Construction Information Systems, Inc.

06/02/2026

📊 "Excel has encountered an error and needs to close."

If reading those nine words sends a chill down your spine, you might be a construction Controller.

There is nothing quite like spending four hours building a massive, interconnected WIP spreadsheet, only for it to crash because someone typed a letter where a number should be.

Sage Intacct automates your financial reporting so you can finally close Excel, breathe a sigh of relief, and actually leave the office on time.

**Ready to break up with your spreadsheets?**

**👇 Send us a DM before another formula breaks.**

05/28/2026

Growing your construction firm shouldn’t mean drowning in spreadsheets!

If you are running projects across multiple entities or regions, your finance team is probably wasting days manually gluing data together in Excel.

Sage Intacct fixes that by consolidating your financials in minutes, not days. You get a clear, real-time look at every entity on one screen—without worrying about a broken formula messing up your numbers.

Ready to simplify your multi-entity accounting?

👇 Drop us a DM to see how it works.

05/14/2026

🏗️ Is your profit leaking through untracked change orders?
In construction, unbilled work is the silent killer of your margins. If your field changes aren't syncing with your budget in real-time, you are essentially giving away free labor.
When change orders "get lost" until final billing, you face significant revenue leakage. Sage Intacct ensures every change is automatically tracked and tied to the budget—so you get paid for the work you actually do.

**Stop leaving money on the job site.**

**👇 Comment "GROW" below to see how we automate your change order tracking.**

04/30/2026

What is the biggest "time-thief" in your current project accounting process?

1️⃣ Tracking down missing receipts from the field.
2️⃣ Correcting manual data entry errors in Excel.
3️⃣ Waiting for month-end to see if a project is actually profitable.

Is it a 1, 2 or 3 for you? I’m curious to see where the biggest bottlenecks are!

04/21/2026

Manual Workflows vs. Modern Reality 🏗️
The "Old" Way:
❌ PMs "deliver" receipts in their trucks.
❌ 10-day lag on WIP reports.
❌ Constant "Where are we on labor?" phone calls.
❌ Spreadsheet errors that hide profit leaks.
The Sage Intacct Way:
✅ Instant mobile expense uploads from the field.
✅ Real-time dashboard visibility.
✅ Automated approvals for subs and vendors.
✅ One "source of truth" for the office and the field.
Where do you stand?

04/13/2026

If your PMs are still driving receipts back to the office or spending Sunday nights catching up on data entry, you aren't just losing time—you're losing margin.

In 2026, "I’ll get to the paperwork later" is the fastest way to blow a budget. By the time that manual data hits your system, the leak has already cost you five figures.

The Fix: Real-time field-to-office integration.
The Result: Decisions based on today’s costs, not last week’s guesses.

Stop paying for "couriers" and start empowering "managers."

04/09/2026

Can your current system do this? If you can't see your financials wherever you are, you're not maximizing your bottom line.

04/07/2026

When you hit the $20M revenue mark, the complexity of labor, change orders, and multi-entity fab shops becomes too much for entry-level software to handle. CFOs aren't just "keeping books" anymore...they’re trying to survive "Accounting Nightmares."

If you’re still using Excel "gymnastics" to run your firm, here are the top 7 nightmares we see - and how to fix them:

📍 1. The WIP Lag: Stop driving by looking in the rearview mirror. Move from manual spreadsheets to real-time automated WIP.
📍 2. Consolidation Chaos: Close the books for your fab shop and field teams simultaneously - no more logging in and out of multiple files.
📍 3. The Change Order Black Hole: Stop losing money on "scope creep." Link unapproved changes to your budget instantly.
📍 4. Labor Burden Guesses: Get the actual cost per man-hour, including fringes and union dues, not just a flat percentage estimate.
📍 5. Retainage Amnesia: Never "forget" to bill that final 10%. Automate your AIA tracking.
📍 6. Flat Reporting: Slice your data by PM, Department, or Location without a 2,000-line Chart of Accounts.
📍 7. The Procurement Trap: Use three-way matching to ensure you only pay for what actually arrived at the job site.

The Bottom Line: At your scale, you need financial intelligence, not just recordkeeping.

Ready to break through the ceiling? Drop a "YES" below or call CIS at (518) 373-9005

02/19/2026

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02/11/2026

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The RSMeans databases have been updated with the latest industry-standard pricing information. Purchase the new RSMeans databases to ensure estimates created in Sage Estimating and Sage Construction Management are as accurate as possible.

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