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Construction & Contracting

Work processes, system support, and an overview of listed partners — written from the buyer's perspective.

Industry reality

The construction and contracting sector is inherently project-driven — creating fundamentally different requirements for ERP systems compared to manufacturing or trading businesses. Every project is unique: its own scope, resources, suppliers, and finances. Maintaining real-time visibility over profitability per project, managing variations and extra work in a structured manner, and ensuring accurate project accounting are core challenges that a generic ERP rarely solves without deep configuration.

The sector is characterised by long project cycles, tight margins, and a complex stakeholder landscape. Fragmented project data — cost estimation in one system, planning in another, finance in a third — is one of the most common reasons projects lose control. Without real-time visibility into costs against budget, it is difficult to take timely action. And in an industry with contract variations, subcontractors, and percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, system accuracy directly impacts profitability.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is used by Nordic construction and contracting companies to consolidate the entire project lifecycle — from tendering and estimation to project tracking, procurement, resource management, and financial reporting — into a single unified system. The platform can be enhanced with industry-specific add-ons and integrated with specialised estimation software and surveying systems.

Core work processes and system support

Business Central: Project management and finance for SMB contractors

Business Central forms the foundation for small and medium-sized construction and contracting companies. The system covers the entire flow from project budgeting and purchasing to financial tracking and invoicing, and can be extended with industry-specific add-ons for deeper project management capabilities.

  • Project management with budgets, forecasts, and real-time tracking of costs and revenue per project
  • Variation management for structured documentation, pricing, and tracking of additional work
  • Procurement linked directly to specific projects with supplier invoice approval and cost control
  • Resource and machinery planning for optimised utilisation across parallel projects
  • Percentage-of-completion revenue recognition for accurate financial reporting on long-term projects
  • Time tracking and approval workflows for staff and subcontractors, including via mobile devices

Finance & Supply Chain Management: Complex project accounting and logistics

F&SCM suits larger contracting companies with complex requirements for project accounting, logistics management, and multi-entity financial control. The system offers an advanced project module supporting long-term contracts, split funding, and corporate group reporting.

  • Advanced project accounting with support for percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, project cost pools, and intercompany billing
  • Logistics management for building materials and machinery with procurement planning tied to project requirements
  • Financial management across multiple legal entities with consolidated financial reporting
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis per project and business unit

Field Service: Service and maintenance operations

For construction and contracting firms with a service business alongside new construction — such as installation or engineering contractors with service agreements — Field Service manages engineer scheduling, service orders, and preventive maintenance. A mobile app for field technicians is built in.

  • Service contracts and preventive maintenance with automated triggers and work order management
  • Scheduling and resource optimization for field service engineers across geographical areas
  • Mobile access to work orders, drawings, and instructions for site technicians

Sales: Tendering process and customer relations

Dynamics 365 Sales structures the tendering process and customer relationship management for companies engaged in complex sales to public sector clients, housing developers, or industrial customers. The system provides a unified pipeline view and links business opportunities directly to project setup once contracts are signed.

  • Tender and quotation management connected to estimation data and project budgets
  • Pipeline management to track business opportunities and win rates
  • Customer relationship management for key account management (KAM) targeting repeat clients

Listed partners in Construction & Contracting

Five partners are listed for the industry on d365 Guide. They are presented below in the order they appear on the industry directory page.

4PS Construction Software AB

Business Central

4PS is a specialised ERP vendor whose solution, 4PS Construct, is built directly on Business Central and tailored specifically for construction, installation, and service companies. This makes them unique in the list: rather than offering a generic BC that needs extensive industry configuration, they deliver a system with built-in industry logic out of the box — project management, variations, resource planning, service, and finance in an integrated flow with real-time project visibility. An ideal choice for construction and installation businesses prioritising pre-built industry functionality without building it from scratch.

Enqore AB

Business Central, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Sales, Customer Insights, Customer Service, Field Service, Contact Center, Project Operations

Enqore covers the full Dynamics 365 platform with a clear focus on data-driven and AI-assisted processes. For construction businesses, their profile — connecting ERP with analytics to transition from reactive to predictive operations — delivers tangible value in project tracking and anomaly detection. They combine ERP expertise with CRM and field service, making them highly relevant for contracting firms managing both capital projects and ongoing service operations.

Navcite

Business Central

Navcite implements Business Central for project, manufacturing, and distribution businesses, drawing on extensive experience with the Dynamics platform. In the construction and contracting sector, they focus on project control, resource planning, and financial management, integrating with the broader Microsoft ecosystem for a cohesive digital workspace. They offer support from initial implementation through to ongoing development — a solid choice for SMB contractors seeking an experienced BC partner with clear delivery ownership.

Yellow Solution AB

Business Central

Yellow Solution is a BC specialist focused on delivering tangible business value from ERP investments. Their delivery model combines deep experience with personal engagement and an ambition to ensure the system actively drives efficiency and better decision-making, rather than merely supporting existing processes. Well-suited to mid-sized construction and contracting firms seeking a partner with deep BC expertise, dependable delivery, and a hands-on approach to implementation and management.

Sherpas Group AB

Business Central, Finance, Supply Chain Management | AI Integration Partner

Sherpas Group spans the full ERP spectrum from BC to F&SCM, combining this with an active focus as an AI Integration Partner. In the construction and contracting sector, they work on project governance, resource allocation, financial tracking, and material logistics. Their combination of broad ERP capability and AI integration makes them relevant for construction companies seeking a system that handles today's project complexity while scaling for future data-driven management needs.

Choosing the right partner for your organisation

Construction and contracting is an industry where the system's ability to handle project logic — variations, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, project-level resource control, and procurement linked to project budgets — is critical. This represents a different type of complexity from inventory or manufacturing management, requiring a partner who truly understands how construction projects operate in practice.

The most distinct option in the directory is 4PS, with its purpose-built industry solution on BC. The other four partners deliver BC or F&SCM through configuration and industry add-ons. The choice largely depends on how much out-of-the-box industry specificity you require versus how much standard-based implementation you can adopt with appropriate configuration.

A key question to ask any prospective partner: how many construction and contracting projects have you delivered, and can you share references with project types and complexity levels similar to yours?

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