Back-office services for civil construction. Building Award payroll, industry-specific bookkeeping, BAS and compliance.
Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020
Civil Construction have specific operational patterns and compliance requirements that generic bookkeeping services don't understand. You need back-office support from people who know your industry — the revenue models, the compliance landscape, the operational realities. Valont provides integrated finance, people, and technology operations built for construction businesses like yours.
Civil Construction employees are typically covered by the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020.
Classification structure: Building Worker Levels 1–8 with specialisations in earthworks, concrete, road works, drainage
Ordinary hours: 36 hours/week. Remote and regional projects may involve camp arrangements with additional allowances.
Penalty rates: Building Award penalties plus remote/camp allowances where applicable.
Key allowances: Tool allowance, industry allowance, travel and fares, camp allowance (for remote projects), living away from home allowance, plant operator allowance
Getting award interpretation wrong creates systematic underpayment that compounds with every pay period. Our payroll specialists configure award-specific software to calculate every classification, penalty, and allowance correctly — and conduct quarterly audits to ensure ongoing compliance.
Running civil construction means dealing with specific operational complexities that generic providers don't address:
State building authority licensing, environmental authority permits, WHS principal contractor obligations, heavy vehicle chain of responsibility, and Aboriginal cultural heritage management.
We maintain a compliance calendar that covers both your general business obligations (BAS, STP, super, payroll tax, workers compensation) and your industry-specific requirements, ensuring nothing falls through the gap between your financial compliance and your operational compliance.
Plant and equipment cost tracking and utilisation reporting. Remote project cost management including camp and FIFO. Fuel tax credit calculations. Multi-project P&L with cost-to-complete. Progress claim preparation. Environmental rehabilitation provisioning.
Building Award-compliant payroll processing through KeyPay or Employment Hero with automated award interpretation. STP reporting with every pay run. Superannuation calculation and initiation on schedule. Ongoing payroll compliance audits. HR advisory covering employment contracts, workplace policies, onboarding, and termination processes specific to the construction sector.
Managed IT support with proactive monitoring and helpdesk. Essential Eight cybersecurity implementation. Cloud platform management (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace). Integration management between your industry-specific systems and accounting/payroll platforms.
For a civil contractor with 20–60 employees: Finance + People Hub $3,500–$7,000/month. This replaces the combined cost of a separate bookkeeper, payroll provider, and the owner's time spent on admin — typically 10 to 15 hours per week for a business of this size.
Fixed-fee, month-to-month, no lock-in. We retain clients through service quality, not contractual obligation.
Yes. Our team has direct experience with the Building Award and the specific operational, financial, and compliance requirements of civil construction. We configure our services around your industry's reality rather than forcing you into a generic template.
Most civil construction employees are covered by the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020. Building Worker Levels 1–8 with specialisations in earthworks, concrete, road works, drainage We determine the correct award and classification for each employee during onboarding and configure payroll accordingly.
Yes. We integrate with the POS, rostering, and industry-specific platforms that civil construction use. The Operations Hub manages all integrations — configuration during onboarding, continuous monitoring, and issue resolution.
Most civil construction come to us with some level of backlog or disorganisation. We bring your books current during onboarding at no additional cost and establish the systems and processes that keep them current going forward.
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