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Construction KPI dashboard

Construction profitability is decided project by project, and usually lost quietly through cost creep and unpriced change orders. A portfolio dashboard that shows variance per project catches the bleeding while the job is still open.

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Analysis reportJuly 1, 2026

Construction KPI Dashboard

Source
sample-data.csv · 5 rows

Avg. project margin

9.8%

+0.6pp

Cost variance

-2.1%

+1.2pp

Change-order rate

7.4%

-0.9pp

Backlog

$8.2M

+$0.6M

Cost vs budget by active project

Sample data — percent of budget consumed vs percent complete

All figures computed from source data · Updated July 1, 2026 · sample-data.csv

Live render with sample data — upload your own export and this structure regenerates from your numbers, with the computation attached to every figure.

The construction KPIs that matter, defined

Project gross margin
Contract value minus actual costs, per project and blended. Track projected-at-completion, not just to-date.
(Contract value − Cost) ÷ Contract value × 100
Cost variance
Budgeted cost of work performed minus actual — negative variance on an open job is the earliest honest warning.
Earned value − Actual cost
Schedule variance
Work performed vs work scheduled. Slippage converts directly into overhead and liquidated-damages risk.
Change-order rate
Change-order value as a share of contract value — and how much of it is actually priced and approved.
CO value ÷ Contract value × 100
Safety (TRIR)
Total recordable incidents per 200,000 labor hours. Bid-qualifying as well as ethical.
Recordables × 200,000 ÷ Labor hours

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about using AnalyzeData.

Per-project margin and cost/schedule variance, change-order rate, backlog, and TRIR. The per-project view matters most — blended numbers hide the one job eating the quarter.

Export job cost and billing data from your accounting or PM system as CSV, upload, and ask for the portfolio review. Variance math runs on the actual rows.

Because blended numbers hide the one job eating the quarter. Construction profit is decided project by project and usually lost quietly through cost creep on a single job, which a portfolio average smooths over. Show margin per project, and track projected-at-completion rather than just cost-to-date, so a bleeding job surfaces while it is still open and the outcome can still be changed.

Cost variance on an open project, earned value minus actual cost. A negative figure while the job is still running is the earliest honest signal that costs are outrunning the work performed, well before the final margin lands. Watch it alongside schedule variance, since slippage converts directly into overhead and liquidated-damages risk, and alongside the change-order rate, since unpriced changes are where margin leaks quietly.

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