Construction ERP that protects your margin, not just your records.

Brilliant Cloud implements Acumatica Construction for South African contractors and developers, connecting job costing, project management, change orders, progress billing, equipment and subcontractors in one real-time cloud platform. Accessible in the office and on site, and supported locally by certified experts.

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Job-levelreal-time costing
Office & siteone platform
Real-timeproject to office
Unlimitedusers, no per-seat fees
Construction site and buildings under development managed with Acumatica Cloud ERP
Acumatica Gold Certified Partner
Trusted across operational industries
However you build

Whatever you build, Acumatica runs the job

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The margin leak

When the numbers only arrive after the job is done

Costs you see too late. Committed and actual costs live in spreadsheets, so overruns only surface once the margin is gone.

Untracked change orders. Variations get built but not billed, eroding profit and creating disputes at final account.

Slow, manual billing. Progress claims and retentions handled by hand delay cash flow and tie up your team.

Office and site disconnected. Field time, approvals and progress never reach the system in real time.

With Brilliant Cloud + Acumatica

One connected platform from tender to final account

Committed vs actual job costs in real time, by project
Change orders that update budgets, contracts and billing
Automated progress billing and retention tracking
Mobile time, expenses and approvals from any site
Unlimited users, built and supported by a local certified team
Construction we know

Configured for your kind of construction

We model Acumatica around how you actually win, deliver and bill work, not generic templates. From single-trade contractors to multi-entity developers.

Acumatica Construction Edition

Job costing and project control in one platform

Construction features that connect estimating, projects, the field and billing to the back office, in real time, on any device.

Job costing

Track committed and actual costs for labour, materials, equipment and subcontractors against budget, in real time.

Project management

Manage budgets, commitments, drawings and daily field reports with dashboards and profitability forecasting.

Change order management

Audit-ready change orders that update budgets, contract values and billing so every variation is captured and billed.

Progress billing & retentions

Milestone, percentage-complete and progress claims with retention tracking and tax-aware, compliant documentation.

Equipment & plant management

Track location, utilisation and maintenance of equipment and recharge it accurately to each job.

Mobile field & time capture

Clock in or out, log time, expenses and progress, and approve from any site, feeding live cost data.

Inside Acumatica Construction

What each module actually does on your projects

Not a feature list, a working construction platform. Here is exactly what runs under the hood, from estimate to handover.

Job costing

See true project profit as it happens, not three months after handover.

  • Budgets, commitments, actuals and forecasts on every job
  • Cost codes and cost types down to the line item
  • Real-time committed-cost view from POs and subcontracts
  • WIP, over and under-billing and profit-fade reporting

Project management

Run the whole project from one connected system, office to site.

  • Drawings, RFIs, submittals and daily field reports in one place
  • Document control with version history and approvals
  • Subcontract management with compliance and insurance tracking
  • Project dashboards your PMs and owners can actually read

Change order management

Capture every variation so scope creep never eats your margin.

  • Track potential, pending and approved change orders
  • Flow approved changes straight into budget and billing
  • Full audit trail from request to client sign-off
  • Markup, pricing and revised contract value in real time

Progress billing & retentions

Bill accurately, hold the right retention and protect cash flow.

  • AIA-style progress claims and schedule-of-values billing
  • Retention held and released automatically per contract
  • Cost-plus, fixed-price and time-and-material billing
  • Compliance, lien waivers and supporting documentation

Equipment & plant management

Know what your plant costs and where every machine is.

  • Track equipment usage and cost by job and by asset
  • Maintenance scheduling to reduce breakdowns and downtime
  • Internal hire rates charged back to the right project
  • Utilisation reporting to right-size the fleet

Mobile field & time capture

Connect the site to the office without paper and re-keying.

  • Capture labour, time and equipment hours from any device
  • Photos, notes and daily logs synced to the project
  • Offline capture that uploads when back in coverage
  • Live field data feeding job costing instantly
Operational outcomes

Transformation you can measure

Representative results from Acumatica projects we've delivered, typical of what connected, real-time operations make possible.

Real-time

Job cost visibilityCommitted vs actual costs on every project, before margin slips.

Faster

Cash flowAutomated progress billing and retentions speed up your claims.

Zero

Lost variationsChange orders captured, approved and billed, not absorbed.

Unlimited usersPut every PM, estimator and site team on the system, no per-seat fees.

Figures reflect outcomes achieved on selected client engagements; results vary by business and scope.

Plays nicely with others

Connect the tools you already run on

Acumatica's open API means your ERP becomes the hub of your operation, synced with e-commerce, CRM, logistics and the bespoke systems your business depends on. We design every integration so data flows in real time, with no double capture.

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Shopify WooCommerce Salesforce HubSpot Power BI Magento EDI / API Microsoft 365

Ready to build with better margins?

Book a tailored Acumatica Construction demo and see your job costs, projects, change orders and progress billing modelled on one real-time platform.

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Questions, answered

Construction ERP FAQs

Acumatica Construction is a cloud-native ERP for contractors, subcontractors and developers. It connects job costing, project management, change orders, progress billing and retentions, equipment management and subcontractor compliance with operations and CRM in one real-time system, accessible in the office and on site.

Yes. Acumatica tracks committed and actual costs for labour, materials, equipment and subcontractors against budget in real time, with project-based costing, work-in-progress reporting and profitability forecasting, so you protect margin before a job overruns.

Yes. You get audit-ready change order workflows that update budgets, commitments and contract values, plus retention tracking on both customer billings and subcontractor payments, so nothing is billed or released before it should be.

Yes. You can raise progress claims and milestone or percentage-complete billing, manage retentions and tax, and produce compliance and audit-ready documentation, which accelerates cash flow and reduces billing disputes.

Most Acumatica construction implementations take 10 to 20 weeks depending on the number of entities, project types and integrations. Our phased methodology reduces risk and delivers value early.

We are a Gold Certified Acumatica Partner with 23 years of ERP delivery experience, 880+ customers and certified local consultants. We implement, integrate and support Acumatica Construction locally, with a focus on project profitability rather than licence sales.

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