Construction & Real Estate
Built for projects, contracts, and complex structures.
Odoo for construction and real estate, where multi company and multi project is the norm.
Overview
Construction and real estate carry complexity that breaks simple systems: multiple companies, long projects, contracts, retentions, and cost control that has to be exact. We have configured Odoo for exactly this, including multi company group structures with several trade licences. Payroll is also configured for UAE WPS compliance across a large site workforce.
What we implement
Project management with budgets and cost control.
Multi company and inter company structures.
Contract, billing, and retention handling.
Procurement and subcontractor management.
Property and lease management where needed.
The outcome
Clear visibility across every project and company, with costs under control and one source of truth for the group, built on our phased approach to multi-company rollouts.
Frequently asked questions
Can Odoo handle progress billing and retention for subcontractors on a long construction project?
Yes, with the right configuration and targeted customisation on top of standard Odoo. Payment applications generated from percentage of completion, client and subcontractor retention held automatically on every certified payment, and advance recovery tracked against the contract are patterns we implement for contractors, mirrored onto analytic accounts so every cost slices cleanly by project and cost code.
We run several companies under different trade licences. How do you sequence an Odoo rollout across the group?
Financials and procurement go live first, giving every entity clean books and inter-company transactions from day one. Subcontracting, progress claims, and retention follow once that foundation holds, with site-level timesheets and equipment costs closing out the rollout. A contracting group typically reaches full commercial control in eight to twelve weeks, with each company kept clean for its own audit.
Construction projects run for years. What is our protection if the Odoo rollout itself falls behind schedule?
The same guarantee that covers every implementation we deliver. We agree a target go-live date in writing before work starts, and you see the system running on your own projects, budgets, and subcontractor claims before any payment is due. If we miss the date we committed to, you owe nothing, regardless of how complex the group structure turned out to be.
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