FRACTIONAL CFO FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL CONTRACTORS.
We run the finance function for structural steel subcontractors doing $1M to $12M: job costing aligned to the way you estimate, a 13 week cash flow forecast, monthly WIP, and a CFO in the room every month. Pricing starts at $1,900 per month.
In structural steel nothing gets fabricated until paper clears the engineer of record, so the detailing phase is either billed or donated. AISC's Code of Standard Practice puts shop and erection drawings on the fabricator, most rejections trace to incomplete coordination and missing joint detail, and every review cycle moves the mill order, the delivery, and the crane schedule with it. We code crane cost by lift and document standby the same day, because the most expensive spread on the project idles for foundation problems, incomplete inspections, and poor access, and erection crews are rarely the cause. Then we split fabrication from erection into two P&Ls and put a dated price basis with escalation into the contract, since steel moved roughly 18 percent in a year on layered tariffs against fabrication benchmarked at $1,800 to $3,200 a ton.
THE THREE THINGS THAT DRAIN THE CASH.
The Paper Gate
Nothing fabricates until shop drawings clear the EOR, and most rejections trace to coordination gaps the fabricator controls. Every review cycle moves the mill order, the delivery, and the crane schedule, and the detailing phase is billed or it's donated.
The Idle Crane
The most expensive spread on the project idles when foundations, inspections, or access aren't ready, and erection crews are rarely the cause. Crane cost coded by lift plus same-day standby documentation converts the GC's unreadiness into a claim instead of a loss.
The Ton Tape
Steel up 18 percent in a year on tariffs, fabrication benchmarked at $1,800 to $3,200 per ton, sold into fixed-price contracts. Without escalation clauses and dated price bases, the steel contractor is trading commodities with a crane. (cfos-job-profitability-system) ---
WHAT WE CHANGE.
FLAT MONTHLY FEE. NO SURPRISES.
Priced by trailing 12 month revenue. No hourly billing. No payroll. No add-ons.
| Last 12 months revenue | Monthly fee |
|---|---|
| Up to $1M | $1,900 to $2,900 |
| $1M to $3.5M | $2,600 to $3,900 |
| $3.5M to $6.5M | $3,800 to $5,700 |
| $6.5M to $9.5M | $5,100 to $7,100 |
| $9.5M to $12.5M | $6,100 to $8,500 |
| $12.5M to $15.5M | $7,400 to $11,000 |
| $15.5M to $18.5M | $9,400 to $13,500 |
| $18.5M+ | Quoted individually |
Range reflects the three tiers below. Which one you're in depends on how much of the work you want off your desk. No payroll. No hidden line items.
You stop guessing.
You get the CFO work. Job costing built against the way you estimate, a 13 week cash forecast, monthly WIP, and a meeting every month that ends in decisions rather than a report.
Your bookkeeper keeps doing the books.
You stop touching the books.
Everything in Core, and we run the bookkeeping and the controllership as well. Nobody in your office is answering coding questions or chasing a reconciliation at month end.
We do the books. No payroll.
Every job shows its margin while it's still running.
Everything in Executive, plus the job costing and WIP platform set up, loaded with your cost codes, and managed for you every month. You never have to learn it.
We do the job costing.
Prevailing wage note: Structural Steel work often runs on public bids, which means certified payroll and wage classifications have to line up with the job cost record. ControlQore holds the classification against the cost code, so the certified report and the job cost report come from the same data instead of somebody keying the same numbers twice every week.
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