Construction
Project cost reality, one source of truth.
Builders, sub-contractors, and head contractors running Odoo for project cost control, sub-contractor management, claims, retentions, and the finance that has to survive a long-tail audit. Configured to AS 4000 or your local standard.
Processes
What we configure for Construction.
Configure the standard product first; customise only when standard truly cannot.
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Project costing
Budget by phase, by trade, by cost code. Committed cost from purchase orders, actual cost from invoices and timesheets, forecast cost from variance projections.
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Sub-contractor management
Sub-contractor onboarding with insurance, licence, and compliance documents. Work packages assigned, signed-off, claimed, and paid through structured workflows.
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RFI and variations
Requests for information and variation requests tracked end to end, with cost impact, schedule impact, and customer approval logged.
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Claims and retentions
Progress claims aligned to milestone schedules, retention amounts withheld and released per contract, with a reporting view that survives an audit.
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Plant and equipment
Asset register for plant, hire-out hire-in tracking, maintenance schedules, and the journal automation that keeps depreciation honest.
Pain, addressed
Where Construction clients usually start.
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01 · The pain
Project margin is a guess until month-end, sometimes longer.
Our answer
Daily project cost reports against budget. Committed plus actual plus forecast, refreshed every time a PO is raised or a timesheet is approved.
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02 · The pain
Sub-contractor claims are reconciled in spreadsheets and arguments.
Our answer
Structured progress claims tied to work packages. Claimed, approved, retained, and paid amounts visible on a single screen, by trade and by job.
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03 · The pain
Variations get lost between site, head office, and the customer.
Our answer
Variation register with attachments, costing, customer approval, and journal impact, all in Odoo. One place, one audit trail.
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04 · The pain
Retentions tracking is a calendar reminder, not a system.
Our answer
Retention schedule per contract, with release dates, accrual entries, and reminders. Money owed to you is no longer money lost.
What we ship
A typical Construction engagement.
Configured artefacts you receive at handover. Yours to keep, yours to share with any successor.
- Project cost structure with budget, committed, actual, forecast
- Sub-contractor onboarding and compliance workflow
- RFI and variation register with customer approval flow
- Progress claims and retention schedule
- Plant asset register with maintenance integration
- Job-cost reporting that finance and the project manager both trust
Services
Most Construction engagements use these.
Frequently asked
Questions about Construction.
Can Odoo handle progress claims under AS 4000 or NEC? +
Yes. We configure claim periods, retention percentages, and milestone schedules per contract. The claim PDF can be generated to your customer's required format; we have shipped templates for AS 4000, NEC, and bespoke contracts.
Does Odoo integrate with Procore or Aconex? +
Integration both ways is buildable. We typically keep cost in Odoo and project documents in the document-control system, with a thin sync layer. Often the better path is to consolidate, not integrate.
How do we handle sub-contractor compliance documents? +
Sub-contractor record holds insurance certificates, licences, and inductions, with expiry dates and reminders. Purchase orders and payments are blocked for non-compliant sub-contractors automatically.
What about scheduling and gantt charts? +
Odoo Project provides task-level gantt views. For master programmes integrated with critical-path scheduling we typically integrate to Microsoft Project or Primavera; that is an Integration scope.
Other industries
We work across every industry.
Tell us about your Construction project.
A short note is enough. We answer in person, within one business day.