The UK's largest ports group starts to use Bauwise to standardise cost reporting across major infrastructure projects, and bring controlled, auditable risk drawdown and approval to every stage.
For Associated British Ports, running a continuous pipeline of capital infrastructure projects demands structured, auditable cost control that works alongside existing commercial workflows and applies consistently across major and regional projects. As projects scaled and budget change events grew in volume, Excel-based cost reporting became increasingly convoluted and error-prone — while caught during QA, these errors added time and burden to every cost report. The sheets were difficult to navigate and review for the Cost & Contract Manager (CCM), project managers and consultants involved, while separate approval workflows made it challenging to confirm that approved data matched what was reported. The team also needed a more controlled change management process to allocate risk and keep drawdown traceable and auditable at every project stage.
Associated British Ports implemented Bauwise to bring one systematised approach to cost and risk control that preserves the Excel layout the team already used. Major projects incorporate a rigorous cost breakdown structure, while regions have the flexibility to right-size it for smaller projects as adoption continues. Offline budget preparation now feeds into Bauwise quickly, and teams can easily drill down into cost packages. Built-in approval workflows close the gap between data entry and sign-off, while subproject stage gates enforce disciplined cost allocation at each stage of a project. An embedded change management process allows risk to be allocated and drawn down in a controlled way.
A full project budget can now be built and made ready for reporting quickly, with the structure and formulas staying protected no matter how many entries are made or how many project members are involved.
Built-in approval workflows provide transparency and confidence in reported data, with every change fully visible and auditable.
Fully traceable, event driven risk allocation shows exactly where and how risk is being used.
Countries
United Kingdom
Operating since
1982
Firm type
Owner-Operator
Industry
Ports
Logistics
Marine infrastructure
Energy infrastructure
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Associated British Ports (ABP) is the UK’s leading and largest ports operator, with a network of 21 ports across England, Scotland and Wales. ABP handles around a quarter of the UK’s seaborne trade, and is an essential partner to the UK’s offshore wind industry, providing operations and maintenance support for over half of the sector’s activity. Its ports include Immingham, the UK’s largest port by tonnage, and Southampton, the nation’s number one export port, handling £40 billion of UK exports each year. ABP is delivering on its green ambitions through decarbonising its operations, supporting customers in building more sustainable supply chains, and investing in infrastructure to realise future renewable energy generation.
Bauwise equips construction CEOs with an automated cost management tool to maintain financial control, efficiency, and profitability across expanding portfolios. The cost management software links budgets, forecasts, contracts, and purchase orders in one system, enforcing approval workflows that preserve budget integrity and accuracy. Chief Executive Officers gain real-time visibility into consolidated portfolio performance, safeguarding project continuity, automating reporting, and simplifying construction portfolio management.
Bauwise provides an automated cost management solution for construction CFOs to obtain timely, verified financial data for cash flow and refinancing decisions. The software consolidates construction budgets, contracts, purchase orders, change orders, invoices, and Applications for Payment into a unified data source, ensuring all figures are validated, traceable, and audit-ready before reaching financial statements. Chief Financial Officers can track contingency budgets and risk reserves, gain visibility into liquidity, flag budget overruns early, and forecast portfolio-level cash flow.
Bauwise helps Construction Managers and Division Managers ensure all construction project costs are reported and accounted for, using an automated construction cost management tool. The software tracks linked budgets, contracts, purchase orders, and change orders, so every commitment is recorded, allocated, and tied to the correct project and cost code. Construction and Division Managers can leverage automated purchase invoice and Application for Payment validation rules with audit trails, compare planned versus actual costs in real time, and monitor division-level performance across projects.
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We’ve got your questions covered. If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for below, feel free to contact us.
Yes. You can import existing budgets, commitments, and actuals into Bauwise and pick up from where the project currently stands. Our team will support you in mapping the data and configuring the platform to match your ongoing workflows—no need to start from scratch. This enables you to continue the project without delays or the need to manually rework existing data.
Yes. We support flexible coding systems that allow you to import budgets using several options, including basic copy and pasting, as well as Excel and CSV file uploads.
Yes. We support integrations with major accounting systems like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Odoo, SAP, QuickBooks, Xero, and more. Our team has vast integration experience and can suggest options even for less common tools. We’ll review your accounting software setup to confirm the feasibility and configure the best-fit integration.
Yes. You don’t need to integrate an accounting system to use Bauwise. You can upload your general ledger transactions using an Excel spreadsheet—just drag and drop, and Bauwise will automatically link actuals to your budget, or take advantage of Bauwise’s invoice approval workflow, which generates the transactions internally from submitted invoices.
Yes. Bauwise enables you to split any project into multiple subprojects—by construction phase, client budget, buildings, or cost categories—while maintaining a comprehensive and unified project dashboard. Bauwise consolidated dashboard displays cost forecasts, profitability, actuals, construction progress, and margin deviations across all subprojects.
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