From Chaos to Control in Job Costing

Granite Peak Builders

Challenge:

Granite Peak’s QuickBooks setup lumped all project costs together, making it impossible to see which jobs were profitable. The owner was constantly surprised at year-end when margins came in lower than expected.

Solution:

We restructured their chart of accounts by project, automated job cost tracking, and created custom dashboards showing profitability by job, client, and superintendent.

Results:

  • Job cost visibility in real time

  • Discovered $61K in underbilled materials

  • Increased net profit margin from 11% to 15% within 6 months

  • Monthly reporting now reviewed in 30-minute leadership calls