Contract Costs
Contract Costs break a contract down into individual line items — specific scopes of work, phases, or cost categories — each with a budgeted amount. Jobs can then be linked to a contract cost, allowing actual labor and materials to be tracked against what was originally quoted.
What a contract cost contains
Section titled “What a contract cost contains”- Name — a label for this cost line (e.g. “Panel Replacement”, “Rough-in Phase 1”)
- Contract — the contract this cost belongs to
- Budgeted amount — the estimated or agreed cost for this line item
- Description — optional detail about what this cost covers
How contract costs connect to jobs
Section titled “How contract costs connect to jobs”When creating or editing a job, you can assign it to a specific contract cost. This links the job’s actual labor and materials back to the budget line, giving you visibility into how actual costs compare to the original estimate.
This is most useful on larger projects where a single contract covers multiple scopes of work running across many jobs over time.
Managing contract costs
Section titled “Managing contract costs”Contract costs are managed from Projects → Contract Costs in the navigation, or from within a contract record directly.
To add a contract cost:
- Go to Contract Costs and click + Add Contract Cost, or open a contract and add costs from within it.
- Set the name, link it to the relevant contract, and enter the budgeted amount.
- Save.
Once created, the cost line can be selected when creating or editing jobs.