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Procurement is where the margin is won or lost.

On a turnkey contract the price is fixed at signing, so every rupee of margin has to be protected during execution. Most of that exposure sits in procurement and subcontractor packages, and both are usually tracked in spreadsheets that only reconcile at project close.

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EPC CompaniesHow a day runs on buildcontrol
1
Requirement becomes a PO
Purchase requests are approved and converted, with rates and vendor recorded.
2
Goods are received against it
A GRN records what actually arrived, which is where stock and cost should be recognised.
3
Material is issued to a package
Consumption lands on the discipline that used it, not on the project as a whole.
4
Subcontractor work is certified
Package payments are released against verified delivery.
The problem

What actually goes wrong

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

No traceability from PO to consumptionA purchase order becomes a GRN becomes an issue, but the chain is broken across three systems so nobody can follow one item end to end.
Package cost is not visible in timeCivil, mechanical and electrical packages are costed together, so an overrun in one is hidden by an underrun in another.
Recognition happens at paymentExpense is booked when the supplier is paid rather than when goods are received and issued, which distorts every mid-project cost report.
Subcontractor packages driftMultiple discipline subcontractors, each with advances, retention and deductions, tracked separately from the work they delivered.
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.

Material Management

Purchase orders, GRNs, issues, transfers and returns with a traceable chain. On a fixed-price contract this is where the margin is defended.

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Payment Management

Subcontractor and supplier accounts per package, with advances, retention and deductions in one place.

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Reports & Dashboards

Package-wise budget versus actual, so an overrun surfaces while there is still time to act.

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Quality Control

Inspections, hold points and defect closure across disciplines, with the documentation a turnkey client will ask for.

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Add later, once the first four are running
  • Equipment for owned and hired plant
  • Attendance and HRMS for direct staff
  • Daily Worksheet for discipline-wise progress
Probably not for you: CRM is designed for selling units to individual buyers, which is not how EPC contracts are won.
How it runs

One day, end to end

1

Requirement becomes a PO

Purchase requests are approved and converted, with rates and vendor recorded.

2

Goods are received against it

A GRN records what actually arrived, which is where stock and cost should be recognised.

3

Material is issued to a package

Consumption lands on the discipline that used it, not on the project as a whole.

4

Subcontractor work is certified

Package payments are released against verified delivery.

5

Package margin is visible

Budget versus actual per package, while the project is still running.

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 / DirectorContract margin, package exposure, cash position
Project ManagerMulti-discipline progress, subcontractor packages
Procurement HeadPurchase orders, vendor rates, GRN status
Site EngineerMaterial issue, quantities, quality checks
QA / QCInspections, hold points, defect closure
Questions

Questions we get from epc companies

Yes. The purchase order, GRN, issue and any transfer or return are linked, so one item can be followed end to end rather than reconstructed from three separate registers.
Yes. Material issues and payments are recorded against the package they belong to, so civil, mechanical and electrical each carry their own cost.
Stock is recognised on receipt and project expense on issue, rather than on payment. Recognising cost at payment makes every mid-project report misleading on a fixed-price contract.
Yes. Advances, retention, deductions and running balances sit against each subcontractor package.
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