One app for every underground utility job, from bid to budget
Move a job from bid to estimate to contract to active project to tracked budget in one Odoo app — with real-time overrun alerts the moment a job starts trending over plan.
The problem
Underground utility contractors win jobs on estimates built from material, labour, and equipment assumptions — then excavation surprises, equipment downtime, and vendor price drift push actual spend past the bid long before anyone notices. By the time overruns surface in month-end accounting, the margin is already gone.
The solution
Underground Utility Contracting unifies bidding, estimating, job costing, and budgeting in one app, so estimate data flows straight into cost sheets and budgets without re-keying — and project managers get warned while the job is still running, not after it closes.
Everything from bid to budget, in one app
Every capability below is implemented in the module.
Bid Pipeline & Win/Loss Dashboard
Move opportunities through a Kanban pipeline with stage tracking, then see funnel health at a glance with a win/loss dashboard — a rollup neither competing app provides.
Material, Labour & Overhead Estimating
Build estimates that split cost into Material, Labour, and Overhead lines, the three cost families underground jobs are actually bid on.
Live-Linked Quotations & Cost Breakdowns
Generate a quotation from a confirmed estimate in one click, and send partners a formatted cost breakdown that stays tied to the live estimate instead of drifting out of date.
Job Cost Sheets with Committed & Actual Tracking
Every cost sheet line tracks committed spend from open purchase orders and actual spend from posted vendor bills, so planned, committed, actual, and forecast are always visible side by side.
Real-Time Overrun Alerts
A daily scan compares forecast to plan and raises an activity and chatter warning the moment a cost sheet or budget crosses into at-risk or overrun — while a project manager can still act.
One-Click Budget Generation
Generate a full budget straight from a validated cost sheet's totals, with one budget line per cost-sheet line and the same purchase order links carried forward for drill-down.
Visual Budget-vs-Actual Analysis
A dedicated budget analysis view charts planned against forecast by cost type and phase, with on-track, at-risk, and overrun status badges — turning raw variance into an at-a-glance signal.
Post-Budget Reconciliation
Reconcile change orders and late invoices against a confirmed budget in one action, with every adjustment logged to an audit trail so the budget stays trustworthy after it is set.
Job Orders, Equipment & Material Requisitions
Schedule job orders with equipment maintenance requests and checklists, and route material requisitions straight into purchase orders so field costs land on the right job and project.
How it works
Bid & Estimate
Log the opportunity, capture site and tender details, and build a Material/Labour/Overhead estimate.
Win & Convert
Move the bid to Won, create the project and quotation in one click, and carry the estimate forward.
Track & Budget
Validate the cost sheet, generate the budget, and watch committed and actual spend update live from purchase orders and vendor bills.
Alert & Reconcile
Get warned the moment a job trends at-risk or over budget, then reconcile any post-budget cost changes with a full audit trail.
Frequently asked
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Yes. This single app covers the full bid, estimate, contract, project, cost sheet, and budget loop that otherwise requires buying and integrating two separate modules.
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Underground Utility Contracting
A bid pipeline with material, labour and overhead estimating, one-click budget generation and job cost sheets tracking committed versus actual spend — with real-time overrun alerts.
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