Construction Budget Tracker

You're managing a $1.5M build. Your budget lives in a spreadsheet you built at 11pm before the project started. It worked fine — for the first month.

Then the change orders started. The client wants upgraded countertops. Lumber jumped 12%. Your electrician's invoice doesn't match his original bid. You add a row here, adjust a formula there. By month three, you're not sure the totals are right anymore. By month five, you find out they weren't.

The real cost of a messy budget isn't the spreadsheet — it's the $10,000+ mistake hiding inside it that you won't find until it's too late.

Free templates handle none of this. They give you a static list of categories and a total at the bottom. That's a grocery list, not a budget management system.

The Construction Budget Tracker is a complete financial command center for your project — designed by a general contractor who spent 15 years managing budgets before building the tool he wished he'd had on day one.

Start with your estimate. Break your budget down by CSI division or your own custom categories. Every line item has a place.

Track actuals in real time. As invoices come in, log actual costs against each line item. The variance column updates automatically — you'll see budget overruns the moment they start, not after they've compounded.

Handle change orders without chaos. Add a change order with a single entry. Watch its impact ripple through your entire budget instantly. No manual recalculation. No wondering if you updated every affected total.

See your financial health at a glance. The dashboard tab shows budget vs. actual by category, percentage complete vs. percentage spent, and projected final cost based on your current burn rate.

Track every payment. Log every invoice from every sub and supplier. Filter by vendor, status, or date. Know exactly who's been paid, who's pending, and what's due this week.

Bill with confidence. For cost-plus contractors: the markup calculator automatically applies your agreed percentage and generates client-facing summaries. For fixed-price contractors: the margin tracker shows your real profit in real time.