The Margin Leak Checklist: where margin slips between site and close
Built for finance teams at civil, infrastructure and specialty contractors. 16 checks across the life of a construction job, from the budget and cost codes to crews, plant and progress claims. For each one, ask: could you answer this today, or only at month-end?
Four stages of a construction job. Four places margin quietly leaks.
Before the job starts
Are the budget, cost codes and rates set up so a leak shows the day it happens?
On site, day to day
Quantities placed, truck and plant standby, extra work and crew hours: captured on site, or rebuilt later?
Every week
Can you see actuals drifting from budget, project by project, while the crew can still change course?
At billing and close
Does every approved change and progress claim make it onto an invoice before the numbers are final?
Count your “Today” ticks. That’s your score.
Takes about 10 minutes per project. Run it on your biggest live construction job first. That’s where a small leak costs the most.
Turn month-end ticks into today.
Assignar is construction software that sits between the field and finance, turning what happens on site into live job costing: actuals against budget, job by job, as the work happens.
