Take Control of Your Projects, Protect Margins, and Build Smarter with Microsoft + AI
If you’re facing tighter margins, unpredictable project timelines, rising costs, or growing pressure on your teams to deliver more with less—you’re not alone. Today’s construction environment is complex and constantly shifting, making it harder to manage jobs, cash flow, and resources with confidence.
That’s why forward-looking construction firms are turning to Microsoft-powered ERP solutions that simplify the day-to-day, connect their teams, and provide the visibility needed to make faster, more informed decisions—on every project, from bid to closeout.
Take Control of Your Projects, Protect Margins, and Build Smarter with Microsoft + AI
- Gain real-time visibility into job costs, labor, and materials—so you can track performance, spot overruns early, and make proactive decisions.
- Improve cash flow with faster, more accurate billing and automated approval workflows that reduce delays and manual effort.
- Simplify project oversight by connecting your office, field, and finance teams in one system—so everyone works from the same playbook.
- Reduce manual work and overhead by using Microsoft Copilot AI to automate repetitive tasks and surface key insights.
- Adapt to changing demands with a flexible solution that scales across different business models, project types, and growth strategies.
Here’s why upgrading to Dynamics 365 within the Microsoft ecosystem is the smartest move for your construction business
Speed Communication
Tight integrations with familiar Microsoft solutions like Office 365, Outlook and Teams your project managers, site supervisors, and office staff can collaborate in real-time, across devices.
Enable Confident Decision Making
Power BI provides powerful, up to the minute analytics and reporting tools, turning your data into actionable insights.
Automate Routine Tasks
Use Power Automate to streamline repetitive processes like time tracking, material ordering, or safety checklists and reduce manual errors.
Protect your sensitive data
Reduce the risk of breaches and ensure compliance with industry standards with one of the most secure cloud environments in the world.
Build Custom Apps
Ensure accurate, timely data from the field to the office. Power Apps empowers construction workers to quickly build apps for tasks like real-time reporting, project updates, or inventory management—without needing coding skills – boosting efficiency, and eliminating paperwork.
Leverage Copilot for Construction
Microsoft Copilot integrates seamlessly with Dynamics 365 and other Microsoft tools, offering powerful AI-driven assistance to enhance your construction projects.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for Construction is A Central Part of the Microsoft Ecosystem
Job Material Planning
Track actual materials and resources required for jobs. Manage items needed by required date, automate purchase suggestions so you’re never low on inventory and run reports by individual job or across multiple jobs.
Job Cost Accounting
Manage jobs to increase efficiency. Compare budgeted costs vs actual costs. Make projections and track actual costs, customer billings, and payments received by current period, year to date and job to date.
Subcontract Management
Easily track and manage subcontractor contracts, change orders, work performed, retention values, lien releases and certificates of insurance.
Timesheets
Record hours and rate tables and quickly sort timesheets by job or resource. Allow employees to easily complete their own time sheets, right from their mobile device, with automated authorization built in for managers and accounting staff.
Project Mangement
Control and manage budgets, budget changes, contracts, change orders, labor resources, vendors, and subcontractors at the task level.
Progress Billing
Bill customers based on project progress. Manage bills based on unit consumption or lump sum contract. Easily create AIA billings, unit billings, and time and materials billings. Transfer posted labor costs and vendor purchases into Work Orders or Invoices.
Contract and Change Orders
Define contract lines with quick contract value setup and create automated change orders using data from the master job card.
Payroll Integration
Integrate with multiple payment solutions for easy payment management including Business Central Payroll Solutions and popular, 3rd party out-sourced solutions.
Union Payroll
Automate calculations, ensuring compliance with labor agreements, and manage deductions, while also providing a centralized platform for accurate and efficient processing. This results in time savings, reduced errors, and enhanced transparency in managing payroll for a unionized workforce.
Why Sikich is the Trusted Partner for Your Construction Needs
We don’t just implement ERP systems—we partner with you to transform your business and drive profitability. Here’s why contractors and civil engineers trust Sikich:
Deep Industry Expertise: With years of hands-on experience in construction, we understand the unique challenges you face, from progress billing and WIP accruals to job material planning. Our tailored solutions address key areas like job costing, resource management, union payroll, and compliance, ensuring your business runs smoothly from field to office.
Proven Success Strategies: We deliver more than software. Our disciplined implementation approach helps optimize workflows, reduce overhead, and boost profitability—so you can focus on strategic decisions and aligning technology with your business goals.
Comprehensive Solutions & Services: At Sikich, we offer more than just ERP software. We integrate data analytics, AI, cybersecurity, productivity tools, and managed services to help you maximize your technology investment and power your entire business.
Dynamics 365 Business Central help within construction specialties
Prefab Construction
Do you include prefabrication in your building process? If so, we offer a tailored solution that integrates Engineer to Order processes, helping you efficiently manage complex prefab projects from design to delivery.
Custom Home Builders
Are you a custom homebuilder? If so, we offer a tailor solution that enables you to manage all your projects in one place—giving you full control over every aspect of your custom homebuilding business.
Trade Contractors
Unified software solutions tailored for commercial trade contractors, utility contractors, and installers to streamline operations, empower teams, and accelerate business growth.
Tackling What Matters Most: Key Insights for Your Construction Success
The Secret to Better Cash Flow for Contractors
Essential strategies for managing finances more efficiently, ensuring you have the liquidity to meet your project demands and grow profitably.
Achieving Effective Cost Management in Construction
Practical strategies to help you control expenses, improve profitability, and ensure financial stability across your operations.
Getting to the Next Level of Construction Project Success
How empowering project managers with the right tools and strategies can ensure smoother operations and better outcomes.
