Built on the platforms you trust
Microsoft | Sage | Xero
Know what a job is making while it is still running
Job costing software that tracks cost against budget as the work happens. You see whether a job is making money in time to do something about it, rather than weeks later once the reports have been collated.
The platform 3000+ construction businesses rely on
The problem today
You find out what the job made after it has ended
The gaps small finance and commercial teams find when handling job costing and contract management alongside Sage or Xero.
Spreadsheets outside the accounts package
Commercial teams run jobs in disconnected spreadsheets. Finance must reconcile those costs back into the accounts package by hand, which is heavy work for a small team and duplicates effort across it.
Costs and billing in different places
Sales and purchase invoices sit across emails, paperwork and the accounts package, so what has been approved, billed and paid is hard to pin down.
Reporting at a job and business level
Working across multiple jobs and different types of work, finance and commercial teams find it diffcult to proactively report on jobs. Directors find it diffcult to see where you make the most money and what type of work loses it.
The problem today
Three steps from budget
to a decision
One connected flow from the budget you set to what the job is really costing you.
01
Capture
Set a budget for each job, then track live costs, procurement and billing against the contract as work progresses.
02
See
A single real-time view across every live job, covering actual and committed cost, so your team reads the position rather than rebuilding it.
03
Act
Gaps in the process show up as outstanding invoices, unclaimed dayworks or missed applications, so you act on the job before it ends.
Contractors who took control of job costings
"We’ve saved around 50% of the time it used to take us to prepare our job profit reports. Everything we see in our reports is a true reflection of how the job is performing."
Lee Lawrence
Senior Project Manager, Optimise Group
"We’ve seen a 50 to 60% improvement in efficiency and accuracy between our office and site managers since the introduction of the apps. It’s had a real-time impact."
Amy Hardcastle
Accounts Manager, Kitchen Civils
See how Eque2 works for YOUR BUSINESS.
Book a 30-minute call with a construction software specialist. We’ll show you the product live, mapped to where your business is now and where it’s going next.
What makes those three steps real
The capabilities small teams use to hold cost on the job, with the screens they work in.
01 Job costing
Costs build up in front of you, not behind you
A central view of sales value, total cost and profit against each job. You monitor progress in real time and stop jobs running past budget.
02 Orders to invoices
One flow from purchase order to final invoice
Purchase orders and invoices run through the same system, so you track a job from start to finish and see how costs are building up live to stay within budget.
03 Applications and retentions
What is claimed, what is due and what needs chasing
Manage the client billing process from application through to retention. Every application, certification, invoice and retention sits against the live job.
Labour tracked to the job
Direct and subcontract labour cost is tracked against the job, with the correct rates and hours applied.
Digital timesheets from site
Team members and site managers submit their time through a mobile app. The cost flows back into the system without anyone touching a paper sheet.
CIS and reverse charge VAT
Online HMRC verification, automated CIS and reverse charge VAT deductions, and return submissions.
Job profit reporting
Job profit reports built from live cost and sales values, so what you read is a true reflection of how the job is performing.
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Eque2 Construct
where job costing runs
See how you can introduce job costing software alongside your current accounts platform.
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.
Questions buyers ask
How is this different from using spreadsheets?
Spreadsheets tell you what happened. Construct helps you manage what is happening now. In spreadsheets, job costs and information sits across multiple files, gets updated by hand and is prone to error. Construct connects costs, dayworks, retentions, procurement and financial data in one place. You see project performance in real time and make decisions while you can still stay within budget.
Does it work with Sage or Xero?
Yes. Construct is fully integrated with Sage 50, Sage 200, Sage Intacct, Sage Payroll, Xero Accounts and Xero Payroll. You post data from Construct into your accounting system, so information keeps flowing and nobody reconciles it out of spreadsheets.
Is it suitable for small companies?
Yes. A business turning over £100k can start with the standard option. From there it progresses through the product range as its needs get more complex and it needs more control over cost.
When margins are tight, visibility and control aren’t optional.
See how much the job actually costs
Watch a demo and see cost building against a live job, from purchase order through to application and retention. If you would rather talk it through first, request a call.
