Job Gross Profit
Revenue minus all direct costs per job — updated in real time as costs enter QuickBooks.
Construction & Trades · NW Arkansas & Suffolk County NY
Know if a job is profitable before you send the invoice
Most construction and trades companies find out they lost money on a job weeks after it's done. We build Power BI dashboards that show you labor vs. budget, material costs, and crew productivity in real time — so you can fix problems while you still can.
✓ Job-level profitability tracking
✓ Labor hours vs. estimate
✓ Crew productivity dashboard
✓ QuickBooks connected
✓ NW Arkansas & Long Island
The Problem
Sound familiar?
- You don't know if a job made money until the accountant closes the month — sometimes 6 weeks later.
- Your foreman sends hours via text. You type them into a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet gets corrupted.
- Material costs are in QuickBooks, labor is in a time clock app, and your estimate is in a PDF. Nobody compares them in real time.
- You quoted a job at 30% margin, but after labor overruns you made 8% — and found out too late to do anything.
The Fix
What you get instead
- Live job profitability view — revenue vs. estimated cost vs. actual cost, updated daily from QuickBooks and your time clock.
- Labor vs. estimate by job, crew, and phase — visible the same week it happens, not next month.
- Automatic weekly reports delivered to your inbox every Monday morning — no manual pulling required.
- One dashboard your project managers can check on their phone from the job site — updated automatically.
What We Measure
Your dashboard will track
Every metric defined in plain English and calculated consistently — no more arguing about which number is right.
Labor Hours vs. Estimate
Actual hours vs. what you quoted — by job, crew, and phase.
Material Cost vs. Budget
Spend vs. budget flagged automatically when you go over threshold.
Crew Productivity
Output per labor hour by crew — see who's efficient without micromanaging.
Jobs in Progress
All active jobs with current margin, percent complete, and projected final profit.
Receivables Aging
Who owes you money and for how long — automatically pulled from QuickBooks.
Live Example
See what it looks like
A live, interactive demo with simulated data — watch the metrics refresh and try the date filters. Your real dashboard is built around your own data sources on the DVOPS platform.
"I used to find out I lost money on a job 3 weeks after it was done. Now I can see margin by job, by crew, and by phase — every day. We've already identified two job types we were consistently underquoting."
FAQ
Construction dashboard questions
How do I track job profitability in real time using QuickBooks data?
We build a Power BI dashboard that connects directly to your QuickBooks data (and your time-clock app) and refreshes automatically. Every job shows current revenue, estimated cost, actual cost, and live margin — so you see the margin while you can still affect it, not weeks after the job closes.
What construction KPIs should I be tracking?
The most useful KPIs for construction and trades: job gross profit, labor hours vs. estimate by job and phase, material cost vs. budget, crew productivity (output per labor hour), jobs in progress with projected final margin, and receivables aging by customer.
Can the dashboard combine QuickBooks with my time-clock app?
Yes. We pull QuickBooks revenue and material costs into the same SQL data hub as your time-clock hours (ExakTime, ClockShark, Busybusy, T-Sheets, etc.), so labor and cost data live side by side on every job.
How long does it take to build a construction dashboard?
Most construction clients are live in 2 to 6 weeks. Starter-tier dashboards launch in 2–3 weeks; multi-source Professional dashboards with budget-vs.-actual and crew rollups take 4–6 weeks.
How much does a Power BI dashboard for a contractor cost?
Plans start at $95/month with a $950 one-time setup. The Power BI Pro license is included in every plan, so there's no separate Microsoft user fee.
Pricing
Straightforward plans
Setup covers building your data hub around your job costing workflow. Power BI license included in all plans.
Starter
$95/mo
+ $950 setup
1 dashboard · 1 data source · Monthly refresh · Core KPI overview
Get startedGrowth
$125/mo
+ $1,750 setup
3 dashboards · Multi-source · Weekly refresh · Budget vs. actual
Choose GrowthProfessional
$195/mo
+ $3,500 setup
4+ dashboards · Unlimited sources · Daily refresh · Full data hub
Choose ProfessionalReady to know your job margins in real time?
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll look at your current reporting setup and show you exactly what a construction dashboard would look like.
📍 Serving construction & trades in NW Arkansas (Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale, Fayetteville) · Suffolk County, NY · nationwide