📊 Estimated Costs At Completion (ECC)
CHS’s Real-Time Visibility!
⚠️ Why Estimate vs. Actual COSTS Alone Isn’t Enough
A lot of builders think comparing estimated costs to actual posted costs is all they need to see how a job is going. But here’s the problem: That comparison is mostly meaningless—until the job is complete.
Why? Because many of your biggest expenses—like cabinetry, final trim, or appliances—may not have happened yet, OR committed costs (POs) have been issued for higher or lower than the original estimated costs, OR Change Orders may be in the works. So simply comparing what you originally estimated to your actual posted job costs so far doesn’t show the whole picture.
To really understand where a job stands midstream, you need tools that help you forecast what’s coming—not just measure what’s already happened.
That’s why CHS goes beyond actual costs. It brings all the following together on one Estimated Costs At Completion window that has the following (and more)…
Shows the original Budget / Estimate numbers.
Includes Purchase Orders to capture committed costs
Tracks Change Orders to adjust both budget and contract price
Lets you mark cost codes as complete so you know when a budget line is fully used
Continuously calculates your projected final costs (or Estimated Costs At Completion - ECC)
Shows Paid cost amounts…
So that it can calculate total amounts Remaining To Pay
Calculates Cash Balances and current bills due BY job, showing current Cash Available.
The instant calculation of the current ECC Total allows CHS to update the current Contract Price, based on whether it is fixed or costs plus, resulting in a Contract Balance Due Report that includes Job Revenues received. The current ECC total is then instantly grabbed for each job in order to calculate WIP, Earned Revenues, and Percentage of Completion totals.
That’s how you avoid surprises—and stay ahead of budget overruns before they happen.
See where every dollar stands—live, by cost center.
The CHS Estimated Costs At Completion (ECC) window is the hub where your estimate, change orders, purchase orders, manual revisions, and actual job costs all automatically come together—side by side—to instantly calculate what your completed job costs are currently expected to be when finished.
🔍 For every cost center, you get:
Original Estimate
Approved Change Orders
Issued Purchase Orders
Manual Revisions
Actual Incurred Costs
Real-Time Difference (Over/Under)
Paid to Date & Outstanding Payables
And because CHS keeps it all linked, every number has a drill-down—so you can click into any amount to see exactly where it came from.
📊 Real-Time Job Costs & Variances Tracking
Track and compare estimates, POs, change orders, builder revisions, and actual job costs—instantly.
CHS pulls detailed data from your estimates, purchase orders, change orders, and incurred job costs to deliver precise variance results—showing you exactly where you stand against your budget at every phase. These insights feed into polished, professional-grade financial reports that help you stay in control and build confidence with your clients.
CHS totals up all of the over and under amounts right on the ECC window, and gives you a summarized list of just those cost centers that are over or under so that you do not have to scroll to see them on the ECC worksheet.
💰 Stay on Top of Profit and Cash Flow FOR A JOB
On the same ECC window, you’ll see:
Current Estimated Gross Profit for the Job
Job Cash Balance (Calculated from actual cash flow: monies in less monies out)
Current Cash Available (Cash Balance Less Posted Unpaid Payables for the job)
Outstanding To Pay (ECC total less total PAID amounts for the job)
No spreadsheets. No syncing. No surprises. Just real-time clarity—on one screen.
👉 This is job costing done right—because your profits depend on it.