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Sage 50 | Sage 200 | Sage Intacct | Xero
The platform 3000+ construction businesses rely on
Why replace spreadsheets
Most commercial, project and finance teams run on a generic accounts package and a set of isolated spreadsheets. That makes it hard to get an accurate picture of costs, or of the margin a job is projected to make.
Construct bridges the gap between core financial processing and project costing. Contractors and housebuilders get a single view of project performance across the whole contract lifecycle. That means better control of the billing process, and a clear line of sight on cost to complete.
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What Construct does
Job costing and contract control across commercial, finance and procurement, built for construction and working with your accounts system.
Job costing
Every job cost in one system, with clear visibility of committed and actual spend against budget.
Contract & budget management
Compare budget, committed costs, actual costs and revenue side by side, and act to protect profit.
Subcontractor management
Applications, part payments, retentions, CIS and outstanding liabilities, all managed in one place.
Client billing
One connected workflow from application to invoice, so cash keeps moving.
Procurement
Manage supplier costs to negotiate better prices. Easily understand what’s outstanding, overdue, or not delivered across all jobs.
Labour tracking
Accurately track direct labour costs and subcontractor spend against live contracts.
What construction teams say
"Construct got rid of every spreadsheet for our accounts and commercial team. It is a one-stop shop for us."
Paul Sanderson
Managing Director, Alto Construct
"Since implementing Construct, we’ve reduced our data entry time by a third, resulting in significant time-savings"
Sharon Burke
Manager, NBJ London
"Based on the reporting side alone, we’ve seen an 80% time-saving efficiency"
Sean Mooney
Projects Director Apple Orchard
What makes those three steps real
The capabilities finance and commercial teams use to hold the position, with the screens they work in.
01 Cost control
Every job cost in one place
Materials, suppliers, plant, variations, dayworks and subcontractors are all handled in the same system, so project teams can analyse budget against cost, across every live job.
From purchase orders and invoices through to goods received notes, every job cost lives in Construct, so finance and commercial work from the same accurate numbers.
02 Cash in
From work completed to cash received
Client billing is a connected workflow to improve your cash collection. Applications for payment, sales invoices, retentions and outstanding payments are all tracked against live contracts, so you know exactly what has been claimed and what is still owed.
03 Cash out
Subcontractor payments with a clear audit trail
Every subcontractor payment keeps a clear audit trail, and each cost feeds straight into live project profitability reporting. CIS compliance gets simpler with online HMRC verification, automated CIS deductions and return submissions. Insurance and CSCS tracking with automated expiry alerts takes commercial risk off the table.
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Construct Insights
Make the call on a live job, not on last month's numbers
Construct Insights is a suite of consolidated dashboards across your contracts and your company performance, so decisions get made on jobs while they are still live.
Commercial dashboard
A real-time view of contract performance, profitability and margin across the business. Spot underperforming contracts, and compare performance across projects and teams so you put attention where it is needed most.
Finance Dashboard
A clear read on the true financial position of the business. Contract and company reporting reconcile in one place, giving you revenue, costs, accruals, WIP and margin together, and more confidence in the numbers you report.
WIP Dashboard
Identify over- and under-certification, keep cost and revenue aligned, and bring down revenue recognition risk.
Retentions Dashboard
Track retention balances, release dates and retention cashflow across both customers and subcontractors, so overdue and ageing retentions surface before they turn into missed collections or unexpected liabilities.
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Procurement dashboard
Visibility of procurement commitments, deliveries, supplier performance and pricing, so you can manage delivery risk and challenge supplier discrepancies.
Mobile apps
Costs captured on site, straight against the contract
A suite of mobile apps built to connect site and back office, so every cost ties back to the original contract as it happens rather than weeks later.
Security and compliance
Security your IT and procurement teams can sign off
Construct is a Cyber Essentials certified product, hosted on Microsoft Azure with an ISO 27001 certified provider, and access control is role-based down to job level. Because Construct is fully cloud-based, we handle maintenance, updates and the security controls that protect your data, so none of that overhead lands on your team.
Price more work at the right margin
Standardise pricing across your estimating team, reuse rates from past jobs projects, and reduce the gap between tender and final account.
Hosted on Microsoft Azure
Hosting provided by an ISO 27001 certified provider, maintained and updated by us.
Job-level access control
Role-based access means people see the jobs and the numbers their role needs, and nothing more.
Why growing contractors choose Construct
Construction-specific from day one
Construct integrates with the Sage or Xero accounts and payroll you already run. Rather than replacing your accounts system, you add construction-specific functionality to it.
AI-powered invoice recognition
Automated invoice processing built for construction costs your invoice data back to the contract, without anyone rekeying every line into the system.
Visibility across the whole project lifecycle
Integrations with estimating and maintenance mean you can build Construct out as your core system as the needs of the business change.
Take control of every job you run
Watch a demo and see Construct on your kind of jobs, with the job costing and contract reporting your teams need. If you would rather talk it through first, request a call.
FAQs
Which accounts packages does Construct integrate with?
Yes. Construct is built for growing contractors, so it works with the accounts packages they already use: Sage Accounting, Sage 50, Sage 200, Sage Intacct and Xero. You keep your existing accounts software, and Construct gives you the project-level detail alongside it.
Is Construct cloud-based?
Yes, Construct is fully cloud-based. We look after the maintenance, updates and security controls that protect your data, so your team can focus on running jobs rather than managing software.
How long does implementation take?
You won't be left to work it out on your own. Every new customer gets a dedicated onboarding specialist who guides them for the first three months, helping the team get set up and confident using the system.
How is a job costing system different to a standard accounts package like Sage or Xero?
Sage and Xero are built to manage your company finances and statutory reporting, and they do that well. What they don't show you is how each job is performing. A job costing system tracks costs, budgets, commitments and profit at project level as they happen. That means you can spot a job going off track early and protect your margin before it hits the bottom line, rather than finding out at month-end.
