Construction Management Software in Kenya: BOQ, Cost Control and Site Progress
Construction software becomes valuable when project planning is connected to actual materials, labour, equipment, certificates and costs.
From tender to live project
A useful construction system should allow an estimate to become a project without losing the BOQ, cost structure or commercial assumptions. That creates a single thread from tendering to delivery.
Project phases, tasks and milestones can then carry planned dates and weighted progress.
Control materials, labour and plant
Materials need to be requested, purchased, received and consumed at site. Labour needs attendance and payroll records. Equipment needs usage, fuel and maintenance records. Connecting those records makes project cost control much stronger than a spreadsheet updated at month end.
Commercial and quality control
Subcontract certificates, IPCs, retention, advance recovery, variations, inspections, NCRs, snags, risks and site diaries should remain part of the project record.
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