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Project Tracking & Data Systems for Construction

We build job costing systems, subcontractor management databases, and project tracking tools for contractors and construction businesses - giving project managers real-time visibility without the overhead of enterprise software. General contractors and specialty trades use DabOps when proposal tracking, change orders, and field updates still run through email and shared workbooks. Our Access-based project systems reduce duplicate status requests and surface job profitability before month-end. Review the construction case study and custom systems hub for examples.

Industry challenges

Construction challenges we solve

Data and operational problems that eat margin and delay projects.

Job costs tracked in spreadsheets

Material, labor, and subcontractor costs tracked in Excel with no automatic rollup. Budget vs actual is a weekend exercise.

Subcontractor management is chaotic

Contracts, certificates of insurance, payment applications, and compliance documents scattered across email and shared drives.

No project schedule visibility

Project managers rely on weekly calls to know status. Problems are discovered at billing, not during execution.

Change orders tracked manually

Change orders are written on paper, lost in email, and forgotten until a dispute - costing contractors thousands.

No job profitability reports

You don't know which projects made money until accounting closes them, weeks after the job finishes.

Field and office don't share data

Site supervisors track things their way. Office manages things differently. Reconciling takes hours every week.

Typical automations

What we automate for construction companies

  • Job cost tracking against budget in real time
  • Automated change order logging and approval tracking
  • Subcontractor certificate of insurance expiry alerts
  • Weekly project status and cost variance reports
  • Pay application review and approval workflows
  • Material procurement tracking and PO management
  • Labor hours by project, phase, and trade
  • Automated project profitability summaries

Relevant services

Systems we build for contractors

Job Costing System

Track material, labor, and subcontractor costs against budget by job and phase - with real-time variance reporting for project managers.

Subcontractor Management Database

Contracts, insurance certificates, payment applications, and compliance docs in one searchable system with expiry alerts.

Project Tracking System

Milestones, task assignments, status updates, and schedule tracking - connected to cost data for a complete project view.

Change Order Tracker

Log, track, and report change orders from initial request through approval and billing - with full audit trail.

Project Profitability Dashboard

A Power BI or Excel dashboard showing revenue, cost, and margin by project - updated in real time as costs are entered.

Procurement & PO Management

Purchase order creation, vendor tracking, receipt confirmation, and three-way match against invoices.

Results from real projects in your industry

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Common questions

Everything you need to know before getting started

  • We integrate with QuickBooks, Sage, and other accounting platforms via API or export/import automation - bringing cost data into your tracking system automatically.

  • Yes. We build simple web-based or desktop forms that work on tablets and laptops from the field.

  • A focused single-company job costing system takes 3-4 weeks. Integrated systems with procurement and subcontractor management take 6-8 weeks.

  • Yes. Systems are designed to track unlimited projects simultaneously with rollup reporting across the portfolio.