FOUNDATION

What FOUNDATION is

FOUNDATION is construction accounting software known particularly for payroll complexity: union fringes and multiple locals, prevailing wage, multi-state taxes, and certified payroll reporting. If payroll is where your back office bleeds hours, that is the specific problem it solves.

What it does well

• Best-in-class union and certified payroll
• Job costing with labour burden detail
• Work-in-progress and executive dashboards
• Strong construction-specific support team

Integrates with

Procore · ProCore-style PM tools · Time tracking apps

Integration lists change often and "integrates" can mean anything from a real two-way sync to a one-way push through Zapier. Ask the vendor which fields move, in which direction, and how often.

Before you commit

• Pick what your accountant already works in unless you have a strong reason not to. Migration costs real money.
• Job-level profit is the number to chase. Verify labour burden — not just wage — flows into job cost.
• If you run crews across jurisdictions, check multi-state payroll tax handling before you commit.
• Prevailing-wage or public work means certified payroll. Confirm it is supported natively.
• Weekly categorisation habit beats any feature. Software makes bookkeeping faster, not automatic.

How to judge it in a trial

Run one real job through it end to end — not the demo data. Quote it, schedule it, do it, invoice it, take the payment. Then ask the only question that matters on day 400: did the people who have to use this every day find it faster than what they do now? Friction you notice in week one compounds forever, and tool-hopping costs more than any feature gap.