CONTROLQORE FOR EIFS AND STUCCO CONTRACTORS.
Generic accounting software can't track actual cost per square foot by system type, bill substrate prep as its own SOV line, or tell you a weather delay notice is due this week. ControlQore can.
ControlQore for EIFS and stucco contractors uses cost codes by system type and square foot, aligned to the estimate structure: EIFS by type, 3-coat stucco, 2-coat stucco, one-coat systems, and trim and detail. Foremen post actual costs daily by cost code. Weekly reporting compares actual cost per SF by system type to the estimated rate. The WIP schedule is produced monthly from actual data. Setup is complete in 30 days and the system is fully operational in 60 days.
QuickBooks shows you total labor cost by job. That number is true and it's useless, because it can't tell you whether the 3-coat stucco elevation is running over while the EIFS is running under. Cost codes built to the same categories as the bid turn a foreman's daily hours into a cost per square foot you can read in week two, against the rate you estimated. In week two the crew is still on the wall, the scaffold is still up, and a change order conversation still has somewhere to go. At closeout none of that's true.
THE NUMBERS GENERIC SOFTWARE MISSES.
WHAT IT IS.
ControlQore is construction job costing and WIP reporting software that posts every labor hour and material ticket to a cost code, so an EIFS and stucco subcontractor can read actual cost per square foot by system type against the estimated rate in week two.
The cost code structure is the whole foundation. Cost codes built to match the EIFS and stucco estimate format produce a direct actual against estimated comparison by cost category, every week. Cost codes built from a generic template produce blended totals, and blended totals hide variance until the job is closed out.
SPM builds the system and runs it, so the owner doesn't have to learn it. Setup is complete in 30 days, the system is fully operational in 60 days, and the owner's time in it after that runs about 5 hours a month.
WHERE IT GOES WRONG.
Total Labor Cost Instead of Cost Per SF
QuickBooks job tracking reports total labor cost by job. It can't report actual cost per square foot by system type against the estimated rate, which is the only comparison that tells an EIFS and stucco contractor anything. A job where the 3-coat work is bleeding and the EIFS is running under budget reads as an average job right up until closeout. By then the wall is finished, the scaffold is down, and the crew is on the next building.
Generic Cost Code Templates Blend the Systems Together
Cost codes built from a generic construction template produce blended totals that hide variance until closeout. When the buckets a foreman posts hours into don't correspond to the categories the job was bid in, there's nothing to compare those hours against. The estimate says one thing, the accounting says another, and no report can put the two side by side. Cost codes built to the estimate format make that comparison direct and weekly.
Substrate Prep Absorbed Into the SF Rate
Substrate prep gets buried inside the square foot rate rather than tracked to its own cost code. Prep work performed on a bad wall is then billed late, billed short, or never billed at all, and the SF rate ends up carrying cost it was never bid to carry. The margin on the system itself looks thin, and the reason isn't the system. The reason is that prep was treated as part of it.
Weather Delay Notices Never Filed
Most EIFS and stucco contracts have weather delay provisions. Most contractors never file the notice, because they don't know the deadline. When a cure schedule is interrupted by weather and no notice goes in within the contract period, the delay stops being the GC's problem and becomes the subcontractor's cost. The provision was in the contract the whole time and nobody read it before the clock ran out.
WHAT WE BUILD.
SPM builds ControlQore cost codes for EIFS and stucco clients by system type and square foot: EIFS by type, 3-coat stucco, 2-coat stucco, one-coat systems, and trim and detail. Each cost code maps to the corresponding category in the EIFS and stucco estimate. When a foreman posts hours, they hit the same bucket that was used in the bid, so actual against estimated is a direct read rather than a reconciliation project.
Actual cost per SF by system type is compared to the estimated rate every week. When any cost code runs more than 10% over estimated cost for two consecutive weeks, SPM flags it. The cause is identifiable in the cost code detail, which is the point of building the codes to the estimate in the first place. If a change order applies, SPM builds it and submits it.
Substrate prep is tracked to its own cost code and billed as a separate SOV line at substrate inspection and acceptance. Prep work gets billed at occurrence instead of being absorbed into the SF rate. That keeps the system rate clean enough to compare across jobs, and it moves cash for the prep work into the month the crew performed it.
When a cure schedule is interrupted by weather, SPM files the delay notice inside the contract period. The deadline comes off the subcontract at setup, so nobody has to go looking for it while the crew is standing down. This is the cheapest protection on the whole page: the provision is already in the contract and filing the notice costs one email.
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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