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Construction software for SPECIALIST subcontractors
Construction software for specialist subcontractors. Complete commercial and financial visibility across every package you price, deliver and bill, so margin holds from the initial estimate through to the final account.
The platform 3000+ construction businesses rely on
The problem today
Priced in one place, delivered in another, billed in a third
What estimating, commercial and finance teams are dealing with on every package.
Every enquiry arrives in a different shape
Subcontractors price plenty of tenders with no guarantee of winning them. With every main contractor structuring drawings, specifications and bills of quantities differently, it creates rework before pricing can even start. Add prices moving weekly, and the rate library can't keep pace, leaving team members pricing from different costs.
Tracking across multiple live contracts
The business is running several different projects at once. Managed in isolation, commercial and finance teams each keep their own spreadsheets for materials, direct labour, subcontract works and plant hire. Finance struggles to cost it back, and leadership has no high-level view across the jobs.
Applications, retentions and certifications
Client billing is a constant battle on cash flow, and the problem is tracking. Variations and dayworks get agreed on site but not always tracked against the contract. Deadlines and release dates sit in spreadsheets, making it difficullt to track aged retentions and reclaim cash back into the business.
How we help
Built around how subcontractors actually work
Estimating, job costing, client billing, plant and reporting, from initial enquiry through to recovered cash.
01 Tendering built for high-paced environments
Bid more, and bid on what you already know
Estimators and commercial teams are build accurate and consistent tenders. Easily create an estimates from scratch or from previous projects, so nobody starts from a blank sheet. A central library of rates keeps everyone working from the same up-to-date costs, and easily engage with several suppliers from one place to build the most competitive tender.
02 Cost control across every project
Track cost against the budget you priced
Take the initial budget from your estimate and track how cost builds on the live project against that original build-up. Commercial teams see how cost is tracking against budget and understand cost-to-complete, so cash gets recovered at each stage to keep projects moving forward.
03 Client billing
A controlled route from valuation to recovered cash
Commercial and finance work from a shared view of client billing to recover cash faster, gain greater control of aged debt, and improve project profitability. Applications, certifications, invoices, retentions, dayworks and variations are managed on one connected platform, with an auditable trail behind each one. Attach documents, photographs and notes to evidence progress, then share that back with your client.
04 Plant, owned and hired
Know what is on site, and what should be off-hired
Internal plant management in Evision gives a high-level view of status: hire that has run past the initial contract date, items needing service, MOT or repair, and the purchase quotes, orders and invoices behind each one. With the ability to see what plant is out on site and what is rented out.
For external hire, plant orders raised from Construct accrue cost against the live contract, invoices match to plant orders to catch overcharges, and plant is tracked by job, supplier and project manager.
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Security and compliance
The compliance answer, in the same system as the ledger
CIS, RCT in Ireland, VAT reverse charge and retentions are handled where the general ledger sits, not in a spreadsheet alongside it. One audit trail, one place to answer from.
Construction tax handled in system
CIS, RCT, VAT reverse charge and retentions against the ledger.
100% cloud
No servers to maintain, no infrastructure to manage and no upgrades to schedule. Reach Construct and Evision from any location and any device.
ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Certified
Certified information security across the platform, backed by Microsoft security.
Consolidated CVRs and profit reports generated in minutes
Every growth decision backed by accurate, real-time insight
Aligned workflows across locations as the business grew
Alto Construct replaced every commercial and accounts spreadsheet
"Construct got rid of every spreadsheet for our accounts and commercial teams. It’s become a one-stop shop for the entire function."
Paul Sanderson
Managing Director, Alto Construct
Trusted by over 3,000 construction businesses
Built on trusted Microsoft and Sage foundations
Which product
Where specialist subcontractors start
Discover which product fits your needs best.
Construct
£100k to £25m turnover
Job costing, commitments, applications and commercial reporting alongside your existing accounting, with approval limits that hold before spend affects the contract.
Integrates with Sage 50, Sage 200, Sage Intacct, Sage Payroll, Xero and Xero Payroll.
Evision
£25m turnover and above
The same cost model across multiple companies and locations, with CVR version control and consolidated commercial reporting for the group.
Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
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Estimating Software
Estimating with take-off built in. On-screen take-off with a live link to the bill, mark-up and overlay, and one central set of drawings, measures and mark-ups.
FAQs
Can we track applications and retentions held against us by the client?
Yes. Applications, certifications, invoices, retentions, dayworks and variations are managed in one place, with release dates and outstanding balances tracked against the contract. Commercial and finance teams work from the same view of what is claimed, what is certified, what is due and what is still outstanding.
Does it handle CIS for subcontractors?
Yes. CIS, RCT, reverse charge VAT and Making Tax Digital are handled inside the system. Subcontractor verification, deductions and returns run against the same ledger, so there is one audit trail rather than a spreadsheet sitting beside it.
Can we price a package and carry that budget into delivery?
Yes. The budget from the estimate becomes the budget on the live contract, so cost is tracked against the original build-up rather than a figure rekeyed from a spreadsheet. That is what makes cost-to-complete reliable while the package is still running.
See it on your projects, not a demo dataset
Book a demo and we will walk through a package from enquiry and pricing to application, retention and final account. If you would rather talk it through first, speak to a consultant.
