Contractors can use this free Google Sheets construction budget template [with a spot for your logo] to plan and track job budgets. It has everything you need to make the job easy including auto-fill CSI cost codes and graphs that break down your costs by cost type.
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Using the Template
On the first tab, you can see an overview of your job's progress and cost breakdown, automatically updated from your budget sheet.
On the second tab, you can enter your budget items. Start typing a cost code name to see available options. Once selected, the cost code number will automatically fill in. Add in your budget, change orders and how much cost has been incurred to date and the revised budget, forecast, and % to complete will automatically calculate.
Automating Your Budgets
When you're ready to automate your job budgets, check out CrewCost. It's construction accounting software with everything contractors need to keep a pulse on their business's finances.
When the spreadsheet stops keeping up, CrewCost's job costing software tracks budget, committed cost and cost to complete by cost code from the same ledger as your books.
In CrewCost, you can easily track a project from estimate to completion, and see all that data roll up into your overall accounting. Schedule a demo and see how CrewCost can help you build a more profitable construction business.