Cost control from tender to final account
Contractor & Construction ERP
Construction runs on the BOQ. ERPTotal carries the bill of quantities from tender through budget, procurement, subcontracting and progress billing, so committed cost and forecast margin stay visible on every project.
What changes for you
- Live
- committed cost visibility
- Every
- variation captured and billed
- Tracked
- retention and recovery
The problem
What usually goes wrong in contractor operations
- Committed cost is unknown until invoices arrive
- Variations and claims are agreed on site but never billed
- Retention and advance recovery are tracked in side spreadsheets
- Plant, labour and material costs are not attributed to the right activity
The flow
How contractor work runs in ERPTotal
Each stage hands the next one its data. Nothing is re-keyed, and the cost picture updates as the work moves.
- 1
Tender & estimation
Build the BOQ, price items from a rate library, add overhead and markup, and submit the bid.
- 2
Award & budget
Convert the winning tender into a project budget broken down by BOQ item and cost head.
- 3
Planning & resources
Schedule activities, allocate labour and plant, and set the target cost for each work package.
- 4
Procurement & subcontract
Issue material POs and subcontract packages against the budget, with committed cost updating live.
- 5
Site execution
Log daily labour, plant hours, material consumption and site progress against BOQ quantities.
- 6
Variations & claims
Raise variation orders, track client approval, and roll approved changes into the contract value.
- 7
Progress billing
Certify work done, generate the payment application, and apply retention and advance recovery automatically.
- 8
Final account & closeout
Reconcile the final account, release retention on schedule, and report project profitability.
Modules
What you get with Contractor & Construction ERP
Every module below is part of the same platform and the same ledger — not a bolt-on.
BOQ & estimation
Multi-level bills of quantities with a reusable rate and resource library.
Project cost control
Budget, committed, actual and forecast cost side by side at any level of the BOQ.
Subcontractor management
Subcontract agreements, work certification, back-charges and retention per subcontractor.
Progress billing
Interim payment certificates, retention, advance recovery and tax handling.
Plant & equipment
Owned and hired plant, utilisation logs, hire costing and maintenance schedules.
Labour & timesheets
Site attendance, trade-wise costing and productivity against planned output.
Questions
Contractor ERP — FAQs
- Can ERPTotal handle multi-level BOQs and variations?
- Yes. BOQs can be nested to any depth, and variation orders adjust contract value, budget and billing together once approved.
- How is retention and advance recovery handled?
- Both are configured per contract and applied automatically on each payment certificate, with outstanding balances reported until release.
- Does it cover subcontractor billing and back-charges?
- Subcontract packages carry their own certification, retention and back-charge handling, all reflected in project cost.
See the contractor flow with your own data
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