CONTROLQORE FOR CIVIL CONTRACTORS.
Generic accounting software can't track cost per linear foot of pipe against the bid, split equipment cost by machine, or separate prevailing wage burden from private work. ControlQore can.
ControlQore for civil contractors uses cost codes aligned to unit price categories, meaning pipe type and depth, equipment hours by machine, and material by type, rather than generic accounting buckets. Equipment cost codes track idle rate by machine. Prevailing wage projects get their own overhead rate, separate from private work. The WIP schedule is produced monthly from cost incurred against estimated cost to complete. SPM migrates civil clients from QuickBooks to ControlQore in 60 days, with a cost code structure built to match how civil work is estimated.
THE NUMBERS GENERIC SOFTWARE MISSES.
WHAT IT IS.
ControlQore is a job costing and WIP platform for contractors that tracks cost by job and cost code, so a civil subcontractor can see cost per linear foot of pipe, per cubic yard of excavation, and per ton of aggregate against the bid rate while the work is still running.
WHERE IT GOES WRONG.
QuickBooks Has No Unit Price Job Costing
QuickBooks allows job tracking but has no concept of unit price categories, so pipe type, depth, soil condition, and production rate all sit outside the structure. Civil cost codes need to match how the work is estimated and performed, which means cost per linear foot of pipe by diameter and cost per cubic yard of excavation by depth. A generic accounting structure lumps all civil labor together, and that makes any comparison of installed production rate against the estimated rate impossible.
Equipment Costs Disappear Into Overhead
Without equipment cost codes by machine in ControlQore, excavator hours, grader time, and water truck costs all post to one general equipment overhead account. You can see total equipment cost for the month. You can't see which machine is over-running its budget on which job, which means you can't calculate idle rate or charge equipment cost to jobs correctly.
Prevailing Wage and Private Work Are Blended
Civil contractors doing both DOT and private work carry different labor burden rates on each type. A single chart of accounts blends the two, so the burden rate used in bidding is an average of two numbers that aren't the same. ControlQore allows separate job classification, so prevailing wage projects have their own cost structure, overhead rate, and certified payroll reporting apart from private work.
WHAT WE BUILD.
SPM builds ControlQore cost codes by unit price category: conduit installation by diameter and depth, excavation by soil type, aggregate placement by material type, and pipe by size and material. When a civil crew posts time or material, it hits the same cost bucket the estimate used. Cost per linear foot, per cubic yard, and per ton is compared to the budgeted unit cost every week instead of at closeout.
Each major piece of equipment gets its own ControlQore cost code, meaning each excavator, each grader, each compactor, and each water truck. Daily hours post to the job and machine combination. Monthly utilization rate by machine is calculated automatically. Equipment running below break-even utilization is visible before it compounds into a margin problem.
Prevailing wage civil projects are tagged in ControlQore with the applicable wage determination. Certified payroll reports pull from classification data rather than manual timesheet assembly. The overhead rate for prevailing wage work is calculated apart from private work overhead and applied to the correct bid type, so a DOT bid and a private bid each carry the burden that belongs to it.
The WIP schedule for civil clients is produced monthly from cost incurred against estimated cost to complete, which is cost-to-cost percentage complete, the method most sureties prefer. Overbilled and underbilled positions are calculated automatically. The schedule is consistent every period, and that consistency builds the reporting history that supports higher bonding limits.
REAL NUMBERS, REAL RESULTS.
This contractor had no job costing system when SPM engaged: a P&L only, no WIP schedule, and no unit price tracking. Equipment costs sat in a general overhead account with no way to charge them to a job or a machine. Prevailing wage and private work were blended into one set of burden rates.
FLAT MONTHLY FEE. NO SOFTWARE INVOICE.
Three tiers, priced by your trailing twelve month revenue. ControlQore comes with Strategic, and it never appears as its own line item on an SPM invoice. Which tier you're in depends on how much of the work you want off your desk.
| 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.
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