CONTROLQORE FOR MASONRY CONTRACTORS.
Generic accounting software can't track labor cost per unit by wall type, hold scaffold hours apart from masonry placement, or tell you in week eight that a cost code is running over the bid. ControlQore can.
QuickBooks shows total labor cost after the fact. ControlQore shows actual cost per unit against estimated cost per unit every week, while the job is still running. SPM builds cost codes by masonry type and floor level, so job-level profitability is visible by week eight, not at closeout.
The cost code structure is the whole foundation. Cost codes built to match the masonry estimate format produce a direct actual versus estimated comparison by cost category, every week. Cost codes built from a generic template produce blended totals that hide variance until closeout, and by closeout the wall is up and the crew is on the next job. SPM sets ControlQore up during onboarding, so the blended totals never get a chance to form in the first place.
THE NUMBERS GENERIC SOFTWARE MISSES.
WHAT IT IS.
ControlQore is purpose-built construction job costing and WIP reporting software for commercial subcontractors doing $1M to $12M, and for a masonry contractor it tracks labor cost per unit by masonry type, wall type, and floor level while the wall is still going up.
WHERE IT GOES WRONG.
Total Labor Cost With No Cost Per Unit
QuickBooks shows total labor cost after the fact, by job and by month. It can't tell you what a unit cost to lay. On a masonry job that runs CMU block, face brick, stone, and architectural CMU across several floors, one blended labor total can't say whether the second floor CMU ran over or the face brick did. Both are inside the same figure, and the figure only settles once the job is finished.
Generic Cost Code Templates Hide the Variance
Cost codes built from a generic template produce blended totals, and blended totals hide variance until closeout. Cost codes built to match the masonry estimate format do the opposite: they produce a direct actual versus estimated comparison by cost category, every week. The difference isn't the report list. It's whether you find out in week eight or after the last pay app is billed.
Scaffold Buried Inside the Masonry Lay Rate
When scaffold erection, adjustment, and dismantling post to the same cost code as masonry placement, the placement rate you compare against the bid carries hours that aren't placement at all. Scaffold runs 8 to 12 percent of total masonry labor on multi-story work, so the rate is off by that much before anyone looks at it. It also means a scaffold change order never gets built, because nobody can point at what the scaffold cost.
WHAT WE BUILD.
SPM builds ControlQore cost codes for masonry clients by CMU block size, face brick, stone, and architectural CMU, split by floor and wall type. Each cost code points at the corresponding category in the masonry estimate. When a foreman posts hours at the end of the day, those hours hit the same bucket the bid used, so the comparison needs no translation later.
Actual labor cost per unit is checked against the estimated rate by wall type, weekly. When any cost code runs more than 10% over estimate for two consecutive weeks, SPM flags it and builds the change order if one applies. SPM runs the review, not the owner, which is how the owner's time in the system stays at about 5 hours a month.
Scaffold erection, adjustment, and dismantling are tracked separately from masonry placement. Two things come out of that. Masonry productivity rates reflect the placement time and nothing else, so the lay rate you compare to the bid is clean, and scaffold cost becomes visible as a potential change order instead of disappearing into labor.
SPM negotiates scaffold setup and mobilization as a separate SOV line item, billed at commencement. Scaffold runs 8 to 12 percent of total masonry labor on multi-story work, and it should be billed when it's erected, not when the last brick is placed. The review takes one meeting. The cash benefit runs for the full duration of the job.
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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