Job Costing
Estimating & Proposals
Build clear, accurate estimates from consistent pricing, send proposals fast, and turn an approved bid straight into a job.
Job Cost Portal
Know exactly where your jobs stand.
A project and cost-tracking platform built in-house for paving contractors — from the first estimate to the final check.
Why It Exists
Built by paving professionals, because nothing else fit.
JCP didn't start as a product. It started as one contractor's system for knowing what his own work actually cost — while the work was still happening.
General construction software assumes general construction. Paving has its own realities: tonnage, mobilisations, crews that move between three jobs in a day, prevailing wage, and margins thin enough that an 8% labor overrun is the whole profit.
JCP is available to Paving Alliance members as an optional technology solution. Membership does not require you to change the software you run today.
Job 24-0841 — Riverside Logistics Center
Estimated profit
$48,200
Margin
11.7%
-$5,350 vs. estimate(bid at $48,200)
Labor$96,4008.4%
Materials$178,300−0.8%
Equipment$52,600−2.6%
Subcontractor$24,0000.0%
Overhead$12,5000.0%
Labor running 8.4% above estimate
$5,832 over the labor budget earned at 72% complete. Flagged today — while there is still 28% of the work left to run differently.
- Contract
- $412,000
- Costs to date
- $265,788
- Projected cost
- $369,150
Sample data — not connected to a live account
Watch It Work
See the dashboard before you see a sales deck.
The dashboard is the first thing a member opens each morning: jobs in flight, where each one stands against its estimate, and what needs a decision today.
This is the walkthrough published by the Job Cost Portal team themselves. There are 16 more below, covering everything from account setup to accounts receivable — the full library runs about 53 minutes.
Capabilities
One record, from estimate to final check.
Every module works off the same job. A number is entered once and shows up everywhere it belongs.
Job Costing
Job Costing
Track labor, material, equipment, inventory and overhead against the estimate. Catch overruns early. Track profit daily, in real time.
Operations
Labor & Time
Tie field hours directly to job costs, handle 8/40 overtime rules, and apply labor burden so the number hitting the job is the real one.
Operations
Contracts & Change Orders
E-sign proposals and change orders, track contract changes without chasing paper, and keep progress billing tied to the real scope.
Technology
Billing & Payments
Generate professional invoices, track partial payments and retainage, and see payment status without rebuilding a spreadsheet.
Operations
Profit Sharing
Reserve funds for performance incentives against real job performance — the system the founder used to run his own company.
Technology
Reporting
Multi-level profit reporting, labor usage for regular and prevailing wage jobs, cost breakdowns, and open invoice reports — to PDF or Excel.
Administrative tools
- AR, AP and vendor compliance tracking
- Business dashboard
- Automated job forms — crew sheets, releases, liens, warranties
- Automated project-level reconciliation
- Customer records with multiple job sites under one account
- Consolidated view of proposals, jobs, invoices and payments
Walkthroughs
Every screen, shown by the people who built it.
Filter by what you're trying to do. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.
17 videos
Greetings and SurveysGetting started Dashboard at a glanceGetting started Account SetupGetting started How to create a customer?Customers & sites How to create a Location?Customers & sites How to Create an Itemized Bid Proposal | Step-by-Step GuideProposals How to create a ProposalProposals How to Follow Up on ProposalsProposals Proposal CreationProposals How to create a Change Order?Contracts How to create a Cost Plus Contract?Contracts Generate a ContractContracts How to create a job sheet?Jobs Account Receivable - ExplainedBilling How to generate an invoice?Billing How to delegate your portfolio?Account & access How to request Company level access?Account & access
These are published by the Job Cost Portal team on YouTube. Visit the channel for anything added after this page was built.
Real Time
Profit and margin by company, salesperson, contract, or project.
Not at month end. Now.
Not sure whether this is your bottleneck? The assessment scores your job costing against four other areas first.
Find out where your margin is going.
The assessment scores your job costing, operations, purchasing, technology and growth readiness — and tells you what to fix first.
Free · About 10 minutes · No obligation