Sage 50 Construction

As part of the Sage 50 Suite, Sage Construction helps you manage construction processes easily. 

The software is ideal for businesses needing increased construction control. A major part of Sage Construction 2010 is the new Client Billing Module which has been re-written to improve usability, flexibility and improve integration. Sage 50 Construction is packed with new benefits and features for your business, so why not upgrade today.

New Features for Sage 50 Construction

The following new features have been added to create Additional Functionality in Sage 50 Constructio

·         Construct introduces VAT on applications

·         The introduction of Cumulative Billing with multiple Nominal, VAT & Stock codes results in increases functionality that is required by different sections of the Construction market, provides benefits to existing customers as well and to potential new customers.

·         The added functionality to support billing for multiple Clients on an individual Contract using a mixture of Non Cumulative and Cumulative documents, reduces number of Contracts required to comply with Contractual billing requirements & therefore easier Cost/Revenue reporting.

·         Adds a ’Build Tender’ button on the valuation item list screen, to enable a jump from the current position within the valuation hierarchy, directly into the Build Tender / Maintain Variation function to precisely the same position within that hierarchy, which improves usability by adding flexibility to jump from Build Tender / Prepare Variation to the valuation and back again whilst maintaining the position in the hierarchy.

·         Adds the ability to alter priority of deduction from within the Sales Document

·         Enable discounts at valuation item level, either as a price percentage, or invoice or cumulative totals.

·         Maintain retention at valuation item level, either as a price percentage, or invoice or cumulative totals. At document level, choose either document level or item level maintenance.

·         Enable View Invoices and View Applications from within the one sales document maintenance function.

·         Introduce a new internal text function for recording credit control notes against each sales document.

·         Enable text to be added from the sales document or valuation screen.

·         Enable Update and Amend S/L Allocations from the one sales document maintenance function.

·         Enable Posting Totals, Summary Text, and Contract Totals, to be accessed from a common ‘More’ button on the main screen.

·         Enable Contract Complete, Final Retention Release,  Stop Allocations, to be accessed from a common ‘More’ button on the main screen.

·         Introduce reconciliation of detail level retention when viewing the totals of valuation item list screen in detail mode. The retention, as calculated and stored for Construct’s main functions, can be reconciled on screen with the retention calculated within the New Client Billing module, which enhances integration enabling the surfacing of more construction data.

Key Benefits for Sage 50 Construction 2010

Increased usability

• New Client Billing module which enables all Client Billing functions actions to be accessible within one screen, this simplifies the production of Sales Documents, adds flexibility, new features, and improved integration.

• The ability to View Billing Account from the sales documents which improves usability

• Introduces new functions to apply stops to, application opening balances, certificate opening balances, applications and payment certificates, refund certificates and other non posting documents. Which increases functionality and gives the system flexibilty so that a mistake can be easily resolved

• Sales documents amendments, users can now amend all types of sales documents prior to posting them this improves usability and once again ensures that data can be corrected. 

• Users can now amend the valuation details of all types of sales documents prior to postings them.

• Auto-generate the valuation, using its associated variation, from all sales documents, greatly reduces the number of keystrokes required to raise sales documents.

• Introduces a print status for all sales documents so that unprinted documents in a contract can be easily identified. Introduces an ‘amend’ status for all sales documents so that amended documents in a contract can be easily identified.

• Introduces a ‘Document Type’ field to confirm the precise type of sales document that has been selected from the new document popup menu this reduces the risk of input error.

• Input a VAT amount at valuation item level to override the default percentage.

• Mergeing the Maintain Valuations function into one function to maintain sales documents reduces menu switching and associated keystrokes.

• Allow interim and final invoices, retention invoices, credit notes, Payments & Refunds and Opening Balances to be raised by selecting them from a common ‘new document’ list rather than by individual button/menu item.

Increased Security

Sage Construction 2010 is HMRC Compliance and offers the following new functionality.

• Multiple numbering sequences for sales documents introduces a new system parameter to enable choice of invoice numbering sequences; either Construct local or Sage 200 global, and new sequence for Sales Certificates. These ensure HMRC compliance and gives improved document recording.

• Introduce additional security access to sales documents by enabling a view only mode so that users may access New Client Billing but not input or amend anything giving richer security functionality

• Introduce additional security access to sales documents by allowing specific users to input and amend applications and certificates, but not invoices, otherwise to access all types as original setting increasing security.