Industries

Trades & Contracting

Fit-out, MEP and scaffolding — priced, certified and collected.

A trade contractor’s money problem is not invoicing, it is certification: you claim, the main contractor certifies less, and the difference is your real receivable. Consaya bills in cumulative applications, holds retention on its own account, and lets a due date depend on the certification date rather than the invoice date.

How Trades & Contracting firms use Consaya

Estimate from the LPO

Price the work order by activity with materials, labour and plant separated, and margin visible before you commit.

Site mobilisation

Track the documents a crew cannot start without — gate passes, permit to work, insurance and approved drawings — so nobody arrives and stands still.

Payment applications

Bill cumulatively: percentage complete per activity, previously certified, this application. VAT is charged on the certified value, not the cash released.

Retention

Amounts withheld sit in their own account with their release dates attached, instead of disappearing into a debtor balance nobody chases.

Variations and cost

Price variation orders separately from the base LPO, and post materials and hire against the work order that consumed them.

In the UAE

Progress invoices carry your TRN and 5% VAT on the certified value — which is the number the FTA expects, and the one that under-declares tax if you net retention off first.

What changes

  • Get paid on what was certified
  • Stop writing off retention you forgot to claim
  • See margin per work order, not just per month