Construction and engineering
Software and automation for contractors and engineering firms
Your projects run across scattered sites, with daily reports sent as chat messages and photos that someone re-types at the office. Progress billing waits on those reports, procurement is chased by phone, and the head office hears about problems days later. We connect the field to the office so billing goes out sooner and owners see risk before it becomes loss.
In short
Data Reach Solutions (DRS) is a Philippine AI, automation and software company, founded in 2019, with offices in Metro Manila and Cebu. For construction and engineering, DRS designs, builds and runs: mobile site reporting; progress billing and variations; procurement follow-up; document control; workforce and payroll inputs; project portfolio dashboard. Each system connects to what the business already uses, such as mobile apps for site teams, spreadsheets and project schedules, ERP and accounting software, procurement and purchasing systems, and a person stays in control of every decision that matters.
Where time goes
Where work is lost today.
- Site engineers writing and sending daily reports by chat every evening
- Coordinators assembling billing packages from photos and spreadsheets
- Material requests, quotes and deliveries chased by phone
- Drawings, permits and inspection records spread across phones and folders
- Site attendance re-typed into payroll
This page is for
- General contractors
- Electrical, mechanical, plumbing and fit-out contractors
- Engineering and design firms
- Construction arms of property developers
Use cases
What we would look at first.
The use cases that most often return the most time in this industry. The consultation finds which of them fit your business.
Mobile site reporting
Daily reports, photos, manpower and weather captured on a phone, offline if needed, and compiled automatically.
What it is designed to change: Reports in the office the same evening
- Time to value
- 6 to 10 weeks
Progress billing and variations
Accomplishment reports assembled from site data, and billing packages drafted for review.
What it is designed to change: Shorter billing cycles and fewer disputed claims
- Time to value
- 8 to 12 weeks
Procurement follow-up
Material requests, supplier quotes, purchase orders and delivery confirmations tracked and chased.
What it is designed to change: Fewer site delays waiting for materials
- Time to value
- 6 to 8 weeks
Document control
Drawings, permits, submittals and inspection records filed, versioned and searchable.
What it is designed to change: Less time searching and records ready for audit
- Time to value
- 6 to 10 weeks
Workforce and payroll inputs
Site attendance, manpower costing and payroll inputs prepared from the field record.
What it is designed to change: Payroll prepared faster with fewer errors
- Time to value
- 6 to 10 weeks
Project portfolio dashboard
Cost, schedule, billing and cash position across all active projects.
What it is designed to change: Owners see risk before it becomes loss
- Time to value
- 6 to 10 weeks
Illustrative example
A contractor with eight active projects
Each site engineer spends about an hour a day on reports, and a coordinator spends three days a month assembling each progress billing package. Mobile site reporting that compiles itself halves engineer reporting time and cuts package assembly by two-thirds. The larger gain is timing: billing goes out about a week earlier each cycle. All figures are illustrative. We replace them with your own numbers in the consultation.
- Monthly billings across eight projects
- PHP 40 million
- Engineer reporting hours released
- About 85 a month
- Coordinator days released
- About 16 a month
- Billings collected a week sooner
- About PHP 9 million each cycle
Systems and rules
What we connect to, and what we build around.
Systems we connect to
- Mobile apps for site teams
- Spreadsheets and project schedules
- ERP and accounting software
- Procurement and purchasing systems
- Payroll and timekeeping systems
- Document storage and drawing management
- Group chat channels used on site
We integrate with what you already use before suggesting anything new.
Regulation and deadlines
Checked 30 September 2026.
BIR electronic invoicing
Contractors that are large taxpayers or use computerised accounting systems must issue electronic invoices by 31 December 2026 under RMC 098-2026.
BusinessMirror, on BIR Revenue Memorandum Circular 098-2026Billing cycles and year-end
Documentation gaps show up in the first billing cycles of a large project, and owners review margins and cash at year-end. Both are good moments to start.
Related
Solutions and services for this industry.
Solutions
Proven in live operations
Data Reach Solutions built and supports the warehouse information systems GALCO and PSI run around the clock at Mactan-Cebu, Clark and NAIA, in operation since 2019 under Bureau of Customs rules. Read the case study
DataReach Solutions Inc., SEC registration CS201905437. Offices in Metro Manila and Cebu.
Let’s make work work better.
Your people’s time, back.
It starts with a conversation.
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