Built in NZ · Built for Civil

Know What the Job
Is Really Costing.

Your accounting software knows what hit the accounts. Fieldlink knows what happened on the job — labour, plant hours, materials and supplier costs against the tendered budget, while there's still time to act.

How it works in Fieldlink

Budget from estimate
Timesheets & plant hours
Supplier costs
Actual vs budget
Forecast & margin

Budget vs actual, by cost head

Labour from approved timesheets
Plant from machine hours
Materials & supplier invoices
Subcontractors
Trucking & cartage dockets
Variations tracked separately
JOB 2214 — Subdivision drainage
Budget    $184,200
Actual    $131,480 (71%)
Labour 88% · Plant 64% · Materials 71%
Forecast margin: on track

Costs arrive as the work happens

Because timesheets, plant hours, dockets and variations already live in Fieldlink, job costs build up daily — not when the supplier invoices land at month-end. Problem jobs show up while you can still fix them.

Variations don't leak

Price variations from your rates
Client approval trail
Variation cost & revenue tracked
Flows into invoicing

Who it's for

Civil contractorsProject managersQuantity surveyorsOperations managersDirectors

Common questions

Where does the budget come from?

Winning a Fieldlink estimate creates the job with the tendered budget loaded. You can also set or adjust budgets by cost head on any job.

How are labour costs captured?

From the timesheets your crew already submit in Fieldlink — hours hit the job the day they're worked, at each worker's cost rate.

What about plant costs?

Machine hours recorded on timesheets allocate plant cost to the job, so an excavator that spends three days on site actually shows up in that job's costs.

Does it replace my accounting software?

No — Fieldlink is the operational view. It syncs with Xero for invoicing and payroll, while giving you the job-level truth your P&L can't.

Run your civil work in one system

Takeoff → estimate → quote → job → crew & plant → field → safety & QA → cost → invoice. 30-day free trial, no credit card.

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