs actual at a glance.
Locked as the point-in-time reference every variance is measured against.
Set a budget baseline
Lock in a cost-coded baseline with an SOV-style ceremony, then measure everything against it.
| Cost code | Original |
|---|---|
| 03-100Concrete | $612,000 |
| 06-100Carpentry | $394,000 |
| 16-100Electrical | $488,000 |
| + 9 more cost codes | — |
| Total | $4,412,000 |
Build by cost code
Structure the whole budget around your cost-code breakdown so every dollar rolls up cleanly.
Seed the budget from the estimate
Opt in to carry cost codes and values across from a won estimate instead of rebuilding by hand.
| Cost code | Committed |
|---|---|
| 03-100ConcreteAcme Concreting | $589,900 |
| 06-100CarpentryPO-0042 | $18,650 |
See committed cost as it happens
Subcontracts and purchase orders feed committed cost in automatically the moment an instrument is issued.
Track actuals through bills
Subcontract-linked bills land approved cost against the right commitment and cost code.
| Code | Budget | Committed | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03-100 | $612,000 | $589,900 | $294,950 |
| 06-100 | $394,000 | $18,650 | — |
| 16-100 | $488,000 | $474,800 | $86,900 |
Budget vs committed vs actual
A focused view lines up budget, committed and actual per cost code so variance and headroom are visible without exporting.
The budget sits at the centre of Win to Pay
It can be seeded from the estimate when the job is won, so the budget starts from the numbers you priced. Procurement instruments like subcontracts and purchase orders flow in as committed cost, and bills carry their subcontract link through to actual cost. One connected line from first price, through every commitment, to every payment.
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