Owned equipment has to be allocated to jobs at a realistic internal rate. Too low and equipment costs eat margin silently. Too high and you lose bids. Most civil contractors estimate equipment cost correctly and then allocate it wrong — creating a P&L that doesn't reflect what jobs actually cost.
A unit price earthwork job bid at 800 CY/day running at 600 CY/day is burning margin every shift. Without production variance reporting tied to job cost, the contractor doesn't know until the job closes — and by then nothing is left to fix.
Texas TxDOT and DOT-adjacent work can run 60–90 days from billing to payment. On a $3M job, that's $200–$400K of receivables outstanding while equipment and fuel costs run daily. Without cash flow forecasting, the LOC gets maxed and options disappear.
SPM builds an equipment burden schedule for every piece of owned equipment — based on actual ownership cost, depreciation, maintenance, and fuel — and allocates it to jobs at a realistic internal rate. The P&L reflects what jobs actually cost.
For unit price contracts, SPM aligns the job cost structure to the bid unit schedule. Production variance is trackable by unit and by phase — a job running at 75% of bid production rate triggers a real-time flag, not a closeout surprise.
On infrastructure work with long payment cycles, SPM runs a 13-week cash flow forecast that accounts for AR timing, upcoming mobilization costs, and equipment operating expense. Cash shortfalls show up three weeks before they land — while there's still time to act.
Pricing scales by revenue band through $12M. $13M+ quoted. Schedule a call for exact pricing →
Yes. SPM serves civil contractors across Texas — Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, and statewide. All work is done remotely. Civil contractors doing $1M–$12M are a strong fit.
Equipment cost allocation that doesn't match actual burden, unit price work that bleeds when production drops, and infrastructure cash flow gaps of 60–90 days. SPM addresses all three.
Core Financial includes ControlQore setup, job costing aligned to your estimates, full-service bookkeeping, and bank reconciliations. Executive Financial adds monthly CFO advisory, controllership, and accountability. No payroll. No scope gaps.
60 days. Books migrated to start of last taxable year, ControlQore set up, job costing structure built from scratch. Fully operational in two months.
A bookkeeper records what happened. We tell you what it means and what to do. Job costing aligned to estimates, WIP tracked monthly, accountability meetings monthly. Problems get fixed, not just documented.
Equipment burden, unit price variance, infrastructure cash flow. We know the problems. We fix them.
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