Odoo for Construction and Trades
Built for
We set up Odoo for Australian builders, civil contractors, and trades. Track real job costs, raise progress claims, manage subbies and retentions, and keep accounting in sync. One connected system from quote to final claim, configured around how you actually run jobs.
Job and project costing
See committed, actual, and remaining cost on every job in real time. Compare against your original estimate so margin erosion is caught early, not at final account.
Progress claims and invoicing
Raise progress claims against a schedule of values or percentage complete. Generate compliant progress invoices and track claimed, certified, and paid amounts per project.
Subcontractor and supplier management
Manage subbie and supplier purchase orders, payment claims, and approvals in one place. Match committed costs to your budget and keep a clear record for each trade.
Materials and inventory tracking
Track materials from purchase order to site delivery and allocate them to the right job. Know what is ordered, received, and consumed so site shortages and over-ordering both drop.
Timesheets and labour costs
Capture labour against jobs and cost centres from the field. Push hours straight into job costing so labour shows up beside materials and subcontractor spend.
Retentions and variations
Hold and release retention amounts per contract, and manage variations from request through to approval and claiming. Nothing falls through the cracks at final account.
The process.
Discovery and scoping
We walk through how you quote, run, and close out jobs: progress claim cycles, retention terms, subbie payments, and how labour and plant are costed. We map exactly what Odoo needs to do.
Configuration and build
We configure projects, job costing, purchasing, progress claims, retentions, and variations to match your contracts. Where a workflow needs a tweak, we build it around your sites and trades.
Data and import
We bring across your active jobs, budgets, suppliers, subcontractors, and material catalogues. You start on Odoo with your real projects and balances, not an empty system.
Go-live and support
We launch with you and stay close through your first claim and pay cycles. Site teams and the office get trained on the real system, and we are on call when issues come up.
Common questions.
Yes. We configure Odoo to raise progress claims against a schedule of values or percentage complete, and to track claimed, certified, and paid amounts on each project. You can issue progress invoices and see exactly what is outstanding per job at any time.
Yes. Subbie purchase orders, payment claims, and approvals all sit in Odoo against the job they belong to. Committed costs flow into your job budget, so you can see what you are up for before the invoice lands, and keep a clean record per trade.
Odoo has full accounting built in, so many builders run job costing and accounts in the one system. If you want to keep Xero, we can sync invoices and bills between Odoo and Xero so finance stays in step. We will be straight with you about which approach suits your setup.
Yes. Costs, claims, labour, materials, and subcontractor spend are all tracked per project, so you can see margin on each job and across the whole business. Multi project costing is a core reason builders move to Odoo.
Yes. We scale the setup to fit. A small builder or trade business can start with job costing, purchasing, and progress claims, then add timesheets, retentions, and more later. You only pay for what you need, with a clear path to grow.
Ready to run your jobs on Odoo?
Let's talk.
Book a free call with our Odoo consultants. We will walk through how you cost jobs, claim, and pay subbies, and show you what a tidy construction setup looks like for your business.
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