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We are delighted to announce that LiveCosts has joined SmartCraft, one of Europe’s leading providers of software for construction businesses. This marks an exciting new chapter for LiveCosts and gives
Quick Summary Tradify is a job management platform for trades businesses. It combines scheduling, invoicing, timesheets, job costing and purchase orders, making it particularly useful for companies that want to
Construction budgets rarely fail in one dramatic moment. They slip through small gaps: a supplier invoice lands late, labour gets coded to the wrong job, a variation is approved on
Electrical contractors need software that does more than keep the lights on or organise jobs on a calendar. The right system should help power your business by keeping you connected
Main contractors manage material purchase orders (POs) by checking each request against the package budget, approving spend before ordering, controlling changes, recording deliveries and matching supplier invoices to the agreed
Committed costs affect your remaining budget because you have already agreed to spend that money. To see how much budget you have left to allocate, subtract actual costs and outstanding
As someone who works closely with SMB contractors every day through implementing the LiveCosts (job costing software), I‘’ve had the unique opportunity to look under the hood of hundreds of
A bill of quantities BoQ describes and measures the work required for a construction project. Contractors use the listed quantities to price the work, prepare tenders and provide a detailed
The main difference between a commercial manager and a quantity surveyor is their responsibilities. A quantity surveyor (QS) typically manages project costs, valuations and contracts, while a commercial manager oversees
Construction cost overruns occur when project expenditure exceeds the approved budget. Inaccurate estimates, scope changes, delays and poor financial control can increase costs and reduce the contractor’s expected profit. Contractors
Discover how easy it can be to track and control costs in real time.