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Civil Contractors

Construction management software for civil contractors

Prove the work, then get paid for it.

Your money problem is not spending, it is proving. Work gets done on site, and weeks later somebody has to reconstruct what happened from a diary, a WhatsApp group and a supervisor's memory in order to raise a running account bill. Every gap in that record is a deduction.

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Civil ContractorsHow a day runs on buildcontrol
1
Labour is marked on site
Geo-fenced attendance at each site, from the supervisor's phone.
2
The day is logged
Work done, quantities and photos recorded against the activity.
3
Material is issued against work
Consumption is attached to the item it was used for.
4
The bill writes itself
Quantities, dates and photos are already there when it is time to claim.
The problem

What actually goes wrong

These are the four things that come up in almost every conversation with a civil contractors team.

Billing is a reconstruction exerciseQuantities for the RA bill are assembled from paper diaries and photos after the fact, and anything undocumented gets knocked off by the client.
Labour cost is unclear until paydayAttendance is on a muster roll at each site, so nobody knows the running wage bill mid-month.
Material issued is not material consumedStock leaves the store but there is no record of where it went, so wastage and pilferage look identical.
Subcontractor accounts driftAdvances, part payments and deductions are tracked per person rather than per contract, and disputes follow.
Modules that matter most

Start with these four

buildcontrol has eleven modules, but you do not need all of them on day one. For your kind of work, these carry the weight.

Attendance Management

Geo-fenced labour attendance per site, so the wage bill is known daily and not discovered on payday.

Explore module

Daily Worksheet

A dated, photographed record of work done and quantities achieved. This is the evidence your RA bill rests on.

Explore module

Material Management

Issues against the work they were consumed by, so wastage becomes visible instead of assumed.

Explore module

Payment Management

Subcontractor and supplier accounts with advances, deductions and running balances per contract.

Explore module
Add later, once the first four are running
  • Petty Cash for site level spend
  • Equipment if you own or hire machinery
  • HRMS for staff payroll
Probably not for you: CRM is built for selling units to buyers, so most pure contractors leave it switched off.
How it runs

One day, end to end

1

Labour is marked on site

Geo-fenced attendance at each site, from the supervisor's phone.

2

The day is logged

Work done, quantities and photos recorded against the activity.

3

Material is issued against work

Consumption is attached to the item it was used for.

4

The bill writes itself

Quantities, dates and photos are already there when it is time to claim.

5

Payments settle cleanly

Subcontractor balances and client receipts sit against the same contract.

Who uses it

Every role, one system

Access is controlled by role, so people see what they need and nothing else.

RoleWhat they do in buildcontrol
Owner / DirectorSite-wise cost, receivables, labour bill
Project ManagerProgress, quantities, subcontractor performance
Site EngineerDaily worksheet, material issue, quality
Site SupervisorAttendance, petty cash, day sheet
AccountsRA bills, subcontractor dues, supplier payments
Questions

Questions we get from civil contractors

It gives you the underlying record: dated quantities, photos and material consumption per activity. That is what the bill is assembled from and what survives a client challenge.
Yes. Each site is separate, with its own labour, material, cost and reporting, while you keep a combined view across all of them.
Yes. Labour, staff and vendor teams can all be marked separately, with geo-fencing so attendance is tied to the actual site.
Entries are captured on the mobile app and sync when the phone gets a connection, so a weak signal delays the upload, not the record.
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