Margin doesn’t disappear all at once. It disappears step by step.
The project is worth €2,000,000, with €1,700,000 in planned costs. At contract signing, the expected margin is €300,000, or 15%. Then material prices go up (+€90,000), subcontractors bill extra work (+€70,000), and a two-month delay keeps the site open longer (+€40,000). The margin falls to 5%: €200,000 less profit.
Track the expected final margin throughout execution, not just when the project ends.
In Qentrilo, you compare financial plan revisions and see how the margin moved and which costs moved it. See the platform or book a demo.
The example project and figures are illustrative; the product screen shows demo data.