Effective control of the costs associatedpool with building pools is key to ensuring construction profitability. As industry professionals find themselves over-booked with pool construction or complete backyard renovations the past two summers, it has become imperative hidden costs do not negatively impact the profitability of these projects. With many variables contributing to project cost, the need for an integrated construction job costing software system has never been greater.
Having job costing software with flexible job structures and work stage breakdowns allows pool professionals to better manage project information. To ensure construction profitability, construction job software needs to fully integrate all project costing and progress management with the business inventory, time clock, scheduling, proposals, contracts, purchase orders, receiving, and accounting.
Job estimating
As professionals know, the first step to a successful construction project is the ability to provide an accurate estimate. Construction job software provides a project estimating system allowing pool builders to enter customized template questions specific to their business, so salespeople do not miss any job specifications or questions necessary for creating a quote or estimate. The job estimating system not only allows one to calculate the job’s selling price but also allows one to add inventory, parts, labour, and subcontractor expenses.
Job contracts
Job costing software should also include a contractor option enabling builders to instantly create a professional contract for aspects of a project that can be provided easily to the client. Most importantly, the job contract becomes the primary document allowing one to automatically set up and manage the project’s progress and track its costs.
Further, construction job software allows one to add ‘hidden items’ to the contract that will not appear on the customer’s sales order—for things like special order items used for creating purchase orders. Though hidden from the client, these special orders can be tracked as they are completely integrated with the business management software the builder is using.
