Live margin per job. Retainage, change orders, material variance — netted in real time. You'll know which job is bleeding before the next progress invoice goes out.
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What founders ask us
“Which jobs are losing money this week, before the change order kills the margin?”
In most shops, the answer comes from the bookkeeper in the third week of the next month — long after the labor and material are gone. CentSight reads every PO, AP bill, and time entry hitting QuickBooks and tags it to the job in real time. The margin number you see Friday is the one the foreman is actually working against.
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Every PO, AP bill, and timecard hitting QuickBooks is tagged to the job in real time. The margin number you see Friday is the one the foreman is actually working against. The next change order goes out priced right.
18.4%
9.6%
-4.1%
22.7%
How it works
Read-only. No new ERP. No 14-week implementation. CentSight observes the ledger you already use.
If it has a job code, we cost it in real time. No more month-end allocation guesses.
Material PO 12% over estimate? You see it Friday — not at job close.
Progress billing, retainage, AP terms — modeled into a real forecast you can stake an LOC draw against.
What shop owners get back
11 hrs/wk
Reclaimed from the bookkeeper-to-foreman email chain on job status. Time the PM spends in the shop, not the inbox.
47 days
Average lead time on the cash gap — long enough to draw the LOC, not panic.
+3.2 pts
Median job-margin lift in the first 90 days, from catching material variance before it's baked in.
Don't take our word for it
“We had 6 active jobs and no clear picture of which ones were making money. CentSight showed us two projects were underwater — we restructured change orders and recovered $45K in a quarter.”
Mike Delgado
Owner · $9M commercial construction company
“I used to find out a job was underwater at close. Now I see it Friday. The next change order goes out priced right.”
Ramon Beltran
Owner · Bedrock Builders · $14M GC
“We found $112K of retainage the owner had aged out of mind. Paid for the year in week three.”
Holly Tran
Controller · Hightower Mfg · $18M shop
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Topic Library
Deep-dive guides on job costing, progress billing, retainage, and every metric construction firms need to master.
Glossary
In construction, cash goes out for materials and labor long before milestone payments come in — making cash flow the lifeline of every project.
Glossary
Managing subcontractor and supplier payables across multiple active jobs is where construction cash flow breaks down.
Glossary
The buffer between what you owe now and what you have on hand — critical for construction companies juggling multiple job timelines.
Blog
How construction firms can forecast cash gaps 30-60 days ahead and avoid the scramble between milestone payments.
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Your bookkeeper records transactions — CentSight tells you which jobs are losing money before they finish.
Glossary
Knowing exactly when a project covers its costs helps construction firms decide whether to take on change orders or renegotiate scope.
Common questions
No risk to look.
Live margin, every job, every Friday. The shop runs better when the numbers keep up with the work.
No credit card. 5-minute setup. Read-only — your books stay yours.