Construction Job Costing
& Project Cost Management
Know the margin on every project while it's still running - not after handover. Tie committed cost, materials, labour and plant to each job, and see budget vs actual and forecast cost to complete, live.
Why job costing fails in spreadsheets
Projects don't fail suddenly - they bleed quietly through costs no one sees until it's too late.
- Costs are known weeks late - long after you could have acted
- Committed cost (open POs and subcontracts) is invisible
- Material issued to site is never tied back to the job
- Labour hours live in a separate sheet from the budget
- One broken formula quietly corrupts a whole project's numbers
- No single view of margin across every live project
Every cost rolls up into one live project margin
Each item is coded to its project, so budget vs actual, forecast cost to complete and margin appear - live.
What you can control
Every side of your project cost, in one system.
Cost codes & cost breakdown
Structure every project into cost codes so spend lands in the right place from day one.
Budget vs actual, by project
Live budget-versus-actual by project and by cost head - not a month-end surprise.
Committed cost
See open purchase orders and subcontracts as committed cost before the invoice arrives.
Material cost to site
Track material from store issue to site consumption, tied back to the job.
Labour cost from timesheets
Book timesheet hours straight to the project so labour cost is always current.
Plant & equipment
Allocate plant and equipment cost to the projects that actually used them.
Variation orders
Capture variations and their cost impact instead of absorbing them silently.
Forecast cost to complete
Project the final cost while the job runs, so you act early - not at handover.
Progress invoicing & retention
Raise progress invoices, and track retention held and released per project.
Profitability & cash flow
See real margin and cash flow by project, reported the way commercial teams need.
Reports the commercial manager actually needs
- Budget vs actual by project
- Forecast cost to complete
- Profitability & margin per project
- Retention and cash flow by project
How it connects to accounting
Job costing doesn't live in a silo. The same purchase orders, invoices and project entries flow into your Odoo accounting - no number is re-typed, and every project reconciles to the books.
Explore Odoo AccountingFrom chaos to cost control
Map your cost structure
We set up cost codes and project templates around how you already work.
Connect procurement & site
POs, subcontracts, material issues and timesheets all code to the project.
Go live with reporting
Budget vs actual, forecast and margin dashboards for your commercial team.
Support & refine
We tune reports and workflows as your projects and teams grow.
Built for contracting companies in Qatar
Job costing questions, answered
Job costing tracks the real cost of every project against its budget - material, labour, plant, subcontracts and overhead - so you always know the margin on each job, not just the company total.
Accounting tells you the company's profit after the fact. Construction job costing tells you each project's committed and actual cost against budget while the work is still running, so you can act before a job loses money.
Yes. Every purchase order, material issue, timesheet and subcontract is coded to a project and cost head, giving live budget-versus-actual and forecast cost to complete for each job.
Yes. You can raise progress invoices against completed work, track retention held and released, and see cash flow by project alongside cost.
Yes. AGM is an Official Odoo Silver Partner in Qatar and has implemented cost-controlled ERP for general, civil, MEP and fit-out contractors across the country.
Many Trust us !
See more reviewsA highly skilled ERP team with a deep understanding of our business needs and strong knowledge of the Qatar market. They implemented and customized our system smoothly, improving efficiency across our processes. Their attention to detail and clear communication made the project a real success - we highly recommend them.
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