Contracting is Egypt's largest sector after real estate. Companies run dozens of projects with hundreds of subcontractors and thousands of workers. Administrative chaos has closed large firms outright. A serious ERP is what stands between the two outcomes.
What contracting companies in Egypt are up against
1. Progress claims — the recurring nightmare
Every project needs a monthly progress claim. Every claim carries 50+ line items. Completion percentages, retention deductions, additions, variations. Done by hand, it means errors, and errors mean losses.
2. BOQ quantity surveying
Tenders require detailed bills of quantities. Preparing a bid takes days, and comparing supplier quotes is its own puzzle.
3. Subcontractors
One firm typically works with 30+ subcontractors, each with a contract, quotes, work acceptance records and outstanding balances.
4. The technical office
Material requisitions from stores, engineering drawings, task assignment to engineers. Handle it over phone calls and information disappears.
5. Project tracking
A project runs for years across multiple phases. Completion percentages, actual versus budgeted cost — hard to keep an honest view of.
The core modules
Contracts
- Preliminary contract: value, duration, terms and line items
- Final contract: post-execution with all amendments
- Contract line items: thousands of technical and financial entries
- Contract groups: related projects handled together
- Variation orders: change orders tracked properly
Progress claims
- Interim claims: monthly, against completion percentage
- Final claim: the closing account
- Additions: extra works
- Deductions: retention, advances, penalties
- Bulk claims: for large multi-project programmes
BOQ quantity surveying
- A standard item library
- Pricing per item
- Bill of quantities issued for tender
- Supplier quotations
- Side-by-side quote comparison
- Supplier selection
The technical office
- Drawing requests
- Task assignment to engineers
- Material requisitions from stores
- Work orders
- Job orders
- A drawings archive
Subcontractors
- A classified subcontractor database
- Assignment requests
- Subcontractor bids
- Subcontracts
- Work acceptance records
- Balances and payments
- Performance evaluation
Project tracking
- Multiple phases
- Percentage complete
- Gantt scheduling
- Actual versus budgeted cost
- Profitability per phase
- Delays and their causes
Workforce and HR
- Technicians and labourers
- Allocation across projects
- On-site attendance
- Payroll and bonuses
- Occupational safety
Plant and equipment
- An equipment register
- Preventive and corrective maintenance
- Usage cost allocated per project
- Rental agreements
Stores and materials
- A separate store per project
- Transfers between projects
- Raw materials and finished goods
- Material cost per project
How Hunt ERP ties it together
Hunt ERP for contracting brings all of the above into one system:
- From preliminary contract to final claim on a single screen
- BOQ with automatic calculation per line item
- Supplier quotes compared side by side
- Every subcontractor tracked with their balance
- Live dashboards per project
- Bulk claims for large programmes
- Bank integration for collections
- The Hunt-on-the-go app for site engineers
Customer stories from Egypt
Shawky Group Contracting (Eng. Ahmed Shawky) specialises in finishing works and ceramics. They run 50+ concurrent projects on Hunt ERP, cut administrative time by 60%, and now produce progress claims with complete accuracy.
Meliora works across real estate development and contracting. They run the customised Huntivia Enterprise edition, managing developments of thousands of units.
Inspire Contracting and Real Estate Development has run Hunt ERP since 2024 for project management, progress claims, subcontractors and stores.
The Egyptian standards we build to
- The Egyptian Building Code
- Ministry of Housing and Utilities requirements
- The Egyptian Federation for Construction and Building Contractors
- Engineering Authority indicative pricing
- Contractor law obligations
- ETA electronic invoicing
The bottom line
Contracting companies in Egypt operate in a genuinely complex environment: long projects, monthly claims, a deep subcontractor bench, and a technical office under constant pressure. The right system means:
- The chaos becomes structured
- Information is current
- Decisions rest on real numbers
- Profitability is visible
Hunt ERP was designed with a deep understanding of Egyptian contracting — we serve five or more large contracting firms in the country.
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