Back-office services for residential builders. Building Award payroll, industry-specific bookkeeping, BAS and compliance.
Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020
Residential Builders 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.
Residential Builders employees are typically covered by the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020.
Classification structure: Building Worker Level 1–8 (CW/ECW 1–8), leading hand, OH&S representative
Ordinary hours: 36 hours/week (not 38). Typically 7.2 hours/day or 8 hours with RDO system.
Penalty rates: Overtime: 150% first 2 hrs then 200% (Mon–Fri), Sat 150%/200%, Sun 200%, PH 250%.
Key allowances: Tool allowance ($31.39/week), industry allowance, travel and fares (per km or zone), height money (>15m), confined space, hot work, wet work, underground 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 residential builders means dealing with specific operational complexities that generic providers don't address:
State building authority licensing (QBCC/VBA/NSW Fair Trading/Building Commission WA), Home Building Act (NSW) or equivalent, domestic building insurance, WHS documentation per Safe Work Australia, and environmental compliance.
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.
Project-level job costing in Xero Projects aligned with estimating methodology. Progress claim preparation and tracking. RDO accrual management. Subcontractor compliance tracking and TPAR. Retention tracking. Cash flow forecasting accounting for progress claim timing. QBCC/VBA financial reporting.
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 residential builder with 10–25 employees: Finance + People Hub $2,000–$4,000/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 residential builders. We configure our services around your industry's reality rather than forcing you into a generic template.
Most residential builders employees are covered by the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020. Building Worker Level 1–8 (CW/ECW 1–8), leading hand, OH&S representative 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 residential builders use. The Operations Hub manages all integrations — configuration during onboarding, continuous monitoring, and issue resolution.
Most residential builders 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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