Financial management

Consolidate your back office work in one hub

Beam unifies the data in your shared drive, email, spreadsheets, and accounting software so that you can move faster and make better business decisions.

From estimating to job costing, receipt capture, and online payments—Beam has the right tools to improve your construction business.

Beam's project management software enables tracking subcontractor expenses and payment

Project management

Projects
Change orders
Files & notes

CRM

Clients
Vendors
Estimates & Proposals

Financials

Estimates vs. actuals
Bills & expenses
Invoices
Payments

Contracting

Schedule of values
Payment schedules
Retainage

Compliance

Certificates of insurance
Lien waivers
Licenses
W-9s
Estimating

Create professional proposals faster and win more jobs

Beam makes it easy to create and send estimates from your phone or computer so you can win more jobs.

Customize your estimates with cost codes, markup, sections, terms & conditions, and file attachments.

Then, capture e-signatures from customers upon approval in the client portal.

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Build estimates in Beam.
Online bill payment

Bill payment built for construction

Track subcontract progress, streamline approvals, and schedule bill payments. Eliminate paper check fraud by switching to fast & reliable direct deposit (ACH bank transfers).

We’ll do the heavy lifting by sending payment notifications to your subcontractors and requesting bank information when needed.

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Schedule online bill payments to your trade contractors.
1

Add your subcontracts

Add milestone, progress, or time & materials subcontracts for each of your trades.

2

Add or request bills

Consolidate mailed and emailed invoices on Beam. Ask subcontractors to invoice you on Beam for faster processing & payment.

3

Schedule payments

Once scheduled, subcontractors receive notifications to track payment status or securely add their bank information.

Approval rules

With Beam, you set the rules

Configure approval workflows between bookkeepers, project managers, and business owners.

Invoices are reconciled against your original contracts and approved change orders to make sure you don't overpay.

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Configure approval rules to require reviews before bill payment.
Invoicing and online payment

Accept payments from customers online

Impress your customers with Beam’s invoices and convenient payment portal. Avoid time-consuming drives to pick up and deposit paper checks.

  • $5 per online bank transfer
  • 3% credit and debit card fee
  • Optionally, pass card fees to your customer
  • Track payments outside Beam
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Send invoices to clients and accept online payment using Beam.
1

Add your contract & change orders

Choose between milestone, progress, and time & materials billing.

2

Create and send an invoice

Choose amounts, attach files, and add custom memos. Beam will send a personalized email and reminders near the due date.

3

Get paid

Payments are deposited in your bank account within 1-3 business days after the customer clicks “Pay”.

Receipt capture

Capture receipts in the field to automate expense management

Stop chasing down paper receipts. Track expenses faster and earn 1% cash back with the Beam Visa Card.

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Beam's corporate card send your a notification after each purchase to capture receipts.
Budgeting

Project budgeting on autopilot

Track spend by accounting codes and compare estimate vs. actuals. Stop waiting for manual reports or losing track of change to the budget.

Beam's automated budgeting saves your office hours a month.

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Automate project budgeting that normally happened in spreadsheets or pen and paper
Accounting syncs

Bookkeeping made easy

Import your existing vendors, customers, chart of accounts, and projects from your accounting software.

Beam automatically syncs invoices, bills, and payments directly into your accounting software.

That means less manual data entry, fewer errors, and a happier accountant.

Automatically sync to Quickbooks Online.

El tiempo es dinero. Guarda ambos.

Únase a cientos de contratistas que confían en Beam para organizar las finanzas de los proyectos y mantenerse dentro del presupuesto.

The Beam application on a phone.