Buy-out without the surprises
Send RFQs from your BOQ lines so bids come back comparable. Exclusions and gaps show up before award, not at mobilization.
Construction Software for Main Contractors
The best main contractors run on Archdesk
The rest reconcile the client and thirty subcontractors by hand.
One system for the whole job: estimating and bidding, drawings and documents, schedules, timesheets, subcontractor accounts, client applications. You can see where every project stands, every day, from first tender to handover.
Trusted by construction companies of every size, worldwide
Built for how main contractors actually make money
You sit between the client and thirty subcontractors.
Certify down, apply up, same records
The valuations you certify to subcontractors substantiate the application you send the client. Both directions of the money come from one dataset.
The position without the reconciliation weekend
Commitments, certified value, variations and cost against every budget line, live. Month-end becomes a report you read, not a weekend you lose.
Solutions for a Modern Main Contractor
Construction Job Costing
What you priced is what you track. The winning estimate becomes the budget, actuals land against it line by line, and what jobs really cost feeds the next bid.
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Construction Scheduling
The schedule connected to what it depends on: long-lead deliveries on the tasks they gate, crews planned across every live job, slippage shown with its cost.
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Construction Project Management
The schedule, the progress and the money in one system. When a task slips you see what it costs, and when scope changes you see what it does to the schedule. 'On track' means the Gantt chart and the bank account.
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Construction Document Management
Nobody builds from a superseded drawing. Revision control, approvals and distribution with proof of who received what, when. The record that wins the dispute instead of losing it.
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Construction Procurement
Buy-out without the gaps: RFQs from your BOQ lines, bids back comparable, exclusions visible before award. Then every PO and subcontract lands on the budget the moment it's raised.
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Construction Cost Controlling
Committed at the PO, earned as work is delivered, invoiced months later. See all three stages against every budget line, so variance is a decision you make, not a number you explain.
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Construction Financials
Certify subcontractor valuations down, build client applications up, from the same records. Invoices, payment notices and retention on statutory time, with the audit trail attached.
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Construction Live Data
Every project's position, live, from the data that ran the work. Cost, schedule and cash agree with each other because they're the same records. There's nothing to assemble and nothing to reconcile.
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Calculate your ROI
Construction Volume
£10M
Average Administrative Cost
£500k
Average Annual Savings
£150k
Archdesk has helped deliver projects around the world
From small residential jobs to the world's largest infrastructure projects
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Nivy Mall
Nivy Mall in Bratislava is a modern shopping and lifestyle hub featuring a mix of retail stores, dining options, and entertainment facilities.
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Varso Place
Tallest building in the European Union. Designed by Foster + Partners.
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$350+ billion
of combined project value
30,000+
Active Users
6
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Main contractor FAQs
What does Archdesk help main contractors manage?
Archdesk helps main contractors manage bidding, procurement, project documentation, site delivery, subcontractor coordination, and commercial reporting in one connected platform.
Does Archdesk only cover the commercial side?
No. Main contractors also run estimating and bidding, project scheduling, document control, site forms and timesheets in Archdesk. The commercial features get the most attention because that is where the margin lives, but day-to-day delivery sits in the same system.
Can main contractors use Archdesk for cost control?
Yes. Archdesk gives main contractors real-time visibility of budgets, committed costs, variations, valuations, and payment positions so teams can identify risk earlier and protect margin.
Can Archdesk manage subcontractor procurement and valuations?
Yes. You can send RFQs built from your BOQ lines, compare subcontractor bids side by side, award and raise subcontract orders, then certify valuations against those orders. The same records substantiate the payment applications you send your client.
Does Archdesk integrate with accounting software?
Yes. Archdesk integrates with Xero (as a certified partner), Sage, QuickBooks and other accounting systems, so invoices, payments and costs flow between commercial and finance teams without re-keying.
Is Archdesk suitable for both mid-size and enterprise contractors?
Yes. Archdesk supports growing and enterprise contractors with configurable workflows and a scalable data model that works across multiple projects and departments.
See a project run end to end
In the demo we walk you through a fully worked project in Archdesk, from the first estimate through to handover. Book a demo and see.
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