Guides

Short answers to the questions construction companies ask before they choose a system, written from how ORCAD works.

• What is a construction ERP, and what should it cover?A construction ERP brings projects, money, contractors, sales, licenses and site teams into one system. Here is what it should cover and how to judge one.Read the guide
• How custody settlement works (تقفيل العهدة)How a construction company funds staff custodies, records every movement and closes a period with a reviewed settlement that locks the figures.Read the guide
• How contractor progress statements are calculatedHow cumulative progress statements, price versions and deductions give the net amount owed to a contractor, and why the arithmetic stays consistent.Read the guide
• How to follow post-dated cheques until they clearHow a construction or real-estate company tracks received and written cheques by status, and why a cheque only counts as money once it clears.Read the guide
• How to control a construction project budgetHow budgets per expense category, spent and committed amounts, and an early warning keep a construction project inside its budget.Read the guide
• How site attendance works with location and a geofenceHow staff check in from a phone, how the project’s location and geofence are checked, and how lateness and absence are decided from one company schedule.Read the guide