One project record
Consolidate budgets, BOQs, progress, and resources into a structured local database.
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From spreadsheets to project intelligence
CivilGrids helps construction and civil engineering companies consolidate project data, monitor progress, track costs, and produce management reports from one desktop application — without requiring the internet for day-to-day use.
For: Malawian and regional contractors managing one or several active projects with spreadsheets and manual reporting today.
The problem
Project truth lives in too many files
When progress, costs, and resources sit in Excel registers, paper records, and chat updates, managers lose a clear answer to three questions: what work has been done, how much it has cost, and what needs attention.
Who it's for
- Road construction and rehabilitation contractors
- Building and general civil works contractors
- Drainage, earthworks, bridges, and water infrastructure teams
- Small to medium engineering firms managing multiple projects
What V1 is built to do
Reliable visibility — not empty promises
Initial commercial promise: reduce manual reporting and improve project visibility. We do not claim guaranteed cost savings or prevention of all overruns.
Excel import
Bring existing registers into the system instead of retyping everything from scratch.
Management visibility
Answer what work is done, what it cost, and what needs attention — with dashboards and reports.
Desktop-first, offline-friendly
V1 is local-first. Normal operations are designed to work without depending on the cloud.
Shape CivilGrids with your project reality
If you run construction or civil works and still manage projects in spreadsheets, tell us how your teams work today.