Project Management
Bids and budgets, expenses and receipts, equipment bookings, currency, grants, contracts, payroll and permits — the whole administrative side of fieldwork, in the same app you record in.
Everything the office side needs
One module that grows with the job — from a single research budget to a commercial unit running many projects at once.
Bidding & Estimating
LiveBuild tenders fast with a bid calculator, reusable rates and consumables libraries, and saved quotes you can revisit.
Explore →Budgeting & Expenses
LiveProject budgets and categories, quick expense entry on mobile or desktop, and receipt capture that works offline and syncs.
Explore →Equipment Bookings
NewKeep the firm's kit clash-free: a shared roster, date-range bookings with overlap warnings, a month calendar, and .ics export to your own calendar.
Explore →Currency & Foreign Spend
Record costs in any currency with stored exchange rates, so multi-country projects reconcile back to your home currency.
Explore →Field Trip Planner
Plan the logistics of a season or overseas trip — dates, people, kit, and spend — in one place.
Explore →Grants
Track academic funding: grant dashboards, categories and milestones, and expenditure measured against the awarded budget.
Explore →Contracts & Invoicing
For commercial units: contract dashboards, cost tracking, billing and invoices against agreed scopes.
Explore →Personnel & Payroll
A staff roster, day-rate labour logs, and the numbers that feed straight into budgets and bids.
Explore →Permits
Store excavation licences and permits with their conditions and expiry dates, so nothing lapses mid-season.
Explore →Firm Profile
Your organisation set up once — details, rates, and equipment — underpinning every project you run.
Explore →Keep fieldwork and finances in one place
No separate spreadsheets, no reconciling apps at the end of a season. It's all in Excavata.