--- title: "Projects module: Gantt, jobs and live job costing | attendo" description: "Construction projects and plant shutdowns with sections, line items, measurements and progress billing. Progress and cost update with every closed report." url: "https://attendo.me/en/modules/projects" lang: "en" --- # The job and its margin, while the work happens Each project is split into sections and line items, and each piece of work is a document with an owner. Hours, expenses and materials add up live, without waiting for month-end close. - BC3 budget import - Running cost per project - Portfolio and team workload ## Projects and construction: what it does ### Sections, line items and documents The project is structured into sections, line items and sub-items. Each piece of work is a document with its owner, its checklist and its service report, just like any work order. ### Measurements and progress billing The site report records the measurements and the progress billing for each line item. What is measured on site stays in the project, not in a notebook. ### Running cost and progress Hours at their rate, expenses and materials add up while the work happens, and progress comes from closed documents. With the [Gantt chart](https://attendo.me/en/modules/gantt-chart) you compare planned against actual. ### Portfolio and workload The portfolio brings your projects together, and the workload view shows who is overloaded before you commit to a date. By day, week or month, based on each person’s actual working hours. ### From a BC3 budget You import the budget from Presto or Arquimedes in BC3 format: sections, line items and amounts arrive without retyping. And the project report prints with your branding. ### Multi-user whiteboards A live whiteboard with charts, notes, annotations, drawings, images and rich text. The text supports headings, task lists and links to documents, users, customers, projects and groups. You see each person’s cursor and who changed what, with history and named versions. ## Step by step This is how it is used day to day, on the same document as the rest of the modules. ### Step 1 · You create or import the project Manually or from a BC3 file, with its sections, line items and amounts. ### Step 2 · You plan and assign Dates, estimated hours and owners, with the Gantt chart and team workload in view. ### Step 3 · The work happens in documents Technicians close their service reports with hours, materials and measurements, from their phone or their desktop. ### Step 4 · You track the margin Progress and cost update with every closed document, and profitability is reported per project. ## It fits every area Industry solutions [attendo CMMS](https://attendo.me/en/cmms) [attendo Field Service](https://attendo.me/en/field-service) [attendo CRM](https://attendo.me/en/crm) [attendo Projects](https://attendo.me/en/projects) ### Industries that use it - [Energy and renewables](https://attendo.me/en/industries/energy-renewables): From lead to install, in one system - [Contractors, construction and engineering](https://attendo.me/en/industries/contractors): The job, with its plan and its cost - [Consulting and professional services](https://attendo.me/en/industries/professional-services): Projects with dates you can keep - [And any other business](https://attendo.me/en/industries): attendo can be set up for any line of business. See all industries ## Where it fits (and where it does not) - The portfolio, the workload view and the Gantt chart are desktop screens. On mobile, technicians work on their documents. - If your BC3 file has many levels, part of the hierarchy is flattened on import. Check the structure before planning. ## Modules that go hand in hand ### [Gantt chart](https://attendo.me/en/modules/gantt-chart) Plan projects and construction jobs with dependencies and a baseline ### [Business documents](https://attendo.me/en/modules/business-documents) Quotes, orders and delivery notes in sequence; invoices in your ERP ### [Scheduling and calendar](https://attendo.me/en/modules/calendar) The team’s schedule, based on each person’s real working hours ### [Mobile app and Field Radar](https://attendo.me/en/modules/mobile-app) The service report on your phone, offline, and a map of who can go ## Glossary terms Projects ### Gantt chart Project timeline · schedule chart A Gantt chart is a project schedule drawn as bars: each task takes one row, and its bar starts and ends on its planned dates. Projects ### Resource utilization Team workload · utilization rate Resource utilization is the share of each person’s available hours that is already committed to planned work, measured by day, week or month. Projects ### Timesheet Time entries · project time tracking A timesheet is the record of the time each person spends on each project, task or customer, used to know what each job costs and what is billable. Sales and customers ### Customer profitability Account profitability Customer profitability is the difference between what you bill an account and what it costs you to serve it. [See all 53 glossary terms](https://attendo.me/en/glossary) ## Frequently asked questions ### Is it only for construction? No. It works for a plant shutdown, a store opening or an installation, with the same sections and line items. ### Which estimating programs can I import from? Those that export to BC3, such as Presto or Arquimedes. Sections, line items and amounts come through. ### Can I see project profitability? Yes. Logged hours, expenses and materials are compared with what was invoiced in the sales documents that go to your ERP. Profitability is reported per project, just like per customer or per contract. ### When the job is finished, do I keep using the same system? Yes. The store you open today as a project, you maintain tomorrow as a customer, with its assets and contracts. ## Try it with your processes We will show it to you with your own document types and the way you work. If it is not a fit, we will tell you. - With your operation, not a generic demo - A real person from our team replies - No cold calls afterwards Would you rather talk first? - Phone [+34 910 053 530](tel:+34910053530) - Email [sales@attendo.me](mailto:sales@attendo.me) - Monday to Thursday 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM and Friday 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM (Spain time)