ERP for Builders, Developers & Contractors
Manage construction projects with greater visibility and control over estimates, budgets, materials, contractors, project progress, billing and financial performance. Bigsun Technologies helps businesses bring project information together through ERP-driven workflows.
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These are patterns widely seen across the construction and real estate industry, especially where each department keeps its own spreadsheets.
Reconciling the original estimate with what has actually been ordered, executed and paid takes time and manual effort.
Material requests, purchase orders and site stock are tracked separately, so shortages and over-ordering are hard to spot early.
Management often sees project expenditure and physical progress only after reports are assembled by hand.
Measuring work, checking quantities and routing approvals for contractor bills can delay payments and create disputes.
Project data spread across spreadsheets, emails and departments makes it difficult to work from one version of the truth.
A construction ERP connects the teams that touch a project, so planning, estimation, procurement, stores, site execution, contractor billing and finance all work from the same project record instead of separate files.
Bigsun's ERP software already connects financial accounting, procurement, inventory, approvals and reporting on one platform, and includes a BOQ module for projects, activities, BOQ items, vendor RFQs and purchase orders. Site execution, progress verification and contractor workflows are then scoped and configured around how your business actually works.
Ten steps that a construction ERP can connect, from the first project plan to finance and cost reporting.
Create the project with dates and department, then assign the activities it needs.
Build activities from BOQ items with quantities, units and amounts, or as lumpsum.
Set budgets by budget main head and activity block under your approval rules.
Raise site requirements against approved activities and BOQ items.
Send RFQs to vendors and issue purchase orders through checker, verifier and approver levels.
Record receipts and stock movements at each site store or warehouse.
Issue materials and record the work carried out on site.
Verify completed quantities before they are passed for billing.
Check bills against purchase order amounts and route them for approval.
Post to accounts and follow budget against orders, invoices and payments.
Connecting project estimates, material requirements, site execution, contractor billing and financial reporting helps teams work with consistent project information and better operational visibility.
Eight areas that construction ERP software typically covers, explained in plain business terms.
Create projects with start and end dates and department, and set budgets by budget main head and activity block. Budget revisions, transfers and overrun controls can be configured to your approval rules.
Available in Bigsun ERPMaintain masters for activity blocks, activity groups, activities and BOQ items with units of measurement and HSN codes. Build BOQ-based or lumpsum activities and view consolidated BOQ, terms and an Excel one-view.
Available in Bigsun ERPAssign vendors to project activities and send RFQs by email. Purchase orders follow a checked, verified and approved hierarchy by department, with approval limits by amount.
Available in Bigsun ERPTrack goods receipt, stock movements and dispatch across warehouses and locations, so stores and project teams see the same material position.
Available in Bigsun ERPRecord material issues and work done on site against project activities, so physical progress can be read alongside cost.
Configured to your projectIssue work orders to contractors against project activities and follow measured quantities, running bills and approvals.
Configured to your projectVendor bills, payments, bank reconciliation and statutory reports sit on the same platform, and a bill cannot exceed its purchase order amount. See also Bigsun's Financial Accounting System.
Available in Bigsun ERPA BOQ dashboard summarises budget main heads, activity blocks, groups and activities. Budget-to-payment tracking, from budget to order, invoice, payment and cost to go, can be configured to your reporting needs.
Available in Bigsun ERPAvailable in Bigsun ERP marks areas that are part of Bigsun's platform today. Configured to your project marks construction-specific workflows that are scoped and built around your requirements during implementation.
What teams can work towards when project, procurement, site and finance information is connected.
Budgets, purchase commitments, receipts and bills in one place make it easier to see where each project's money is going.
Project, procurement, stores and finance teams work from the same information instead of reconciling separate files.
Approval workflows and audit trails help show who requested, approved and posted each transaction.
Requisitions, purchase orders and goods receipts connected to each project give a clearer view of what is needed, ordered and received.
Work done and quantities verified can be viewed alongside spend, so progress is easier to follow across sites.
Centralised reports built on current data support reviews of cost, progress and outstanding payments.
Construction ERP is relevant to the owners of the project and to every team that works on it. Bigsun configures its ERP around how your business already runs, with direct implementation and post-go-live support from the same team.
Four practical guides for builders, developers and finance teams on controlling cost, material, cash flow and every stage of a project.
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A profitable project can still run short of cash. Read budget, commitments, bills and collections side by side, and see what owners and finance heads should ask for.
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Follow a project from BOQ and budget through procurement, stores and contractor billing to handover, and see what developers should check before choosing an ERP.
Read ArticleIt is business software that brings the main activities of a construction or property development company into one system: estimation and budgets, purchasing, stores, site work, contractor billing and accounts. Instead of each department keeping its own spreadsheets, teams work from shared, up-to-date project information.
When budgets, purchase orders, material receipts, contractor bills and accounting entries are recorded in the same system, spending can be compared with the approved budget project by project. That gives project and finance teams earlier visibility of cost heads running ahead of plan, instead of waiting for month-end reconciliation.
A Bill of Quantities lists work items with their quantities, units and rates. In an ERP, the BOQ becomes the reference for budgets, vendor enquiries and purchase orders, so planned quantities and costs can be compared with what is ordered, received and paid. Bigsun's BOQ module lets you set up activities from BOQ items and attach terms and descriptions to each activity.
Site requirements are raised against project activities and flow into vendor enquiries, approvals and purchase orders. Goods received at the store update inventory, so procurement, stores and project teams see the same position. Bigsun's ERP supports vendor RFQs, purchase orders with checker, verifier and approver levels, and goods receipt; project-specific rules are scoped during implementation.
Work orders, measured quantities, running bills and approvals can be routed through a defined workflow and posted to accounts once approved. This creates a traceable trail from order to payment and lets finance see committed and paid amounts against each project. In Bigsun's ERP, a bill cannot be raised for more than its purchase order amount; bill formats and deductions are configured to your contracts.
Start by listing your real workflows: how estimates and BOQs are prepared, who approves budgets and purchase orders, how materials move between stores and sites, how contractor work is measured and billed, and which reports management needs. Then check how well the software can be configured to those workflows, how it handles GST and statutory requirements, whether it supports multiple projects, sites and companies, how data will be migrated, and what training and support follow go-live.
Use the demo request form on this page, call Bigsun sales on +91 98202 98089, or email gs@bigsunworld.com. Share a few details about your projects and current processes so the walkthrough can focus on your requirements.
Explore how ERP-driven workflows can help connect project planning, BOQ, procurement, site operations and financial reporting.
