Construction

Manage your construction projects: budgets, project control, purchasing, subcontractors, progress vs budget, and project profitability.

Common Challenges

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Over-Budget Projects

No real-time visibility of costs vs budget. Find out late that project went over.

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Uncontrolled Purchasing

Material purchases are chaotic. No control of what was bought, for which project, at what price.

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Subcontractors

Difficult to control subcontractor progress and payments. No visibility of what's been paid vs executed.

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No Project Profitability

Don't know which projects are profitable until they finish (or worse, never know).

How GDS ONE Helps

1

Project Control

Compare real cost vs budget in real-time. Alerts if project deviates.

Reduce cost overruns 30-40%
2

Purchase Management

Purchases by project, price control, supplier comparison, material traceability.

Reduce purchase costs 10-15%
3

Subcontractor Control

Control progress vs contract, payments vs progress, retentions, guarantees.

Eliminate overpayments
4

Project Profitability

See profitability in real-time: real cost vs income, margin per project, closing forecast.

Identify problems in time

Key Features

Budgets

Create detailed budgets by item. Compare multiple versions, approve, convert to project.

Project Control

Record physical and financial progress. Compare vs budget, identify deviations, project closing.

Project Purchasing

All purchases assigned to a project. Control purchase budget, compare prices.

Subcontractor Management

Contracts, estimates, payments, retentions, guarantees. Control progress vs payments.

Material Inventory

Inventory by project, inter-project transfers, waste control.

Project Dashboards

Physical vs financial progress, real cost vs budget, profitability, closing forecast.

Use Cases

Project Flow

From budget to closing

1

Create detailed budget by item

2

Client approves budget

3

Convert budget to project

4

Define purchase plan and subcontractors

5

Purchases automatically assigned to project

6

Record physical project progress

7

System compares real cost vs budget

8

Alerts if project deviates

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Invoice progress to client

10

Close project and calculate real profitability

Subcontractor Control

Control progress and payments

1

Create contract with subcontractor

2

Define items and prices

3

Subcontractor executes work

4

Resident records progress

5

System generates payment estimate

6

Applies retentions and guarantees

7

Generates payment to subcontractor

8

Controls progress vs payments

9

Closes contract upon completion

Indicators to validate

To validate
Cost Overruns
Detect deviations in time
To validate
Purchase Costs
Better price control
To validate
Closing Time
Real-time information
To validate
Project Profitability
Better control = better margin

Recommended Modules

Project ManagementBudgetsProject ControlProject PurchasingSubcontractorsProfitability Analysis

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. You can manage multiple simultaneous projects. Each project has its own budget, purchases, inventory, and profitability analysis.

Yes. The system compares physical progress (% of work executed) vs financial progress (% of budget spent).

Yes. You can import budgets from estimating software and convert them to projects.

Yes. The system handles automatic retentions, performance guarantees, and retention release upon completion.

Ready to control your construction projects?

Schedule a demo and we'll show you how construction companies reduce cost overruns and increase profitability.

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