Packages bought out against the tender allowance
RFQs go out from the BoQ lines you priced, so subcontract quotes come back comparable and the buy-out position against each package allowance is visible before award.
Construction Software for Main Contractors
The best main contractors run on ArchdeskThe rest rebuild the CVR from spreadsheets the night before the review.
One system for the whole commercial cycle: estimating and tendering, drawings and documents, schedules, timesheets, subcontract valuations, retention and applications for payment, with the CVR read from live records. 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 make their margin
You sit between the client's quantity surveyor and thirty subcontract accounts.
Valuations down, applications up
The valuations you certify to subcontractors and the application for payment you send the client come from one set of records, with retention tracked per subcontract through to release.
A CVR you read, not rebuild
Commitments, certified value, variations and cost land against every budget line as they happen, so the CVR (cost value reconciliation) reads from live records instead of a month-end reconstruction.
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Nobody builds from a superseded drawing.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 pay applications down, build client applications up, from the same records. Invoices, payment notices and retainage released on 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 runs the main contractor cycle in one platform: tendering and estimating, subcontract procurement, document control, site delivery, valuations and applications for payment, retention, and CVR (cost value reconciliation) reporting at project and portfolio level.
Does Archdesk only cover the commercial side?
No. Main contractors also run estimating and tendering, scheduling, document control, site forms and timesheets in Archdesk. The commercial modules draw the attention because that is where margin is won and lost, but daily delivery lives on the same project record.
Can main contractors use Archdesk for cost control?
Yes. Budgets, committed cost, variations, certified valuations and retention balances sit on live records, and the CVR (cost value reconciliation) is produced from the same data at project and portfolio level, so commercial risk shows while there is still time to act on it.
Can Archdesk manage subcontractor procurement and valuations?
Yes. RFQs are built from your BoQ lines, subcontractor bids sit side by side, awards raise subcontract orders, and valuations are certified against those orders. The same records substantiate the applications for payment you send the client, with retention tracked per subcontract through to release.
Does Archdesk integrate with accounting software?
Yes. Archdesk is a certified Xero partner and integrates with Sage, QuickBooks and other accounting systems, so invoices, payments and costs flow between the commercial team and finance without re-keying.
Is Archdesk suitable for both mid-size and enterprise contractors?
Yes. Configurable no-code workflows and one data model scale from a growing regional main contractor to an enterprise group running many projects and divisions.
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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