Construction Contract Allowances Stop Losing Money on Allowances: The Update Every Builder Needs We’ve recently released a major update to our CRM products and Web Portal that makes it easier to manage and track customer contract allowances. Contract allowances give builders and contractors the ability to present a lump‑sum contract before clients choose finishes such…
Closing More Sales Using Allowances in Your Sales Contracts Waiting for customers to make finish selections can stall your sales process. In many cases, it takes weeks—delaying contract signings, pushing out construction schedules, and even causing you to lose the sale entirely. If you’re one of the construction companies that waits for every finish to…
Improve Your Cash Flow With Integrated Job Cost Accounting Software + Online Payments Stop waiting for checks. Get paid faster. Strengthen cash flow. By integrating a Construction‑Specific Job Cost Accounting System with a 3rd‑party payment processor, contractors can collect payments by credit card or ACH directly from client invoices — no more chasing checks, no…
What Contractors Are Getting Right—and Wrong About AI Estimating systems AI for estimating is the hot topic across the construction industry right now. Everywhere you look, contractors are experimenting with AI tools—especially for taking off footages and counts from digital blueprints. The appeal is obvious: speed, automation, and the promise of getting more done with…
The QuickBooks Hangover: The New Generation Just Discovered What the Old Pros Always Knew. One of our long time clients said something to us recently that enlightened us to what we’ve known for years. “The processes and procedures of running a successful construction company haven’t changed.” And he’s Right. The Last Generation: Builders Who Built…
Construction Job Costing Responsibilities I recently asked AI Copilot the following question, “In construction who should be responsible for job costing and generating the actual versus budgeted cost analysis reporting? Who should NOT be?” Job Cost Accountant / Project Accountant (Best Practice) This role is designed for exactly this responsibility. They handle: Coding labor, materials,…
The Evolution of Construction Project Management: Why Job Cost Accounting Still Defines Success Since the beginning of my career in the construction software industry—more than forty years ago—the most successful construction companies have always managed their projects through some form of true job costing. They tracked actual costs against revised budgets by category of…
What do construction cost accounting & billing software offer that generic accounting software like QuickBooks simply can’t? A true construction‑built Job Cost Accounting & Billing system doesn’t just track numbers — it drives profitability. It automates construction‑specific billing, eliminates spreadsheet chaos, and gives contractors real‑time visibility into every job’s financial health. QuickBooks was built for…
The Hidden Profit Killer in Small Construction Companies: The Disconnect Between Estimating and Accounting In many small building companies estimating and the accounting software are not connected. The estimating process lives in one world and the accounting process lives in another. The owner or estimator builds budgets in a spreadsheet or a third‑party estimating tool,…
Why Purchase Order Management Is a Game‑Changer for Builders & Contractors In construction, profit isn’t lost in one big moment—it leaks out slowly through unclear scopes, surprise invoices, missed commitments, and sloppy documentation. That’s why the builders and contractors who consistently use purchase orders (POs) run tighter, more profitable, and more predictable operations than those…