Construction site at night with a crane and blueprint-line structure

Construction, with real project control.

A construction project can be profitable on paper and lose money in the field. This module makes budget, contract and progress talk to the same numbers.

What the module does.

  • Line-item budgets by chapter and concept
  • Client contracts, subcontracts and payment schedules
  • Retainage control
  • Per-site warehouse and material consumption
  • Physical progress vs financial progress
  • Certified estimates built from recorded progress
Isometric industrial operation in light lines: warehouse, conveyors and connected modules

Why construction needs its own module.

Construction has a problem general ERPs handle badly: the same project is measured in two different worlds. The field measures physical progress; the office measures money. When those two do not line up, the difference is discovered at closing, which is the worst possible moment.

Who it makes sense for.

Contractors and developers running several sites at once, where materials move between projects and the estimate depends on a spreadsheet nobody fully trusts.

  • Builders with more than one active site
  • Companies that subcontract and need retainage control
  • Developers tracking physical progress against budget
  • Operations where materials disappear between sites

How it connects to the rest of the ERP.

Each site has its own warehouse, so purchasing delivers to a project and consumption is charged to it. Costs land on the budget line as they happen, and certified estimates are built from recorded progress rather than reconstructed at month end.

Pricing.

The construction module is +$1,200 USD on top of any NEOS tier, which start at $7,500 USD. One-time payment; the annual fee from year two covers server, backups, support and maintenance.

What we need from you to start.

A model budget, your contract templates, the retainage rules you apply, and the list of active sites. If the budget lives in a spreadsheet, we use it as the starting structure instead of inventing one.

How subcontractors fit in.

Subcontracts attach to the project with their own retainage and payment schedule, so the cost of each site is complete instead of split between your own crews and everyone you hired. When the estimate is certified, you can see what was executed directly and what came from a subcontractor, on the same line.

What the module does not do.

It does not design, plan or schedule the construction — that is your technical team's work. It controls the money and the materials around that plan: budget, contracts, progress, site warehouse and certification. The engineering stays with the people who do it.

Where the money usually is.

In practice, the loss rarely comes from one dramatic mistake. It comes from materials that moved between sites without a record, from a budget line quietly overspent, and from retainage nobody tracked. Making each of those visible is what turns a project from a hopeful closing into a controlled one.

How it fits with your technical team.

Your residentes and project managers keep running the site; the module answers the office questions they currently answer by phone. Progress is captured where it happens and the certified estimate is built from it, so nobody spends the last week of the month reconstructing what already occurred.

How the module works.

01

Load the budget

The line-item budget you already work with, by chapter and concept.

02

Attach contracts

Client contracts, subcontracts and the payment schedule that goes with them.

03

Track progress

Physical progress in the field against the financial progress in the budget.

04

Control each site

A per-site warehouse so materials are consumed where they were sent.

Project system vs. spreadsheet control.

Design X AI (custom)Per-user SaaS
BudgetLine-item, updated with every movementA master sheet that ages
ContractsAttached with retainage and schedulesIn a folder or an inbox
ProgressPhysical vs financial in the same viewTwo versions that disagree
MaterialsPer-site warehouse and consumptionA global pile nobody counts
EstimatesBuilt from recorded progressRebuilt by hand each month
MarginVisible while the project runsCalculated after it ends

Before you decide.

How much does the construction module cost?

+$1,200 USD on top of the NEOS tier, which starts at $7,500 USD. One-time payment.

Does it handle several sites at once?

Yes. Each site has its own warehouse, budget and progress tracking.

Can it control retainage?

Yes, retainage on contracts and subcontracts is included.

Does it compare physical and financial progress?

Yes. Both progress measures live in the same view, which is where the surprises usually hide.

Can we certify estimates from it?

Yes. Estimates are built from recorded progress instead of being rebuilt by hand.

Does it replace our estimating tool?

No. It controls the executing project; the initial estimate can come from whatever tool you already use.

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