Job Cost Platform for Mechanical & HVAC Subcontractors

Know a job is losing money six weeks before the cost report shows it.

Mechaniqal is the job cost subledger for commercial mechanical and HVAC subcontractors — budgets, purchase orders, field cost capture, and forecast divergence, running on top of whatever accounting system you already use.

Accounting-agnostic by architecture

One operational surface across QuickBooks Online through Sage, through a pluggable adapter — not an Intuit-only integration bolted onto one accounting system.

Forecast divergence, not job costing

Every competitor reports what a job has cost. Mechaniqal is built to flag that a job is losing money weeks before the cost report shows it.

Construction-to-service handoff

Project closeout populates a serviceable asset registry — warranty dates, specs, submittal data — turning project delivery into a recurring-revenue pipeline.

Everything a job needs, in one operational system

Not a general-purpose job-costing tool retrofit for the trades — built cost-code-first, for the way a mechanical subcontractor actually runs work.

Job register & budgets

Race-safe job numbering, estimate import from GC bid forms, and budget versioning with freeze-on-award.

Purchase orders & commitments

PO issuance with a named-approver authorization list, receiving, and 3-way match against AP bills.

Field capture

Foreman timecards built for a 90-second crew entry, with an offline write queue for jobsite connectivity.

Cost ledger

Append-only postings, effective-dated labor & burden rates, and period locking — an accounting-grade subledger.

Committed vs. budget vs. actual

Real-time visibility into where a job stands, broken down cost code by cost code.

Role-based access

Five roles, from foreman to executive, with financial controls like the Vendor Authorized List.

Ready to see it running on your jobs?

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