Audience:
Groundworks and civil engineering contractors
Most groundworks contractors don’t know their true margin until it’s too late.
Costs creep in across labour, plant, materials and subcontractors. Variations are tracked separately — if at all.
By the time the job finishes, the margin you thought you had has already gone.
👉 And that usually means the job was never as profitable as you believed.
The Groundworks Real-Time Margin Tracker (CVR System) gives you a clear, structured view of your cost, value, and margin — so you know exactly where you stand each month.
What it does:
A structured CVR system that tracks cost against value across all project elements. Aligns applied and certified values with actual costs, with variations feeding directly into the CVR to show true margin by element and overall.
Who it is for:
- QS’s managing the commercial position on groundworks packages
- Commercial managers reviewing project performance
- Groundworks contractors wanting a structured CVR system
- Teams currently using unstructured or inconsistent CVR tracking
What’s included:
Instructions tab
Full user guide covering monthly update process, variation allocation, colour code, and the critical month-end movement process
Summary and Dashboard tab
Auto-populated project summary showing contract position, commercial position, cost breakdown, variations summary, and forecast final account — no manual input required
CVR tab
Main working sheet with project setup, groundworks-specific elements, cost and value tracking, applied and certified values, cost breakdown (labour, plant, materials, subcontractors), and gross margin by element and overall
Variations tab
Full variations register with element allocation, applied, certified and agreed values, variance tracking, status tracking, and notes — all linked back into the CVR automatically
Movement tab
Month-on-month tracking of applied, certified, cost and margin movement, with clear visibility of changes each period and notes for audit trail
