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Run every job from bid to books
Measuring, estimates, job costing, your crew's hours, billing and the books, in one PAC account. Each step feeds the next, so a number you enter once follows the job all the way to your financial statements. Built for commercial work as well as residential: schedule of values, pay applications, retainage and certified payroll.
Built into your PAC account and available to PAC contractors.
01 Win the work
Bid on reviewed jobs from your desk
- Jobs ready to pricePosts from homeowners, architects and commercial owners arrive reviewed by PAC, by open bid or by invitation.
- Several options per bidOffer good, better and best, each with its own price, payment terms and warranty.
- PAC reviews and sends itYour local office checks each bid against the scope, then sends it to the customer.
- A contract PDF when you winAdd your contract language or a saved template. The accepted option, both names and signature lines fill in for you.
- Watch list, ratings and showcasesSave jobs to come back to, and let your ratings and PAC-verified before-and-after galleries show your work.
- Your own customers tooKeep leads and customers in a private book only you can see, with every property you work at.
Your bid · Roof replacement
Example| Option | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 · Architectural shingles30-year, new drip edge, ridge vent | $14,850 |
| 2 · Option 1 plus full ice & water shieldWhole deck, not just the eaves | $16,420 |
| 3 · Designer shinglesLifetime, upgraded underlayment | $19,300 |
Submitted for reviewBids close Oct 14
02 Estimate it
Measure once, price from your own rates
- Measure a property onceEnter wall lengths, ceiling height and the floor size. PAC works out wall, ceiling and floor square feet and the perimeter for every trade.
- Outside work tooRoofs with pitch (in squares), fences in linear feet, and driveways, patios and slabs.
- Price books with your ratesYour price per unit, waste %, job minimum and trip charge. Keep separate books for residential and commercial.
- Quick Bid in secondsPrice a marketplace job's measured rooms from your price book, then use the result to start your bid.
- Estimates customers can signShow one price or break it out by room or trade, pull in your saved payment schedule and warranty, add your company heading and print to PDF.
- Pass along work you don't doPush out-of-scope work to the PAC marketplace with your measurements. Where your area runs a referral program, you earn credit when it is awarded.
Primary bedroom · 12 ft × 14 ft
Example- Wall SF
- 416
- Ceiling SF
- 168
- Floor SF
- 168
- Perim LF
- 49
| Item | Qty | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paint walls | 416 SF | $1.15 | $478.40 |
| Paint ceiling | 168 SF | $0.95 | $159.60 |
| Carpet and pad | 168 SF | $4.25 | $714.00 |
| Baseboard | 49 LF | $3.10 | $151.90 |
| Subtotal | $1,503.90 | ||
| Waste 5% | $75.20 | ||
| Trip charge | $85.00 | ||
| Estimate total | $1,664.10 | ||
03 Run the project
Keep the contract, budget and changes on one project
- One project for the whole jobCustomer, contract value, retainage and site address, with a status you set from Active to Closed.
- Schedule of values and budgetSplit the contract into billing lines and plan costs by cost code, or import both from a saved estimate.
- Budget vs actualFor every cost code: what you budgeted, what's committed, what you've spent and what's left.
- Change ordersWrite up the added price and cost, approve it, and the schedule of values and budget update.
- Subcontracts and purchase ordersIssue commitments to subs and suppliers, and see what's left to bill on each.
- Projects mapEvery located job on one map, colored by status, with driving directions to the site.
Budget vs actual · Garage addition
Example| Cost code | Budget | Committed | Actual | Variance | Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-300 Concrete | $12,400 | $0 | $11,650 | $750 | 94% |
| 06-100 Framing | $18,200 | $7,660 | $9,840 | $700 | 54% |
| 26-000 Electrical | $9,600 | $0 | $4,210 | $5,390 | 44% |
| 09-250 Drywall | $6,800 | $6,500 | $0 | $300 | 0% |
| Total | $47,000 | $14,160 | $25,700 | $7,140 | 55% |
04 Track time and costs
Your crew's hours and your bills land on the job
- Phone clock links for your crewEach worker gets a personal link that opens in their phone's browser, with an optional PIN. Or clock people in yourself from the office.
- Check-in photo, location and jobsite radiusPunches show On site or Off site for you to review. A weak signal or a skipped photo still clocks the worker in.
- Overtime, then job costDaily and weekly overtime rules split the hours. When you post, labor is costed at base plus fringe under the right cost code.
- Certified payroll (WH-347)Wage determinations price prevailing-wage hours, and each week's WH-347 builds from posted time, ready to download as a PDF.
- Vendor and sub billsEnter bills against a job or a purchase order, post them to the cost ledger and record what you pay.
- Cost ledger and payables agingEvery cost on the job by date and cost code, and what you owe vendors by days past due.
Today's punches
Example| Worker | Job · code | Punch | Hours | Check-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus R.Electrician | Garage addition26-000 | 7:02a–3:34p | 8.53 | On site |
| Dana K.Laborer | Garage addition31-000 | 6:58a–4:58p | 10.00+2.00 OT | On site |
| Luis P.Carpenter | Kitchen remodel06-200 | 7:15a–on the clock | – | On site |
05 Bill and get paid
Bill the way your customer expects
- Invoices, draft to paidBuild an invoice, email it to your customer from PAC, and follow it from Draft to Sent, Partial and Paid.
- G702/G703 pay applicationsProgress billing against your schedule of values, with a PDF of both forms. Approving one creates the invoice.
- Retainage, both waysTracked on your invoices and on your subs' bills until the end of the job.
- PaymentsRecord each customer payment with its method and reference number.
- Lien waiversGenerate a conditional or unconditional waiver from a payment, and see which payments still need one.
- Receivables agingWhat customers owe you, sorted by how many days past due.
Pay application #3 · G702
Example| G703 line | Scheduled | Completed | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitework | $32,000 | $32,000 | 100 |
| Foundations | $58,000 | $58,000 | 100 |
| Framing | $74,000 | $51,800 | 70 |
| Roofing | $28,000 | $14,600 | 52 |
| 3 more lines | $56,000 | $0 | 0 |
- Contract sum
- $248,000.00
- Completed & stored
- $156,400.00
- Retainage 10%
- −$15,640.00
- Less previous
- −$98,550.00
- Current due
- $42,210.00
06 See the books
Books that keep up with your jobs
- Books that fill themselves inInvoices, bills, payments, posted labor and payroll become journal entries automatically.
- The full setChart of accounts, journal, general ledger, trial balance, income statement and balance sheet.
- Profit on every jobJob P&L, a WIP schedule and over- or under-billing on each project, plus profit by project across the business.
- Ready for your accountantDownload the journal as a spreadsheet file and print any statement to PDF.
- Pricing intelligenceOpt in to compare your unit costs with averages pooled from other contractors. Results show only when three or more shops have data, and never name one.
Income statement
Example- Revenue
- $612,400
- Labor
- $168,300
- Materials
- $141,900
- Subcontract
- $96,200
- Total job cost
- $406,400
- Gross profit 33.6%
- $206,000
- Overhead
- $118,750
- Net income
- $87,250
Help built in
Answers on every screen
Help Center
Every screen explained in plain language, from placing a bid to reading a balance sheet. Search it by keyword, like “overtime” or “retainage”.
Guided walkthroughs with Foreman Frank
Tap the round ? button for step-by-step tours, like placing your first bid or measuring a property. Frank points to each field as you go.
In their words
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Everything in writing before you bid
No gimmick.
When you join, you read and sign the contractor agreements online. They spell out exactly how PAC works with you, in plain terms, before you bid on anything.
Joining is a one-time $100 application fee and a program: $100 a month, $1,000 a year, or $0 for one bid a month. Seeing open jobs costs nothing extra.
Ready to run your jobs in one place?
Apply online in a few minutes. Questions first? Call the Youngstown office at (330) 792-8116.