CONTROLQORE FOR DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS.
Generic accounting software can't track actual cost per demolition phase against the estimate, allocate tipping fees to the material stream that created them, or flag a phase running 10% over in week two. ControlQore can.
ControlQore for demolition contractors uses cost codes by demolition phase and material type, meaning soft demo and salvage, structural demo by section, debris removal by material, and grading and restoration, all aligned to the estimate structure. Foremen post actual costs daily by cost code. Every week the actual cost per phase is compared to the estimated cost per phase. The WIP schedule is produced monthly from that actual data. Setup is complete in 30 days and the system is fully operational in 60 days.
A demolition P&L closes the month and tells you the month was profitable or it wasn't. That's one number for a contract in which soft demo, structural demo, debris removal, and restoration each carry their own cost behavior and their own way of going sideways. Cost codes built by phase and material type turn daily foreman entries into a cost per phase you can read against the bid in week two. Generic cost code templates hold that variance back until closeout, and at closeout the only remaining option is to absorb it.
THE NUMBERS GENERIC SOFTWARE MISSES.
WHAT IT IS.
ControlQore is a job costing and WIP reporting platform for commercial subcontractors doing $1M to $12M that tracks cost by job and cost code, so a demolition contractor can compare actual cost per phase to estimated cost per phase while the job is still running.
ControlQore is more capable than QuickBooks for job costing and more affordable than Sage 100 or Foundation. SPM sets it up, builds the cost codes, and manages it month to month. The owner doesn't have to learn it, and the system asks about five hours a month of the owner's time.
WHERE IT GOES WRONG.
Total Job Cost With No Phase Detail
QuickBooks job tracking reports total labor cost for the job. A demolition contract is four different jobs stacked inside one number: soft demo and salvage, structural demo by section, debris removal by material, and grading and restoration. One blended cost figure can't tell you which of those four is running over the bid, so the crew keeps working the method that's losing money. Generic cost code templates hide that variance until project closeout, and by then the machines are off the site.
Tipping Fees Sitting in Overhead
Disposal cost posted to overhead instead of to the job stops being a cost anyone can manage. When the gate rate for a material stream increases after the bid goes in, that increase never posts against the phase that created it. The overage gets absorbed into the month and spread across every open job, and the change order that should have been written for it never gets written.
Mobilization Billed at the GC's Number
Crane setup, equipment mobilization, and site establishment are the most cash-intensive part of a demolition job, and they all happen first. GCs prefer to cap that SOV line at 5% to 8% of contract value regardless of what the work costs. A demolition subcontractor who signs that cap is funding the heaviest front-end cost in the trade out of its own working capital and waiting on later milestones to get it back.
HOW SPM BUILDS IT.
SPM builds ControlQore cost codes for demolition clients by phase and material type: soft demo and salvage, structural demo by section, debris removal by material, and grading and restoration. Each code maps to the matching category in the estimate, so a foreman entry posts to the same bucket the estimator priced. Actual against estimated becomes a direct comparison by category every week instead of a reconciliation exercise after the job is closed.
Actual cost per phase is compared to estimated cost per phase every week. When any cost code runs more than 10% over the estimated cost for two consecutive weeks, SPM flags it. The cost code detail points at the cause, whether that's crew hours, equipment time, or disposal. When the cause is a condition outside the contracted scope, the change order is built and submitted while the work is still in front of the crew.
Tipping fees are allocated to specific material streams as direct job costs rather than overhead. Every load leaving the site posts against the debris removal code for that material, so the disposal cost stays attached to the phase that produced it. When gate rates increase after the bid, the increase is visible inside the cost code the same week, and SPM evaluates whether it supports a change order instead of letting it disappear into the month.
Crane setup, equipment mobilization, and site establishment are billed as front-loaded SOV lines at the actual cost percentage rather than the GC-preferred 5% to 8%. SPM negotiates mobilization billing on every demolition subcontract before it gets signed. That pulls the cash for the heaviest front-end cost forward to the period the cost is incurred, which is the difference between financing the first three weeks of a job and getting paid for them.
THE OUTPUTS, LISTED.
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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