Construction Job Costing Software
Maximise Your Profitability with Real-Time Job Cost Management
Stay in control and ditch spreadsheets. Track project costs in real time, protect your margins, and keep every job on budget.
What is Construction Job Costing Software?
LiveCosts provides small and medium contractors with the tools to track every aspect of project costs in real-time, ensuring you’re always on top of your budget. Our Construction Job Costing Software removes the need for complicated spreadsheets and manual updates, giving you clear, actionable insights into your job costs at every stage.
72% of construction firms report improved job costs management a when leveraging job costing software.(Source: JBKnowledge Construction Technology Report)
Before LiveCosts vs. After LiveCosts
- Scattered invoices and paperwork
- Manual data entry into spreadsheets
- Finding out profitability after projects end
- Guessing if you're making money
- Disconnected systems and processes
- Working overtime on spreadsheets
- Invoices scanned and matched to projects automatically
- Hours saved by automating invoice uploads with AI
- Instantly turns invoices into accurate job costs
- Committed cost tracking before you spend
- Everything flows into one unified system
- Automated reporting and budget alerts
What makes us different ?
LiveCosts is designed for construction professionals who refuse to let poor cost tracking eat into their profits
With 88% of spreadsheets containing errors, relying on manual cost tracking for job costs leads to mistakes, wasted time, and budget overruns.
Nearly 85% of construction industry projects go over budget, often because job cost overruns aren’t spotted early enough to take corrective action.
Only 31% of projects stay within 10% of their original budget, making it difficult for construction companies to accurately forecast job costs.
Designed by industry professionals who know construction job costing, site operations, and productivity challenges.
Time can be captured quickly on mobile devices, reducing resistance from operatives and supervisors.
LiveCosts is typically configured and fully operational in just 4 hours — no lengthy IT implementation required.
What are the benefits of Construction Job Costing Software?
Detailed Job Budgets
No two construction projects or companies are the same, and your Construction Job Costing Software should reflect that. Our solution allows you to create budgets that align with your unique business and reporting needs.
Set up cost categories easily that match how your projects are managed, monitor spending against budgets in real time, and adjust forecasts as conditions change on site. Whether you are managing one project or multiple jobs at once, you gain the flexibility to track costs your way, maintain accurate financial records, and make informed decisions that keep your projects profitable from start to finish.
- Organise projects with simple or complex budget structures.
- Improve accuracy in tracking labour, materials, subcontracts, equipment etc.
- View costs in Real time
Live Budget v Actuals
Our “Live Budget v Actuals” feature in our Construction Job Costing Software provides instant insights into how your actual job costs compare to your planned budget, helping you stay on top of costs and make adjustments before it’s too late.
See committed costs as soon as purchase orders are raised, monitor spending as invoices are processed, and understand exactly where each project stands at any moment. Identify potential overruns early, control labour and material costs, and keep stakeholders informed with clear, reliable data that supports confident decisions and protects your profit margins throughout the life of the project.
- Gain a clear financial overview for individual projects.
- Contact Value and Budget Variation Management
- Real Time Profitablility Reporting
Instant Job Reports
Accurate reporting is essential for understanding the financial health of your projects. Our Construction Job Costing Software provides detailed reports that enable you to monitor budgets, track performance, and take corrective action when needed. That is business intelligence delivered in real time and in one place.
Generate clear, reliable reports on labour, materials, subcontractors, and overall project profitability, giving your team the information needed to stay in control. Share insights with managers, finance teams, and stakeholders, identify trends early, and make informed decisions that keep projects on budget and protect margins from start to finish.
- Budget v Actual Job Costs
- Work in progress Reports
- Profit and Loss (P&L) Statements
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“The ease of use, quick support, and tangible benefits make LiveCosts a no-brainer. It consolidates hundreds of invoices each week into one easy system, saving time and reducing human error.”
“LiveCosts has reduced our accounts data entry by over 60%, freeing the team to focus on more valuable work. What you pay for the system, you save many times over. It gives you full control, saves time, and keeps your finances in check. Cash is king, and LiveCosts helps you protect it.”
“I think that month end WIP process is a lot slicker. Now when Finance and Operations leave the room, we’re all on the same page. There’s no massive queries around finance supposed to cost the wrong job, missing data, that type of thing. Which detracts from the process. So the removal of all those queries, has been a bit of a game changer.”
“The most beneficial aspect of LiveCosts is the cost and reports for each project and the live profit margins. They’re being shown right there on the home page once you log in so it’s easy and clear to see all the real-time information with our reports being pulled up within minutes.”
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