Construction Budget Variance Tracker

Small contractors accept change orders at gut-feel pricing without realizing that material cost markups, labor overhead, and scheduling disruption costs have already eroded their margin to near zero on the original contract

Residential builders and developers comparing contractor bids manually in spreadsheets miss hidden scope exclusions that turn the lowest bid into the most expensive job once change orders start arriving

General contractors release subcontractor payments without collecting signed lien waivers because tracking them across dozens of subs per project in email is chaotic and often forgotten until the owner demands a waiver