Your projects grow. Your accounting should grow with them.
Start with the accounting you need today. Add deeper construction financial controls as projects become larger, longer and more complex.
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Not every contractor needs everything.
The financial needs of a contractor depend heavily on the nature and duration of its projects. Unity lets the system grow with the business instead of forcing every contractor into the same setup.
Start with a strong accounting foundation.
For straightforward projects, standard accounting together with project tracking and purchasing may be sufficient.
Add construction-specific financial control.
As projects become longer and more complex, add control over contracts, budgets, retention and the timing of revenue recognition.
Start. Grow. Scale.
A subcontractor may begin with trading or shorter projects, then grow into larger contracts or main-contractor work.
Run the business
- Accounting
- Inventory
- Project Accounting
- Purchasing
- Fixed Assets
Control the project
- Project Budget
- PO Budget Control
- Contract Details
- Variation Orders
- Retention Tracking
Understand performance
- Percentage of Completion
- Revenue Recognition
- Project Profit Visibility
- Contract Balance
- Project Performance
From contract to project performance.
Connect the commercial and financial events around the project instead of viewing each transaction in isolation.
Don’t discover the overspend after the purchase.
Set project budgets and bring purchasing into the control process. Unity can check Purchase Orders against the relevant project budget before the cost is committed.
Budget functions can also support adjustments, provisional and contingency sums, approval and project budget analysis.
Progress billing is not always the same as revenue.
For longer-term construction projects, the amount billed may not represent the revenue to be recognised for that period.
Unity’s add-on module can calculate percentage of completion and support monthly recognition of contract cost and revenue, providing clearer visibility of project profit and supporting financial and tax-estimation planning.
Know what is being held — and when it is released.
Retention can remain outstanding long after the original work is billed. Unity helps contractors keep the retention trail visible.
Track retention involving both customers and vendors, including amounts held and subsequently released.
See the contract beyond the original contract sum.
Track the project contract, subsequent variation orders, billing activity and the remaining contract position.
Contract Details
Project title, contract number, tender number, dates and contract sum.
Variation Orders
Record positive and negative variations as the contract changes.
Billing Activity
Review invoice billing and relevant adjustments against the project.
Contract Balance
Bring contract sum, variations and billing together to understand the remaining position.
See what each project owes you.
Focus on the transactions and outstanding position relevant to an individual project, rather than only viewing the customer as one combined account.
Construction controls built on a complete accounting core.
Add construction-specific capabilities without giving up the standard functions needed to run the wider business.
Accounting
Customer/vendor transactions, receipts, payments, bank reconciliation, audit trail and financial statements.
Project & Inventory
Project accounting, inventory management, multiple locations and project reporting.
Purchasing
Purchase requisitions, supplier quotations, Purchase Orders and purchase invoices.
Fixed Assets
Acquisition, depreciation, disposal and fixed-asset reporting.
Service Tax
Optional Service Tax functionality and supporting reports for applicable implementations.
e-Invoice
Optional e-Invoice functionality including supported sales and self-billed workflows.
Add more as your projects grow.
Tell us what kind of projects you handle today. We’ll show you the Unity setup that fits your construction business — and where it can grow next.
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Bring us one project. We’ll walk through your accounting, purchasing, budget, billing, retention and reporting requirements.
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