Construction: Contracts, sites, materials and crews in one place

BridgeERP gives building contractors BOQ quotes, contract progress, site projects, materials stock, approvals and crew attendance.

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BridgeERP for construction: Contracts, sites, materials and crews in one place

Quotes laid out like a bill of quantities

Sections group the works, from preliminaries to finishes, with a price per item.

BridgeERP BOQ quotation of a building contractor
Sales

A BOQ quote for a classroom block

The two-classroom block for a primary school is priced by section: preliminaries, substructure, superstructure, roofing, finishes and services.

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By the numbers

What ships inside

Counted in the product.

3
kinds of order line: a priced item, a section title or a note
5
statuses of an approval request: to submit, submitted, approved, refused or cancelled
6
states of a stock transfer, from draft and waiting to ready, done or cancelled

Inside the app

What is inside

The apps a contractor runs on, and what each does for a contract.

  • Tenders and enquiries

    New buildings, renovations and paving jobs move through the pipeline with the expected contract value.

  • BOQ quotes

    Quotations are laid out in sections with a priced line for each item of work.

  • Progress billing

    Work done is recorded on the contract as a share of each item and billed as an interim certificate.

  • Site projects

    Each contract is a project with its work packages, stages and deadlines up to handover.

  • Materials and site stores

    Cement, steel, sand and blocks are received from suppliers and moved to the site store.

  • Approvals

    Site requests for materials, hire and fuel are approved or refused before money is committed.

  • Crew attendance

    Foremen, masons, fixers and drivers check in and out, with hours per day on site.

  • Aftercare tickets

    Defects reported after handover are handled as tickets with priority and stage.

Step by step

From tender to handover

How a building contract runs in BridgeERP, and which app does each step.

  1. Step 1

    Tender

    A developer or school invites a price and the job becomes an opportunity with its value.

    CRM
  2. Step 2

    BOQ quote

    The quotation prices every section of the works for the client to accept.

    Sales
  3. Step 3

    Site set-up

    The contract gets a project with its work packages and a site store for materials.

    Projects
  4. Step 4

    Build

    Materials move to site, requests are approved and the crew attendance is recorded.

    Inventory
  5. Step 5

    Certify and bill

    Progress on each item is recorded and billed to the client as a certificate.

    Accounting

Contract progress billed by item

The contract records the share of each item done, so each certificate follows the site.

BridgeERP construction contract with progress quantities
Sales

The Block A contract with work done

The Block A contract shows preliminaries and substructure complete, 60 percent of the frame, 30 percent of the blockwork and 15 percent of the services, with the certificate as a draft.

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Materials received and moved to site

Receipts from suppliers and transfers to the site store, each with its source.

BridgeERP inventory transfers of a building contractor
Inventory

Receipts and site transfers

Cement, steel and quarry deliveries received into the main store, then moved to the Block A site store in three transfers.

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Approvals and attendance from site

Requests are decided before spending, and the crew hours are on record.

BridgeERP approval requests of a building contractor
Approvals

Site requests waiting and decided

Materials, hire and fuel requests for Block A: two approved, one refused and two submitted and waiting for a decision.

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BridgeERP attendance of a construction crew
Employees

Crew attendance for the week

Check-in and check-out of the foreman and site crew for the last working days, with the hours worked.

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Who uses it

Who uses it, and what they see

One system for the office, the site and the stores.

  • Project manager

    Follows tenders, runs the work packages of each site and approves requests from site.

  • Quantity surveyor

    Prices BOQ quotes and records the progress of each item for the next certificate.

  • Storekeeper

    Receives materials from suppliers and moves them to the site stores against each job.

  • Site foreman

    Raises materials requests and keeps the attendance of the crew on site every day.

Works with

Runs with the rest of BridgeERP

Apps a contractor draws on.

In your country

Built for contractors in any country

What changes from country to country, shown on the demo's Tanzanian building contractor.

  • Your currency and VAT

    Quotes, contracts and certificates are in TZS with the 18 percent VAT of the Tanzanian chart of accounts.

  • Local suppliers and sites

    Cement, steel and quarry suppliers and sites in Dar es Salaam and Moshi are the demo partners.

  • Six-day site weeks

    Crew attendance is kept from Monday to Saturday, the usual week on building sites.

Getting started

Getting started

How a contractor moves onto BridgeERP.

  1. Set up BOQ items

    Create the work items you price most often and the materials you stock, with their costs.

  2. Add sites and stores

    Create a project for each running contract and a stock location for its site store.

  3. Add staff and crew

    Enter office staff and site crew as employees so attendance and approvals work.

  4. Load running contracts

    Enter each contract with its BOQ sections and the progress already certified.

Questions

Questions about Construction

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Can I lay out a quote like a bill of quantities?

Yes. Section titles group the works and each item is a priced line under its section.

How do I bill progress on a contract?

Record the share of each item done on the contract, then create the certificate invoice from it.

Can I track materials at each site?

Yes. Each site store is a stock location, and transfers move materials from the main store to it.

Can site requests be approved before spending?

Yes. Requests for materials, hire or fuel go to an approver, who approves or refuses them.

Can I record crew attendance?

Yes. Crew check in and out in Attendances, and the hours worked are kept per day.

Are defects after handover tracked?

Yes. Aftercare issues are Helpdesk tickets with priority and stage.

Tax compliance

Invoices your tax authority accepts

In Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia, each invoice, receipt and stock movement goes to the tax authority's own system when you post it. Ghana and Pakistan come next, and we connect 73 more countries on request.

  • KenyaReady

    eTIMS KRA

    Invoices, credit notes, POS receipts and stock movements

  • UgandaReady

    EFRIS URA

    Invoices, POS receipts and stock

  • RwandaReady

    EBM RRA

    Invoices, POS receipts, stock and imports

  • BurundiReady

    EBMS OBR

    Invoices, POS receipts, stock and manufacturing

  • ZambiaReady

    Smart Invoice ZRA

    Invoices, POS receipts, stock and imports

NextGhana GRA E-VATPakistan FBR Digital InvoicingAll 80 countries

Construction, app by app

One connected flow instead of separate systems — the work moves from one team to the next without re-typing anything.

Every stop is a real app in your plan, and the hand-offs between them are the product.

  • Customers & sales
  • Operations
  • Finance
  • Platform & insight
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CRM

Leads, opportunity pipeline, activities and sales forecasting.

CRM →
Sales pipeline of a construction company in BridgeERP CRM

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