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Alasco is the financial management software for public real estate developers - built for structured cost controlling, automated invoice approval, and audit-ready reporting on municipal construction projects.

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ROLE AT A GLANCE

The Growing Demands on Financial Control in Public Construction Projects

You're not just managing budgets. You're managing public trust.

The unique responsibility of managing public construction projects

As a developer of municipal real estate projects, you are accountable to taxpayers, elected bodies, and the wider public. Every euro must be traceable. Every change order must be justified. Every budget variation must be documented without gaps. Coordinating with external planners and general contractors, processing invoices in line with VOB, managing drawdowns with budget authorities, and reporting to municipal councils and supervisory committees - the full weight of public construction project management rests on your shoulders.

Why municipal construction cost control is getting harder

Rising construction costs, tight public budgets, and increasingly strict compliance requirements are making financial control on public projects more demanding than ever. Subsidy programmes require audit-ready proof-of-use documentation. Audit courts scrutinise every detail. And political stakeholders expect answers at any time - whether in a council meeting, a budget review committee, or a municipal oversight authority.

New builds vs. retrofits: both project types require complete cost transparency

Municipal new builds - schools, administrative buildings, fire stations, nurseries - can be planned with relative accuracy when the right cost controlling tools are in place. Retrofits and modernisations of existing properties, however, are full of unforeseen additional costs and variations. Both project types demand complete cost transparency, structured change order management, and audit-ready documentation of every budget decision.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

What Happens When Financial Management on Public Projects Fails

Intransparency kills strict budget

You're managing multiple public development projects - from feasibility study through to handover - while your finance team works exclusively in Excel. There's no version control. Someone is always working from an outdated file. Data is pulled together manually. Errors are inevitable.

By the time you spot the overrun, it's already too late. By the time you catch the discrepancy, an invoice has been paid twice - or not at all. Real-time transparency? Non-existent.

Municipal committees and audit authorities lose trust

One error in a status report to the city council. One missing proof-of-use for a subsidy programme. One incomplete audit trail for a court of auditors review. Oversight bodies, investors, and audit authorities will spot gaps in cost documentation - and have no tolerance for delayed, inaccurate, or incomplete information.

When your financial reporting on municipal construction projects is assembled manually, the errors that result can permanently damage stakeholder trust. Your reputation suffers far beyond the individual project.

Governance breaks down with missing audit trails

When invoice approvals happen manually, change order sign-offs are given verbally, and approval processes are never recorded digitally, governance on public construction projects collapses. Nobody can prove after the fact who approved what, and when. In disputes with contractors, audits by the oversight committee, or reviews by subsidy funders, these are precisely the records that are missing.

Missing audit trails for invoice and change order approvals are not an organisational inconvenience - they are a structural compliance risk.

Reactive instead of proactive management of public funds

While you wait on status reports, cost variances accumulate. Drawdowns are requested too late because there's no visibility into which projects need funds this month. Decisions on budget reallocation are delayed because there's no single source of truth. No clear project status. No KPIs. No risk overview.

By the time you act, you're already catching up - and catch-up means expensive delays, missed funding windows, and projects that stall. A lack of cost transparency in public construction project controlling is not just frustrating. It's costly.

HOW ALASCO HELPS

How Alasco Supports Public Real Estate Developers

Alasco centralises feasibility analysis, project budgeting, liquidity planning, invoice approval, change order management, and financial reporting for public construction projects - in real time, on a single platform, and audit-ready from day one.

Before Alasco

With Alasco

Isolated cost data, no system integration
Budgets, actuals, change orders, and invoices live in separate systems and files. Transfers into public accounting systems are done manually - error-prone, time-consuming, and a constant risk to budget compliance.
Integrated financial management
Alasco centralises project budgeting, invoice approval, and financial reporting for public construction projects in real time. Its open API connects directly to SAP, DATEV, and other municipal ERP systems - eliminating duplicate data maintenance for your team.
Intransparent invoice tracking
Subcontractors chase you for payment status. Approval workflows are barely documented and difficult to follow. The information needed has to be gathered manually from multiple people and systems.
Automated approval workflows
Configure approval workflows with defined approval thresholds. Everyone sees exactly where an invoice stands at any moment. Contractors and stakeholders benefit from transparency - your team benefits from speed. Nothing falls through anymore.
Time-consuming, error-prone reporting
Custom reports for city councils, subsidy funders, and audit authorities tie up staff for weeks. An error in a report damages credibility with oversight bodies. Documentation on budget decisions is absent entirely.
Audit-ready, configurable financial reporting
Alasco links every disbursement record, cost change, and budget adjustment automatically to live project data. Every action is logged with a timestamp and user ID - making it fully audit-ready. Automated reports for the city council, subsidy funders, and the court of auditors are produced in minutes, not weeks.
Change orders via email, contracts lost in folder chaos
Approvals are scattered, construction documentation is incomplete, audit trails don't exist. Contracts, attachments, and change order correspondence are spread across multiple locations. Uncontrolled change order management puts your budget and every invoice approval at risk.
Digital change order management with complete audit trails
Alasco captures every contract, every change order, and every budget decision in one audit-ready location. Automated contract monitoring, structured change order review, and complete construction documentation - for maximum dispute protection and compliance on public construction projects.
No liquidity overview, late drawdowns
No clear picture of which public construction projects need funds and when. Drawdown requests are submitted too late because liquidity planning is missing. Cost variances only become visible in the quarterly review - too late for corrective action. Cash flow forecasts? Non-existent. The result: missed grant deadlines and budget overruns.
Automated cash outflow planning and real-time liquidity forecasts
Plan drawdowns at project level, aligned to the construction schedule and contract. Individual thresholds per municipal project enforce budget discipline. Cashflow forecasts update automatically with every change order - grant deadlines are met and budget variances are visible immediately.
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Challenge 1: Centralization
The Challenge
Project Data Lives Everywhere
Budget spreadsheets. Contract folders. Invoice trackers. Change orders buried in email threads. Every project has its own system, and finding answers means remembering where to look.
How Alasco Helps
Everything Lives in One Place
Budgets, contracts, approvals, and documents—organized by project, contractor, and lender. Ask a question, find the answer in seconds. Stakeholders trust the data because it's all in one place.
Challenge 2: Approvals
The Challenge
Daily Question: "Where’s My Payment?"
Contractors chase payment updates. You have no visibility into invoice approval workflows. You’re left digging through threads, chasing answers, and managing rising frustration.
How Alasco Helps
Automated Approval Workflows
Configure approval paths with thresholds. Everyone sees where an invoice sits. You gain speed, control, and transparency—without emails or bottlenecks slowing the process.
Challenge 3: Contracts
The Challenge
Contracts Hide in Email Threads
A contractor disputes retention. You search through months of email for the signed contract and amendments—hoping you’ve found the latest version before it escalates.
How Alasco Helps
Contractor Records With Complete Context
Every contract lives with its contractor record—amendments, payments, and approved changes. Fee terms, retention, and invoice status are clear, with audit trails by default.
Challenge 4: Change Orders
The Challenge
Change Approvals Move at Email Speed
You coordinate approvals through emails and phone calls. Stakeholders respond on separate threads. Decisions take weeks. Documentation is messy. Audit trails disappear.
How Alasco Helps
Structured, Traceable Change Approvals
Route change orders through workflows. Attach docs, track steps, log decisions. Build automatic audit trails that replace confusion with clarity—no more “he said, she said.”
Challenge 5: Reporting
The Challenge
Reports Are Reconstructed Every Month
Each client meeting means pulling data from spreadsheets, fixing broken formulas, and patching last-minute errors. Reports are outdated the moment you send them.
How Alasco Helps
Reports That Refresh With Live Data
Client reports pull live data: budget vs. forecast, variance, cash flow, invoice status. Everything updates automatically—so you review, not rebuild, before
every meeting.
Challenge 6: Cash Flow
The Challenge
Cash Flow Is Educated Guesswork
Your client's funder needs monthly drawdowns.
You estimate based on contract timing and best guesses. Actual payments throw off your plan and undermine trust.
How Alasco Helps
Adaptive Cash Flow Forecasting
Forecast cash outflow using allocation curves. Update projections with real invoice data as contracts close. Funders get accurate numbers that adapt as
projects evolve.
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outcomes

Measurable Results That Public Real Estate Developers Achieve with Alasco

5x

more budget under management with the same team size

50%

time savings on coordination & communication across projects

3x

faster approval process with digital workflows

CASE STUDY

What a Municipal School Developer Achieved with Alasco

As a public school developer, Schulbau GmbH Bergisch Gladbach is responsible for the new construction, renovation, and modernisation of school buildings across the Bergisch Gladbach region - managing a large number of simultaneous construction projects, with high demands for audit-proof documentation and constant pressure to deploy scarce public funds efficiently.

Fragmented cost controlling, manual data maintenance, and the absence of system integrations made a centralised financial management platform essential. With Alasco, Schulbau GmbH Bergisch Gladbach has fundamentally transformed the way it manages municipal construction projects. For Managing Director Sebastian Rolko, Alasco is far more than financial management software - it is a core component of operational management and project control across every construction project.

Critically, the relationship doesn't end at go-live. A dedicated account manager works with the team on an ongoing basis, absorbing day-to-day feedback and channelling it directly into the platform's continued development.

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„Our onboarding was super organised and structured according to a clear roadmap. The data import also worked very well from a technical point of view. We particularly appreciate the ongoing support, as we have dedicated contact persons even after the onboarding and project set-up."
CEO at Schulbau GmbH Bergisch Gladbach
Sebastian Rolko

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Alasco meet the requirements for audit-proof documentation for auditors and supervisory authorities?

Yes. Alasco logs every action without gaps - every budget change, change order, and invoice approval - with user details, timestamps, and a complete change history. Public real estate developers therefore have a robust, audit-ready single source of truth available at all times, for audits and proof-of-use submissions.

How long does it take to implement Alasco?

Implementation typically takes four weeks - including data migration from existing systems, configuration of approval workflows, and user training. Thanks to cloud-based infrastructure and standardised templates, disruption to ongoing operations is kept to a minimum.

Can I tailor financial reports for different stakeholders - city councils, subsidy funders, audit courts?

Yes. Alasco was developed for capital-intensive projects. This includes planning and managing CapEx, financing tranches, debt and equity, and revenues from sale or rental.

Can I manage financing tranches and debt/equity flows?

Yes. Alasco was developed for capital-intensive projects. This includes planning and managing CapEx, financing tranches, debt and equity, and revenues from sale or rental.

Can I manage multiple public construction projects in parallel with Alasco?

Yes. Alasco is designed for multi-project controlling in the real estate sector. Public real estate developers get a centralised, real-time overview of all active construction projects. The question "Which projects are at risk of exceeding their approved budget?" can be answered with a single click.

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