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Project Controls Dashboards: Turning Construction Data into Action on Site

Project Controls Dashboards: Turning Construction Data into Action on Site

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why “More Reports” Doesn’t Mean More Control Contractors often drown in reports: daily logs, timecards, cost reports, RFIs, submittal logs and safety reports. But if PMs and supers can’t see the right information at ... Read More

Multi-Entity and Joint Venture Accounting: How Construction Software Handles Complex Structures

Multi-Entity and Joint Venture Accounting: How Construction Software Handles Complex Structures

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

When One Legal Entity Isn’t Enough Growing contractors often operate multiple companies: separate entities for regions, trades, equipment, real estate or joint ventures (JVs) with partners. Managing books, jobs and cash across these structures ... Read More

Prevailing Wage and Certified Payroll: How Construction Accounting Software Keeps You Out of Trouble

Prevailing Wage and Certified Payroll: How Construction Accounting Software Keeps You Out of Trouble

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why Construction Payroll Is So Much Harder Than “Run Checks” Contractors working on public jobs, union projects or in multiple jurisdictions face a maze of rules: prevailing wage, fringe benefits, union scales, overtime laws ... Read More

Subcontractor Compliance and Lien Waivers: How Construction Software Protects Your Projects

Subcontractor Compliance and Lien Waivers: How Construction Software Protects Your Projects

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why Subcontractors Are Both Your Strength and Your Risk Subs let you scale, specialize and win bigger work. But subs also bring risk—insurance gaps, safety incidents, unpaid lower-tier subs and lien claims. Owners and ... Read More

Project Cash Flow Forecasting: How Construction Software Keeps You Funded from Bid to Closeout

Project Cash Flow Forecasting: How Construction Software Keeps You Funded from Bid to Closeout

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Revenue on Paper Doesn’t Pay the Bills It’s possible to have a full backlog and still run out of money. Why? Because the timing of costs and billings rarely match. Mobilization, materials, subs and ... Read More

Equipment Costing in Construction: Using Software and Telematics to Price Work Correctly

Equipment Costing in Construction: Using Software and Telematics to Price Work Correctly

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why Equipment Can Quietly Erase Your Profit For heavy civil, utility and earthwork contractors, iron is everything. Excavators, dozers, trucks and cranes represent millions in capital. If you don’t accurately cost equipment to jobs, ... Read More

Progress Billing and AIA Forms: How Construction Accounting Software Gets You Paid Faster

Progress Billing and AIA Forms: How Construction Accounting Software Gets You Paid Faster

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why Construction Billing Is Not “Just Another Invoice” Unlike standard AR, construction billing is tied to pay applications, schedules of values (SOVs), retainage and lien waivers. Owners and GCs expect you to follow strict ... Read More

Change Order Chaos: How Construction Management Software Protects Margin When Scope Shifts

Change Order Chaos: How Construction Management Software Protects Margin When Scope Shifts

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why Change Orders Make or Break Construction Profitability No construction project goes exactly as planned. Owner-driven scope changes, unforeseen conditions and RFIs all lead to extra work. If you don’t capture, price, approve and ... Read More

Construction WIP Reports: Using Software to Keep Revenue and Risk in Balance

Construction WIP Reports: Using Software to Keep Revenue and Risk in Balance

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why the WIP Schedule Is Your Financial Early Warning System A well-run construction company lives and dies by its work-in-progress (WIP) schedule. The WIP report shows how far along each job is, how much ... Read More

Job Costing in Construction: How the Right Software Stops Profit Fade

Job Costing in Construction: How the Right Software Stops Profit Fade

By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025

Why Job Costing Is the Heart of Construction Accounting In construction, you don’t sell products—you deliver projects. Every project has its own budget, contract, crew, subs and surprises. Without accurate job costing, you only ... Read More