OpenConstruction Academy

Progress billing

15 video lessons on progress billing, in English, French, Italian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Spanish, German and Croatian, set in Ontario (Canada), Québec (Canada), Italy, China, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany, Croatia and the United Kingdom, plus lessons for any country. Each one is shown step by step in OpenConstructionERP, with chapters and a full transcript. In other languages: Abschlagsrechnung · Demandes de paiement · Privremene situacije.

  1. 4:57 EN · Canada · Ontario CCDC 2 Monthly Progress Draw Once a month on a CCDC 2 job you bill the owner for the work in place, and Ontario law makes the owner hold back 10%. Set up the contract, bill a $184,300 draw, and see what stays on your own calendar.
  2. 4:37 FR · Canada · Québec Facturation, retenue et hypothèque légale How do I prepare a payment application with contract retention in Québec and keep my legal hypothec?
  3. 5:39 FR Facture et paiement : comprendre le solde Why is 12,000 still outstanding when 30,000 of work has been invoiced?
  4. 4:57 IT · IT Stato di avanzamento lavori: dal certificato alla fattura How do I get from site measurements to a progress certificate and an invoice with the right retention?
  5. 5:15 ZH · CN 进度款怎么算:干了361万,为什么只到账252.7万 How do I calculate the monthly progress payment on a cumulative basis with an 80% payment ratio?
  6. 2:21 BG · BG Акт 19: от изпълнените СМР до сумата за плащане How do I turn the work done this month into an Act 19 and the amount I can invoice?
  7. 2:18 BG · BG Договор и линеен график: срок, аванс и етапи на строителството How do I put the contract term and advance into the platform and show on a linear schedule when each act and payment falls due?
  8. 2:17 BG · BG Окончателен акт: остатък от аванса, приемане и гаранции How do I issue the final act so the advance is recovered exactly, and set up the warranty periods?
  9. 3:21 ES · ES Certificación de obra: del avance mensual al cobro How do I turn this month's measured progress into a certificación de obra and know how much I will be paid?
  10. 2:43 ES · ES Obra privada: certificación, retención del 5 % y factura On a private job, does the invoice carry VAT, and what happens to the 5% the client withholds from each certification?
  11. 4:02 DE · Germany Nachträge und Abschlagsrechnungen prüfen How do I check two Nachträge and two Abschlagsrechnungen before the client pays, with the 5% Sicherheitseinbehalt calculated by the platform?
  12. 4:50 HR · Croatia Podizvođači: ugovor, situacija i plaćanje How do I contract earthworks to a subcontractor, check its first situacija against the site and pay it with a 5% retention?
  13. 4:45 HR · Croatia Privremena situacija iz izvedenih radova How do I build a Gantt chart from the bill, record progress with evidence and issue the first privremena situacija to the client?
  14. 6:25 EN · GB JCT Interim Payments and Retention This example follows an interim payment on a JCT-style building contract in OpenConstructionERP. We enter the contract terms, value the work completed and calculate retention before reviewing the amount due.
  15. 6:27 EN · GB Payment Notice vs Pay Less Notice We follow a construction payment timeline in OpenConstructionERP, from the due date to the final date for payment. The example looks at payment notices, pay less notices and the record of when each notice was served.

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