Project Profit & Change Order Control Kit

You did the work. The owner said "go ahead." Three weeks later nobody remembers the conversation — and you're arguing over a change order you should've been paid for already.

That's not a field problem. It's a tracking problem.

This kit is a ready-to-use Excel system for one commercial construction project. It keeps your change orders, extra work, costs, billing, and cash in one place — and every Monday it tells you exactly who to call and where your money is.

WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU

• Catches change orders before they slip. Every pending CO gets a follow-up date. Miss it and it turns red and lands on your "Call Today" list.

• Shows your real margin. Not the inflated number mid-job — it counts what you've spent, what you've committed, and what's still coming.

• Flags extra work at risk. T&M you've done without signed paper shows up as money at risk, not just another expense.

• Tracks retainage and past-due money. You see what's owed, what's late, and what the owner is holding back.

• Checks itself before every pay app. A month-end tab ties out to your accounting and flags duplicates, over-billing, and missing approvals.

WHAT YOU GET

• The Excel kit: live dashboard, change order log, T&M log, cost log, billing log, and reconciliation tab

• English AND Spanish versions — so the office and the field team can both use it

• A 4-page quick-start guide: set it up in 10 minutes, run it in 15 minutes every Monday

• Sample job data so you can see how it works before you load your own

WHO IT'S FOR

Commercial GCs and specialty subs who are tired of tracking change orders in email, text threads, and their head.

"I ALREADY USE QUICKBOOKS."

Good — keep it. QuickBooks is your books: it records what already happened. This kit is your Monday morning: it tracks the change orders and extra work that haven't hit QuickBooks yet — which is where the money gets lost.

THE RULES IT RUNS ON

Pending is not approved. No paper, no work. Log it once.

Built for Microsoft Excel. One file per project. An operational tracker — not accounting or legal advice. Digital download: if a file won't open or doesn't match this description, email marlene@contractordock.com within 14 days and we'll fix it or refund you.