NetSuite for Construction
From bid to closeout, run job costing, project accounting, billing, and cash flow on one platform, configured by consultants who understand how construction projects actually get built.
Built around how construction projects actually run
Construction runs on projects, each with its own budget, schedule, subcontractors, change orders, and billing rules. Costs land from labor, materials, equipment, and subs, while retainage and progress billing stretch cash across months. Disconnected accounting tools and spreadsheets leave you guessing at job profit until it is too late.
NetSuite brings job costing, project accounting, billing, procurement, and financials onto a single platform. The platform is only as good as the configuration behind it, and Velaura has implemented and optimized NetSuite since 2013, mapping it to the way you build, by project, by phase, by cost code.
The pressures NetSuite is built to absorb
Each of these is something we configure NetSuite to handle directly, not work around.
Job costing blind spots
No real-time view of cost versus budget by project, phase, and cost code.
Progress & AIA billing
Complex progress billing, schedules of values, and slow draws that tie up cash.
Change order chaos
Scope changes that never make it cleanly into cost tracking or the next invoice.
Subcontractor & retainage
Managing subs, compliance, and withheld payments across many active contracts.
Cash flow across projects
Cash stretched thin by retainage and billing timing, with no portfolio view.
Disconnected systems
The field, the office, and accounting running on tools that do not talk.
Know every job's true cost in real time
On a construction job, profit hides in the details of cost and change. We configure NetSuite so cost versus budget is live, not a month-end surprise.
- ✓Job costing & committed costsTrack cost versus budget by project, phase, and cost code, including open purchase orders.
- ✓Project managementPlan, schedule, and track progress so jobs stay on time and on budget.
- ✓Change order managementCapture scope changes in cost and billing the moment they happen.
Bill accurately and protect cash flow
Construction cash is locked up in retainage and draws. NetSuite ties billing straight to the job so invoices are accurate and cash is visible.
- ✓Progress & AIA billingProgress invoicing, schedules of values, and draw management built around each job.
- ✓Retainage managementAuto-calculate, track, and release retainage with contract-compliant terms.
- ✓Financials & WIPRevenue recognition and real-time financials tied straight to each project.
Everything construction runs on, in one system
No more stitching together a job-cost spreadsheet, a billing tool, and an accounting package that never reconcile. NetSuite brings the operation onto a single source of truth.
Job costing & project accounting
Cost versus budget by project, phase, and cost code, with true job profitability in real time.
Project management & scheduling
Plan, schedule, and track progress so projects stay on time and on budget.
Procurement & committed costs
Purchase orders, subcontracts, and committed cost visibility against every budget.
Progress & AIA billing
Progress invoicing, schedules of values, and draws generated from job data.
Retainage & subcontractors
Auto-calculated retainage, subcontract tracking, and compliance in one place.
Financials & WIP reporting
Revenue recognition, work-in-progress, and real-time dashboards across the portfolio.
Real construction problems, solved in NetSuite
These are the day-to-day situations we configure NetSuite to handle. It is the difference between a generic setup and one built for how construction runs.
Job profit unknown until closeout
True cost is reconciled long after the work is done, so a job's profit is a surprise, not a decision.
Real-time cost versus budget by project and cost code shows job profitability as the work happens.
Change orders slipping through
Approved scope changes never make it into the budget or the next invoice, eroding margin quietly.
Change orders flow straight into project cost and billing, so budgets and invoices stay accurate.
Retainage tracked in spreadsheets
Withheld amounts are managed by hand across many contracts, creating errors and missed releases.
Retainage is auto-calculated, tracked, and released in the system with contract-compliant terms.
Progress billing eating admin time
Building schedules of values and draws by hand each cycle is slow and error-prone.
Schedules of values and draws are generated from job data, cutting billing time and errors.
Cash flow surprises across projects
Retainage and billing timing strain cash, but no one has a clear view across the portfolio.
Live cash and committed-cost visibility across every project makes funding needs clear in advance.
Field and office out of sync
Field updates, purchasing, and accounting live in separate tools, so numbers never quite agree.
One platform connects the field, the office, and accounting, so everyone works from the same job data.
Built for every corner of construction
General Contractors
Managing budgets, subs, and billing across many concurrent projects.
Specialty & Trade Contractors
Electrical, mechanical, and trade firms tracking labor and job cost tightly.
Civil & Infrastructure
Large, multi-phase projects with complex cost codes and compliance.
Homebuilders & Developers
Multi-unit builds and developments with draws, budgets, and entities.
Engineering & Design Firms
Project-based services billing time, expenses, and milestones.
Construction & Equipment Services
Service and equipment providers tracking jobs, assets, and contracts.
A proven path from kickoff to go-live
Every engagement follows the same disciplined sequence, so you always know what is happening and what comes next.
Discovery
We map your projects, processes, and pain points, by project and cost code, before recommending anything.
Solution design
We design the NetSuite configuration around your real workflows: job costing, billing, procurement, and reporting.
Configuration & build
We configure modules, build cost structures and billing workflows, and set up the dashboards your team will actually use.
Data migration
We move projects, vendors, customers, and history from legacy systems and validate every record before cutover.
Training & go-live
We train your team, run a controlled cutover, and stand beside you through the first billing cycles.
Optimization & support
After go-live we keep tuning with new modules, automation, and on-demand support as your operation grows.
NetSuite at the center of your construction stack
Construction runs on more than one system. We connect NetSuite to the tools the field and office depend on, so data flows automatically and nothing is rekeyed.
Project management platforms
Connect field project management tools so project, cost, and document data sync with the office.
Estimating & takeoff
Bring approved estimates and budgets into NetSuite to seed job cost and billing.
Payroll & certified payroll
Sync labor, payroll, and certified payroll so job labor cost lands accurately.
Payments & banking
Automate billing, collections, and reconciliation by connecting payment processors and bank feeds.
Field service & time capture
Capture field time and service data and tie it directly to the right job and cost code.
Analytics & BI
Pipe clean NetSuite data into your reporting and BI tools for the dashboards leadership relies on.
An ERP partner that speaks construction
Plenty of firms can install NetSuite. Few understand a cost code, a retainage clause, or what an unbilled change order does to a job's margin.
Process-first, always
We start with how your projects actually run, then configure the platform to fit, not the other way around.
Working in NetSuite since 2013
More than a decade of implementations, rescues, and optimizations across project-based and asset-heavy businesses.
Industry depth, not generalists
Job costing, committed costs, change orders, retainage, and WIP, the specifics that make or break a construction build.
We fix stalled projects
Inherited a setup that drifted off course or a rollout that stalled? We assess, stabilize, and get it back on track.
Predictable delivery
A disciplined methodology with clear phases, so projects land on time and you always know where things stand.
Support beyond go-live
We do not disappear at launch. On-demand consultants keep the system improving as your operation changes.
Results from teams who trusted us
"They understood job costing and retainage before touching the system. Go-live was smooth and our PMs adopted it fast."
"For the first time we can see true cost versus budget by job in real time. It changed how we bid."
"Progress billing and retainage that used to take days now take hours. Every phase landed on time."
Common questions
Is NetSuite good for construction companies?+
Does NetSuite support job costing and project accounting?+
Can NetSuite handle progress billing, AIA billing, and retainage?+
Does NetSuite support change order management?+
How long does a NetSuite implementation take for a construction company?+
Can NetSuite integrate with Procore and estimating tools?+
Ready to run Construction on a system that keeps up?
Talk to a Velaura consultant about where NetSuite can tighten job costing, billing, retainage, and cash flow across your projects.
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