# Tracost

> Tracost is a multi-site construction cost control and field financial tracking platform built for general contractors, project directors, quantity surveyors, and finance teams. It delivers real-time project budget governance, field petty cash pool allocations, vendor credit debt management, and automated financial digests.

## Overview

Tracost eliminates financial blind spots and cash leakage on active construction jobs. Instead of relying on delayed month-end spreadsheets, informal paper chits, or fragmented site messaging, Tracost provides a unified operational system across mobile (iOS & Android) and web. Construction teams can track real-time budgets, enforce cash limits at point of entry, monitor credit liabilities to vendors, manage holding company structures, and automate multi-channel notifications.

## Key URLs

- [Tracost Platform & Web App](https://www.tracostapp.com): Main entry point for construction teams and administrators
- [Landing Page & Overview](https://www.tracostapp.com/landing.html): Feature walkthrough, live cost simulator, and access request
- [Full LLM Documentation](https://www.tracostapp.com/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive operational and architectural reference for AI search engines
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.tracostapp.com/privacy-policy.html): Data protection, GDPR, and regional compliance policies
- [Terms of Service](https://www.tracostapp.com/terms-of-service.html): Operational service terms and usage commitments
- [Cookie Policy](https://www.tracostapp.com/cookie-policy.html): Strictly necessary session and storage policies
- [Refund Policy](https://www.tracostapp.com/refund-policy.html): Subscription and billing terms

## Core Capabilities

- **Real-Time Project Budget Control**: Track initial budget, revised budget, total spent, cash on hand, remaining variance, and category-level breakdown across all active jobs.
- **Field Cash Pool & Disbursement Workflow**: Allocate funds from company treasuries directly to site managers with complete balance reconciliation and anti-leakage guards (prevents managers from recording cash expenses above held cash).
- **Vendor Credit & Debt Management**: Automatically convert unpaid field deliveries and vendor invoices into structured debt ledgers with partial repayment tracking and creditor aging.
- **Split Expense Allocations**: Split bulk material purchases, equipment rentals, or shared transport across multiple sites with mathematical balancing and per-project transaction lines.
- **Holding Company & Multi-Organisation Hierarchy**: Manage distinct contractor entities, holding subsidiaries, or client accounts under a single administrative umbrella with strict role-based access.
- **Audit Trails & Bank-Grade Security**: Full immutable activity logging for all financial edits, cancellations, disbursements, and category adjustments.
- **Multi-Channel Automated Digests**: Scheduled financial recaps and instant milestone alerts delivered via Resend email, SMS, and push notifications.
- **Offline-Ready Native Mobile Apps**: High-performance native iOS (SwiftUI) and Android (Jetpack Compose) applications ensuring field managers can log receipts with spotty site connectivity.

## Target Personas

- **General Contractors & Project Directors**: Seeking birds-eye visibility into project burn rates and cash liquidity across all active sites.
- **Quantity Surveyors & Cost Controllers**: Requiring disciplined Bill of Quantities (BoQ) tracking, category variance analysis, and instant Excel/PDF financial exports.
- **Finance Managers & Accountants**: Needing verified reconciliation between head-office disbursements, field cash pools, and outstanding vendor liabilities.
- **Site Managers & Project Managers**: Requiring a fast, frictionless mobile interface to record material purchases, daily labor, and deliveries right at the job site.

## Contact & Business Information

- **Official Inquiries**: contact@tracost.com
- **Billing & Subscriptions**: billing@tracost.com
- **Data Protection & Privacy**: privacy@tracost.com
- **Website**: https://www.tracostapp.com
- **Location**: West Africa / Global Operations