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Enterprise Construction Payment Operations

Get paid faster. Pay subs with confidence.

One system across finance, project, and operations to keep payments and compliance aligned.

Take a 30-second fit check to see the workflow tailored to your operations.

Poor visibility means reactive operations.

After PM approval, payment status and compliance resolution often become a black box.

When payment status, compliance holds, and exceptions are not visible in real time, teams spend time chasing updates instead of moving projects forward.

Approval-To-Payment Black Box

After PM approval, teams can't easily see what was paid, what was held, and why.

Manual Handoffs Create Delay

Critical steps still rely on manual report prep, email follow-up, and repeat data entry.

No Clear Status Until the Call

Payable invoices still get missed until the phone rings: "Where's our money?"

Faster cash in. Controlled cash out.

One operating view from pay app creation to payout release, so finance, project, and operations teams can act early.

Submit owner pay apps fast with complete proof backup
Eliminate repetitive, error-prone data entry
Track payment, compliance, and exceptions in one place
Catch missing insurance, waivers, and docs earlier
Reduce handoff delay across teams
Release payable invoices with clear decision history

A governed workflow from intake to close.

1

Standardized pay app review process

Run project and billing-period reviews with subcontractor recommendations, notes, and clear progress state.

2

Track compliance in context, at the right level

View COI status at subcontractor and project level, safety and bond at contract level, and documentation requirements tied to invoice-level processing. All in one view.

3

Control invoice backup and required documentation

Manage line items, maintain backup records, track required warranty and sub-tier documentation, and produce print/PDF-ready records.

4

Proactive reconciliation and payment checkpoints

Route incoming payments through explicit review states, trigger notifications before blockers escalate, then reconcile with consistent exception handling.

All compliance checks for one pay app, in one view.

For each subcontractor pay app, see insurance, bond, waivers, and required documentation in one place, always up to date as status changes.

Source Record

Requirement To Confirm

Subcontractor + Project Record

COI status

Contract Record

Safety and bond status

Invoice Record

Warranty documentation

Invoice Record

Required sub-tier documentation

Invoice Record

Conditional and unconditional lien waivers

Invoice Record

Retainage status

CompleteMissingExpiringBlocked

Track complete, missing, expiring, and blocked status in real time so teams know what is clear to pay and who is clear to work onsite.

Mobile view of compliance status across payment workflows
One mobile view for complete, missing, expiring, and blocked items.

Operational control without extra admin.

Role-based access

Give each role the right permissions by project and responsibility.

Live workflow status

See what is new, in review, blocked, or ready to release.

Clear decision history

Track recommendations, notes, and status changes in one timeline.

Compliance in context

Show compliance status inside payout decisions, not in a separate hunt.

Central admin controls

Manage users, roles, account status, and data health from one place.

Targeted notifications

Alert only the people who need action, with less noise.

One system, clear responsibilities by role.

Finance

Control review gates, release timing, and reconciliation with full visibility.

Project Management

See payment and compliance status as it changes, so teams know what is clear to pay and who is clear to work onsite.

Operations and Admin

Manage permissions, notifications, and data quality to keep workflows reliable.

Turn it on fast. Move off old process at your pace.

Big Robot works with your existing systems and does not break current workflows. Teams can run both paths in parallel from day one. Cleaner data improves current operations and removes manual work.

  1. 1.Connect to existing tools and data sources
  2. 2.Start live without shutting off current process
  3. 3.Run in parallel while data is validated and cleaned
  4. 4.Retire manual steps as teams adopt the easier workflow

You know that thing you hate doing? You can stop doing it.

Enterprise Construction Payment Operations FAQ

It is a system that unifies pay app review, compliance checks, payment approvals, and reconciliation in one workflow for finance, project, and operations teams. One shared status model reduces manual handoffs and gives every role real-time visibility.

Give your people the technology they deserve.

Let artificial intelligence handle the digital drudgery. Your team can focus on judgment, coordination and subcontractor relationships.

We have humans ready to walk you through how it works.