Case Study: Helmkamp Construction achieves streamlined T&M billing and reduced errors with Viewpoint Spectrum®

Helmkamp Construction Uses Spectrum to Solve T&M Billing Woes, Focus on Growth

Helmkamp Construction Company, an East Alton, IL–based general contractor, was rapidly growing but struggling with job-cost controls and time-and-materials (T&M) billing. Their previous system lacked integrated T&M capabilities, forcing thousands of manual Excel entries on roughly $40 million of T&M work, creating costly audits, staff increases and occasional billing errors (e.g., transposed invoice amounts).

Helmkamp implemented Spectrum® Construction Software, gaining integrated T&M billing, AP invoice scanning and electronic approvals so payroll and AP flow directly into T&M with no reentry. The result: billing errors have been reduced to virtually nothing, accounting workload hasn’t grown alongside the business, cash flow and billing speed improved, and receivable follow-up is centralized and more efficient.

Helmkamp Construction

Rob Johnes

President