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A Cash Flow Guide for Architects

Levelset

However, like any other business, you need to maintain positive cash flow or you may find yourself unable to pay your workers and other expenses. Let’s take a look at the basics of cash flow and how architects can budget their expenses and forecast their income to stay in good financial standing. Cash flow basics.

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Accounting for Retention Receivable & Payable: A Contractor’s Guide

Levelset

Construction projects rely on contractors completing the work they started and meeting the design intent. In an attempt to hold contractors accountable, many projects use retention holdbacks, also known as retainage. These holdbacks need to be accounted for by every party to a project: owner, general contractor, and subcontractor.

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5 Critical Construction Project Reports your System Should Pull Without Fuss

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Here’s a list of key reports that you should be able to pull at any moment from your construction project management software: Basic Accounting Reports. At a bare minimum, you’ll need the following for your accounting function: profit and loss report, balance sheets, trial balance and trading summaries. Asset and Plant Management.

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40+ Fresh Product Releases You Should Know in January

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Admin Console | MFA Enforcement [Coming Soon] – Account administrators can enforce Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all non-SSO individuals within and outside of their company when accessing new and existing projects within the account. When a role's name is updated, the new name is reflected across all projects in the account.

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Beware the Cash Flow Manager!

PSMJ Resources

Anyone who wants to learn more about how a Sources and Uses of Cash statement works, drop a line to my colleague Kim Pazera here at PSMJ (kpazera@psmj.com). For example, Mike warns against holding accounts payable to the maximum extent allowed by law to increase your operating capital at the expense of vendors, sub-consultants and others.

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5 Ways to Prepare for New Revenue Recognition Standards

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The new GAAP revenue recognition standards developed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board are here, and these standards are designed with complex projects in mind. When implemented properly, they offer improved cash flow and better accounting insight, which benefits contractors and customers.

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Construction Company Technology Practices To Reduce Financial Management Cost

Contractor Bookkeeping

Six keys helped us outperform other contractors in terms of cash flow and profit year after year regardless of the economic conditions: I was raised in a construction family. I majored in Accounting in the first of several Universities I have attended. Subsequently I have become a perpetual student of Construction Accounting.