MeterBack Construction

Project charges may be wrong.

MeterBack reconciles the commercial terms, the invoice and the available project evidence to identify supplier charges the records do not support.

Run a free Construction Recovery Snapshot → One project. One vendor.
Evidence first.
Illustrative project review
$2,470
Difference between what was billed and what the example project records support.
Excavator weekly hire$8,950$8,400
Hire after off-hire$1,920$0
Cartage$680$680
Example difference$11,550$9,080
AgreementWhat rate, quantity or commercial term was agreed.
Project evidenceWhat was delivered, worked, hired, returned or cancelled.
InvoiceWhat the supplier actually charged.
DifferenceWhat the evidence supports — and what it does not.
Construction recovery

Check the charge against the job.

An invoice proves what a supplier billed. It does not by itself prove the rate was agreed, the quantity was delivered, the plant was still on hire, or the credit was applied.

01
Read the commercial terms

Quote, rate sheet, purchase order, contract, written pricing agreement and relevant amendments.

02
Reconstruct the charge

Rates, quantities, billing periods, transport, surcharges and other invoice treatment.

03
Test against project evidence

Delivery dockets, timesheets, hire and off-hire records, weighbridge records, site records, emails and other supplied evidence.

04
Report only what survives review

A possible issue stays a clarification item until the evidence supports a commercial discrepancy.

Evidence standard

A theory is not a saving.

MeterBack separates evidence-backed discrepancies from questions, missing records and charges that the available evidence supports.

Rate sheet
20T excavator weekly hire: $2,800
Transport: agreed separately.
Project record
Off-hire instruction recorded: Friday 14:10
No further utilisation recorded.
Supplier invoice
Weekly hire billed beyond recorded off-hire.
MeterBack status: REVIEW REQUIRED
V1 scope

Start where the records are strongest.

Plant & equipment hire

Rates, hire periods, off-hire dates, transport, duplicate or overlapping hire and missing credits.

Materials

Quoted rates, purchase orders, delivered quantities, returns and supplier credits.

Freight & haulage

Agreed rates, trips, loads, quantities, dockets and invoice calculations.

Time & materials

Agreed rate cards, recorded labour hours, plant hours and supported invoice calculations.

Waste

Bin charges, collection records, weights, contracted rates and repeated or unsupported charges.

Temporary services

Site internet, facilities and other services continuing beyond the supported project period.

Credits & returns

Approved or evidenced value that never appeared on the account.

Project closeout

Final vendor reconciliation to identify unresolved credits and continuing supplier charges.

What V1 does not decide

MeterBack Construction does not provide quantity-surveyor certification, legal advice, adjudication, contractual claims determination, variation valuation, extension-of-time analysis or defective-work valuation. Where entitlement depends on interpretation rather than objective records, the item is classified for clarification or specialist review.

Finding classification

Four outcomes. No inflated number.

Verified discrepancy

The supplied records directly demonstrate a mismatch in an objective rate, quantity, period or other commercial term.

Clarification required

There may be a discrepancy, but more information or interpretation is required before a conclusion is justified.

Supported

The available commercial and operational evidence supports the charge.

Out of scope

The matter turns primarily on disputed entitlement, legal interpretation, quality, delay or another issue outside the Recovery Snapshot.

Pricing

Paid from realised value.

The initial one-project, one-vendor Construction Recovery Snapshot is free. A finding is not treated as recovered value until the commercial outcome is actually realised.

15%

Historical recovery

of cash credits or refunds actually recovered.

15%

Recurring savings

of the first 12 months of recurring spend actually removed or reduced.

Behind the project

Check the business too.

Construction leakage is not limited to the job. The existing MeterBack service can also review recurring business vendors such as software, telecoms, fleet systems, project platforms and other operating services.

Software & licences

Microsoft 365, Autodesk, Adobe, estimating, project-management and other recurring applications.

Business services

Mobile, site internet, fleet tracking, cloud storage and other recurring supplier costs.

Use the standard MeterBack Recovery Snapshot for business-vendor spend →

Start with one project and one vendor.

Tell us which project and supplier you want checked. We’ll review the request first, then email you the exact commercial and project records needed for the free Construction Recovery Snapshot. Nothing is raised with a supplier without your approval.

No project files are uploaded here. We’ll review the request and email you the specific records required, keeping document transfer separate from the public form.