How do you handle "single source of truth" for project costs? (spreadsheet hell survivor here)

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Hey everyone, I'm 23 and I recently started helping a small construction company with their internal processes. What shocked me: Budget in Excel Actual costs on paper / in accounting software (delayed by weeks) Change orders scattered across emails and WhatsApp They didn't even know this was a problem until they kept going over budget and couldn't figure out why. The PM spent ~6 hours every Monday just chasing numbers from different people. So I built them a simple web-based tool (just for in...

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Originally published on April 21, 2026. Curated by Construction News.

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