Balance & Build Consulting delivers construction bookkeeping services built for contractors who need CPA-ready books, not generic small-business templates. We organize QuickBooks Online with job costing discipline so your field production, pay applications, and monthly financials tell the same story.
QuickBooks Level 2 ProAdvisor certified. We organize books for your CPA; we do not provide tax advice.
We categorize transactions, reconcile accounts, and structure job costing so your CPA can interpret the books without reconstructing what happened in the field.
Clean categorization, reconciled accounts, and monthly statements your CPA can trust on day one of tax season.
Level 2 ProAdvisor setup, class and project tracking, and workflows that match how contractors actually bill and collect.
Practical guidance on equipment purchases, hiring, acquisitions, and cash flow without crossing into tax advice.
We solve the back-office problems that silently erode bid accuracy and owner confidence.
Accurate monthly bank and credit card reconciliation without the last-minute scramble.
Consistent categorization so every fuel, material, and sub payment lands on the right job.
Accounts payable and receivable rhythm that supports payroll and supplier trust.
Monthly financial statements that show which jobs are profitable before you bid the next one.
Filing support and compliance workflows that reduce year-end surprises (not tax advice).
Optimized QuickBooks Online structure with classes, projects, and reporting your team can run weekly.
A structured onboarding path from messy books to a repeatable monthly close.
We review your current books, job structure, and reporting gaps in a personalized discovery conversation.
ProAdvisor-led configuration for classes, projects, vendors, and reports aligned to your contract types.
Continuous bookkeeping, monthly close discipline, and business guidance as your backlog and crew count grow.
The fastest way to fix books is to stop bad data at the source. BalanceBuild Pro captures CSI phase budgets, pay applications, and field production so your construction bookkeeping services reflect what actually happened on site.
Explore how job costing and payroll discipline connect to the books we maintain for you.
I won the bid and lost the profit. That was me in 2023 with HERC Construction. A $500k public school renovation looked like a win until sloppy job costing showed we barely broke even. Learn five fixable mistakes: treating truck and fuel as overhead, ignoring labor burden, skipping change order sub-projects, spreadsheet chaos, and waiting until month-end to review project profitability.
Read the full article
Payroll errors cost contractors over $1 billion annually. Misclassification, overtime tracking gaps, prevailing wage audits, multi-state rate chaos, and IRS scrutiny can erode 20 to 30 percent of profit if ignored. We outline practical fixes using integrated QuickBooks and Paychex workflows, including automated WH-347 certified payroll support.
Read the full articleNeed payroll support with your books? Explore contractor payroll solutions
Schedule a free consultation and we will map whether bookkeeping, BalanceBuild Pro, payroll, or a bundled path is the right fit for your next phase of growth.
Also read: Reducing Subcontractor Liability with AI
