Know your margin while the job is still running.
tectm is a project cost control platform for commercial contractors. Revenue earned, cost incurred, margin — live, on every project. Your dockets, claims and variations are the evidence underneath.
THE MODEL
Revenue above. Cost below. Margin is the gap.
Whether you're running a tier-1 head contract or a $50K labour package, the model is the same — and so is the platform.
Revenue
The head contract
SOR · BoQ · Lump Sum · Cost Plus. Payment claims, variations and certificates flow through here.
Your project
The evidence layer
Dockets, site diary, Tectus AI, variations, payment certificates. One source of truth, every level of aggregation.
Cost
The budget
Internal labour and plant, materials, subcontracted scope. Committed vs actual vs forecast — every line, live.
LIVE TODAY
In tectm right now
The evidence layer is built. The budget module is what we're shipping next.
Live
Dockets
Daily record of labour, plant and materials. Subbies submit, head contractors assess and price with contract-aware rates. Every docket carries a cost code — the foundation of the budget rollup.
- Labour · plant · materials
- Contract-aware pricing
- Assess & approve flow
- Cost-codes on every line
Live · Your AI contracts expert
Tectus
Drop in a contract. Tectus reads every clause, flags risks on ingest, and answers anything you ask — citing the exact clause and page. Available on every screen.
- Cross-contract chat
- Cited answers, every time
- Risk flags on ingest
- Permission-aware
AI contract review
Sections by TOC, structured extraction, clause-linked.
Variations
Five line types, approval chain, audit trail.
Payment certificates
HC response to claim — what you agree to pay.
Date-effective rates
No pyramiding, escalation-aware, contract-bound.
Budget module
Hierarchical budget lines tagged by trade and cost type. Five values per line — budgeted, committed, actual, forecast at complete, variance. Rolled up to trade, cost type, project. Computed live from the dockets, POs and subbie claims already in tectm.
Configurable payment claims
One engine, four presets — SOR, BoQ, Lump Sum, Cost Plus.
Substantiation packet
On-demand PDF/zip — every line traces to source.
Portfolio rollups
Cost, claim, margin across every project.
Mobile-first capture
Dockets and site diary from the ute.
HOW IT WORKS
Contract in. Margin out.
Set up the contract
Upload the head contract. Tectus extracts rates, retention, dates and milestones — you confirm in minutes, not days.
Capture the work
Dockets and site diary record what happened on site. Cost codes attach automatically; nothing rebuilt on Sunday night.
See your margin
Revenue earned versus cost incurred — live, on every project, every contract line, every day.
WHO IT'S FOR
Built for the commercial team
Tier 2 and Tier 1 head contractors running multiple concurrent projects.
Head contractors
Live cost, claim and margin across the project portfolio.
Project managers
Variance signal before it lands in month-end.
Contract admins
Claims and substantiation packets in minutes, not days.
Quantity surveyors
Budget, forecast and rollup at every level of aggregation.
Not built for
No more rebuilding margin in Excel.
When the docket carries the cost code and the contract carries the rate, the budget rolls up by itself. Claims write themselves. Accruals are numbers, not guesses. Substantiation is a click.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Stop closing the month on a guess.
The evidence layer is live. The budget module is next. Come in on the pilot — help shape it.