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Project Profitability & Change Orders

Every project margin, budget vs actual, and change order in one place. The blind spot on whether a job is making money: budget used, forecast margin, and a cost breakdown per project, with change orders a person approves and holds for the client to sign.

Try it: sort the portfolio, open a project to see budget vs actual and its change orders, then approve a change order (it holds for client sign-off, nothing is sent). Orders over $10,000 need the principal role.

Synthetic sample data. Every project, client, and figure is invented; margins are derived from the numbers.

The instrument. Try it.

Project Profitability · Bracken Build & Studio (SAMPLE)sample cost data · nothing is signed or sent
Contract value$988k
Backlog remaining$236k
Weighted margin12%
Need attention5 of 5
ProjectKindStatus
Northwind brand campaign
Northwind Studios (SAMPLE)
Creative
106%
2%Over budget
Meridian office refresh
Meridian Partners (SAMPLE)
Construction
44%
11%Over budget
Atlas retail rollout
Atlas Retail (SAMPLE)
Creative
94%
11%Over budget
Riverside fit-out
Cedar & Main (SAMPLE)
Construction
86%
14%At risk
Harbor Lofts amenity
Harbor Group (SAMPLE)
Construction
70%
15%Over budget
Sample portfolio for Bracken Build & Studio (SAMPLE) · as of 2026-03-18 · all figures invented · nothing is signed or sent

What this demonstration shows

  • What enters

    Sample project contracts, cost budgets, cost to date, and pending change orders.

  • Where a person decides

    A person reviews margins and approves or rejects each change order; large ones need the principal.

  • What is held, not sent

    An approved change order is held for the client to sign. Nothing is billed or sent.

  • What is logged

    Every change order approval, rejection, and hold is recorded in an audit history.

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