Construction Cost Leakage Audit

Separate approved budget from real leakage signals.

What It Finds

Constrovet separates approved budget from leakage signals. Leakage includes evidenced penalties, wastage, rework, delayed PO impact, idle resources, excess consumption, delay cost, and calculated overruns.

Why It Matters

Executives often see totals without causes. This makes approved spend, overrun, and recovery candidates look the same.

What Executives Get

  • Baseline budget kept separate from leakage and overrun.
  • Calculates overrun as Actual - Budget when both values are available.
  • File, page or sheet, and quoted span for each finding.
  • Missing evidence shown instead of guessed values.
  • 7/30/90 recovery action relevance.

What Documents Help

  • Approved budget, BOQ, contract value, planned spend, and actual spend records.
  • Purchase orders, invoices, material consumption logs, and stock records.
  • Progress reports, delay notes, site instructions, and correspondence.
  • Penalty, rework, wastage, idle resource, and excess consumption evidence.

Example Output

Finding typeEvidence usedExecutive output
Calculated overrunBudget and Actual valuesDifference, formula, citation, confidence
Delayed PO impactPurchase order date, site delay note, cost recordDelay link, cost exposure if evidenced, action owner
Material wastageMaterial logs, invoices, consumption recordsPotential leakage category and missing-evidence checks

Action Use

Leakage findings can become 7-day evidence checks, 30-day recovery actions, and 90-day governance controls. Constrovet prepares the review view; stakeholders decide the action.

FAQ

What is construction cost leakage?

It is evidenced value loss such as penalties, wastage, rework, idle resources, excess consumption, delay cost, or calculated overrun.

Is every overrun leakage?

No. Overrun is calculated from Budget and Actual. Leakage status depends on the supporting evidence.

What documents help?

BOQs, budgets, actual spend, purchase orders, invoices, material logs, progress reports, delay notes, and site correspondence help.

Can Constrovet estimate missing amounts?

No. If evidence is missing, the finding shows the gap instead of creating a number.

Who reviews the findings?

Owners, contractors, project managers, consultants, financiers, and executive teams review the findings.