Control costs

Live job costing from labour, materials and machines.

Manage teams

Plan people, hours and schedules in one place.

Track materials

Know exactly what you own and where it is.

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One system from kickoff to closeout.

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Outcome · Control costs

Know what a job is costing while you can still change the outcome.

Labour, materials, machines and purchases land on the right project the moment they happen — so margin is something you steer, not something you discover at the end.

Live job costing Budget vs. actuals One source of truth
Construction cost documents and a calculator on a desk
−18% budget overrun caught early
The problem

Most contractors find out too late

The final cost of a job is not one large expense. It is hundreds of small daily events — hours worked, material issued, machines used, orders placed. When those live in separate systems, the picture only assembles itself weeks after the money is gone.

Costs arrive weeks late

By the time the supplier invoice lands, the phase it belongs to is finished and the overrun is unrecoverable.

No cost centre, no answer

Total hours are known, but not which job used them — which makes project profitability guesswork.

Every bid repeats the guess

Without a real cost history from finished jobs, the next estimate is built on memory rather than evidence.

Construction drawings and plans on a desk
What the delay actually costs

A mid-sized contractor typically loses several thousand euros per employee per year to unrecorded hours, duplicate purchasing and material that never gets attributed to a job.

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100%
of costs tied to a cost centre
−18%
typical overrun caught early
3×
faster month-end review
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source of truth for the whole firm
In the product

Cost centres are the backbone

Split any job into the phases, trades or sites you actually think in, give each one a budget, and let every hour and material issue post to it automatically.

Unlimited cost centres, restructured mid-project without losing history
Budgets in money, hours or quantities
Committed cost from open orders included, so nothing hides
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How cost control actually happens

Four everyday habits that turn scattered spend into a picture you can act on.

Site supervisors reviewing progress on a construction deck
Approve at the source

Site leads confirm hours and material issues while the work is fresh, so the office starts from clean data.

Worker using a cordless drill on a build
Every hour finds its job

Assigned work pre-fills the timesheet, so labour cost lands on the right cost centre without extra typing.

Worker checking stock against a clipboard
Materials valued on issue

Stock leaving the warehouse is costed at real value and posted to the project the same day.

High-rise construction with tower cranes
Review weekly, not monthly

Budget against actuals per cost centre, so drift is a conversation in week three instead of a write-off at handover.

From first project to defensible margin

Most firms have a real cost picture within a fortnight.

01
Structure one job

Create the project and the cost centres that match how you run it.

02
Set the budgets

Money, hours or both — whatever you actually manage against.

03
Let the work post itself

Hours, materials and orders attach to their cost centre automatically.

04
Review every week

Act on variance early, and close the job with a history your next bid can trust.

"Management finally has a real overview of costs and usage on every project. We see where a job is going while we can still do something about it."

Anže Vodeb
Anže Vodeb
Head of procurement · TLPS d.o.o.
−32%
admin time in the first month

Controlling construction costs — FAQ

Within minutes of the underlying action. An approved timesheet, a material issue or a received order posts to its cost centre immediately — there is no overnight batch or accounting step.
No. Projects alone gives you structure and manual cost entry. Each module you add removes another manual step and makes the picture more complete, starting with Time tracking since labour is usually the biggest line.
Yes. Closed projects keep their full cost history by cost centre, which is the most reliable input for estimating the next similar job.
Subcontracted work can be booked to its own cost centres, so it appears in budget vs. actuals alongside your own labour and materials.
No. RelayPlan is the operational layer that tells you what a job is costing as it runs. It exports clean data to your accounting and payroll systems rather than replacing them.
Creating a project with cost centres and budgets takes minutes. Most firms have their running jobs structured within a day, without consultants.

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