Tektana Blog — Construction controlling in practice
Practical articles on project costs, post-costing and construction controlling — from the experience of a real, operating contracting company.
- 30 July 2026
The invisible cost of machines
An excavator doesn't only cost money when it's working. Depreciation, idle time, utilization: how does fleet cost actually split across projects?
Read the full article - 23 July 2026
Do you know what a worker's day really costs you?
Most people calculate with wages alone — but the real cost is far higher. Overhead rate, machine hours, productive hours: this is how your quote becomes a calculation instead of a guess.
Read the full article - 16 July 2026
Why do you only find out at month-end how much you made on a project?
At month-end you sit down over the invoices, add everything up, and either celebrate or scratch your head. The problem isn't the math — it's that by the time the picture forms, it's too late to act.
Read the full article - 16 June 2026
Why does a contractor build software?
As a family-run contracting company, for years we lived with only being able to guess, at month-end, how much was left on a project. Then we got tired of it — and built a system for it. That's how Tektana was born.
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