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Uncover commercial risk before it impacts profitability
A real-time view of project profitability and commercial risk across every contract. Every cost accounted for, every pound owed recoverable, and any threat to margin surfaced early enough to do something about it.
The platform 3000+ construction businesses rely on
The problem today
The position you report is not the position you are in
What commercial teams are actually dealing with before any of this is connected.
Forecasts go stale
Cost-to-complete forecasts date quickly as projects progress, so the view of forecast cost, risk, recoveries and expected margin is never quite current.
CVRs built on history
CVRs come from static data and historic reports rather than live performance, so decisions are made on a position the contract may have already moved past.
Two sets of numbers
Commercial and finance each work from their own figures, so every difference has to be investigated by hand before anyone trusts the reported position.
Site cost lands late
Variations, dayworks, additional labour, material substitutions, incorrect deliveries and hired plant all generate cost that is not tracked until profitability has already moved.
Subcontract exposure is unclear
Applications, retentions, contra charges and forecast subcontract spend are hard to see in one place, so liability across all projects are a best guess.
The cost of that
Margin is lost in the gap between what site is spending and what the commercial report says. By the time it shows up, the contract is usually past the point of recovery.
The problem today
Three steps from raw cost to a decision
Not a new system to learn. One connected flow from what the job is spending to what you do about it.
01
Capture
Project costs, purchase orders, invoices, subcontractor liabilities, variations and billing come into one connected platform, giving a complete picture of project cost and value from a single source.
02
See
Live CVRs, committed cost, project budgets and forecast margin connect in real time, so teams see the true commercial position of every contract today rather than at month-end.
03
Act
Projects falling behind budget, packages exceeding forecast and changes hitting margin are identified, so commercial teams decide before profitability is affected.
Contractors who took control of cost
"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 bringing Evision on board, we have a clear, real-time view of where we stand from month-end to year-end and beyond. It is about having the confidence, control and foresight to keep delivering the right outcomes."
Michael Hodgkiss
Group Commercial Director, RE:GEN Group
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What makes those three steps real
The capabilities commercial teams use to hold the position, with the screens they work in.
01 Live CVRs
The reported position matches where the contract is
CVRs are built from live cost and value data rather than rebuilt from spreadsheet exports every month. In Evision, check-in and check-out means every version is logged, so commercial directors and finance see the same numbers from the same source at the same time.
02 Cost against budget
Overruns show at cost code and package level
Committed and actual cost are tracked against budget at cost code and work package level, giving teams earlier visibility of cost overruns before they impact margin.
03 Full exposure
Commitments, not just what has been posted
Purchase orders, supplier invoices and future commitments connect to project budgets, giving a complete view of project exposure rather than only the cost already in the ledger.
Variations, valuations and final accounts
Linked directly to project performance rather than tracked in isolation, so forecast margin reflects the true commercial position of the contract.
Plant, owned and hired
Track plant against projects to find underutilised assets, unmanaged hire periods and accumulating cost before it reaches the margin.
Three-way matching
Every supplier invoice is validated against the purchase order and the goods received note, so you pay for what was ordered and actually received.
Version control on CVRs
Check-in and check-out logs every version, so there is one auditable history of how the reported position changed. Available in Evision.
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Which product
Same job, two ways to run it
Cost management works the same way in both. The split is your businesses scale.
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.
FAQs
How is this different from using spreadsheets?
Spreadsheets hold data exported from other systems or keyed in by hand, so they show a snapshot built on history. Construct and Evision connect costs, budgets, purchase orders, supplier invoices, subcontractor commitments, valuations and variations in one system. Cost and value reconcile continuously, giving commercial teams a live view of project profitability, forecast cost and commercial risk through the whole lifecycle.
Does it work with Sage or Xero?
Yes. Construct integrates customer, supplier and company data with Sage 50, Sage 200, Sage Intacct, Sage Payroll, Xero and Xero Payroll. Evision is built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, so the finance layer is part of the same platform.
When margins are tight, visibility and control aren’t optional.
See your cost position the way it actually is
Request a call and we will walk through how your CVRs are built today and where cost is reaching them late. If you would rather look first, watch a demo.
