Industry Solution

Construction & Contracting

Track project budgets, subcontractor billing, and site procurement against real costs — not estimates discovered after the fact.

Challenges & solutions

Where things break down — and how we fix them

Common challenges

Budget overruns go unnoticed

Actual project costs are reconciled weeks after they occur.

Subcontractor billing disputes

No single record of work certified versus work invoiced.

Fragmented site procurement

Site purchases bypass head-office approval and budget control.

How ERPNext solves it

Real-time project costing

Budget vs. actual cost visible per project as expenses are logged.

Subcontractor billing tracking

Certified work, retentions, and payments tracked against contract value.

Site-to-head-office procurement

Material requests from site route through standard approval workflows.

Benefits

Why construction & contracting businesses choose ERPNext

Real-time visibility into project margins

Fewer subcontractor billing disputes

Controlled site-level procurement spend

Faster project closeout and final accounts

Improving project control and operational efficiency was the single biggest reason we moved to ERPNext.

KM

Khalid Mansour

Operations Director, Regional Engineering & Contracting Firm

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, retention percentages and release schedules are tracked against each subcontract and purchase order.

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