The variation was agreed by email. Now prove it.

On site, the decisions that cost money are made in messages: a change to the spec, a date moved, an extra the client asked for on a Thursday. OVIOO keeps every one of them on the job it changed, with the date, the sender and the attachment, so the account at the end matches the work that was actually done.

OVIOO
Compose
#742615Halden & CoActive12 emails4 tasks6 documents
Emails
  • Adrián Soler09:41
    Delivery confirmation
  • Castellane SA08:52
    Proforma — Halden rollout
  • Ingrid HalvorsenYesterday
    Requirements — 2 changes
  • Castellane SAMon
    Delivery schedule received
Open thread →
Tasks
  • Confirm delivery windowDMToday
  • Resend requirements list to VantageDMToday
  • Signed contract from HaldenDMWaiting
  • Final payment reminderCOFri
Documents
Requirements_FINAL.xlsx
Sent to Vantage · 18 Aug 2026
Proforma_Castellane.pdf
Received 21 Aug 2026
Handover_742615.pdf
Created from template · 19 Aug 2026
Contacts
  • IHIngrid HalvorsenProject lead
  • ASAdrián SolerSupplier · delivery
  • CSCastellane SASubcontractor
Activity
Delivery schedule v3 sent · Mon 2 tasks added from Adrián’s email · 09:41

What stops slipping between site and office

Variations that survive the argument

The email asking for the change, the reply agreeing a price, the revised drawing — all on the job, in order, with dates. When it is questioned three months later, the record is the answer.

Subcontractors on the job, not in a folder

Each subcontractor is a company with its contacts, its quotes and its invoices attached to the job it was engaged for. Who was asked, who answered, what was agreed, what has been paid.

Certificates chased without remembering to

A checklist per job names what has to be collected — insurance, certificates, sign-offs — what counts as done and how long it may take. It watches the mail and marks the step when the document arrives.

Costs reconciled at the end instead of as they land

Supplier and subcontractor invoices become payables on the job that generated them, checked for duplicates and for changed bank details, approved by whoever your limits name, and tracked until the money moves.

One job, from award to final account

1
Job awarded
a reference is opened, with its client
2
Subcontractors engaged
quotes and contracts on the job
3
Change requested
the email becomes a dated variation
4
Documents collected
a checklist chases certificates and sign-offs
5
Final account
costs, variations and payments in one record

The client can watch without ringing you

A portal in your brand shows each client their own jobs, the documents you chose to share, the dates and what is outstanding — with your costs and your subcontractor prices switched off.

Your words, in the product
JobsSitesSubcontractorsVariationsCertificatesApplicationsRetentionsSnags

Set once in the business profile. Every screen, button and dialog follows.

Search groups, documents, invoices…
Good morning, Ingrid
Welcome to your Meridian Works client portal.

Here you can follow the status of your projects, access documents, view invoices and stay up to date.

Active projects
23↑ 3
vs last month
Awaiting approval
4↑ 1
vs last month
Payments pending
3↓ 2
vs last month
Documents required
5↑ 2
vs last month
Upcoming deliveries
7↑ 3
next 3 months
Your projectsSearch projects…
All (23)Upcoming (7)In progress (5)Awaiting approval (4)Completed (7)
Ref. #ProjectLocationDatesValueStatusActions
742615Q4 rolloutBarcelona12 Oct 2026 → 16 Oct 2026€48,200Awaiting approvalView →
742580Spring programmeValencia3 Mar 2027 → 7 Mar 2027€61,400ConfirmedView →
742691Depot refitMadrid19 Apr 2027 → 23 Apr 2027€37,900In progressView →
742702Annual serviceSeville10 May 2027 → 14 May 2027€22,650Documents requiredView →
742735Phase two fit-outValencia5 Jun 2027 → 9 Jun 2027€54,100ConfirmedView →
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Upcoming workView all
  • Q4 rolloutBarcelona · ▦ 12 Oct 2026 → 16 Oct 2026 · ⚇ 3 deliveries
  • Spring programmeValencia · ▦ 3 Mar 2027 → 7 Mar 2027 · ⚇ 5 deliveries
  • Depot refitMadrid · ▦ 19 Apr 2027 → 23 Apr 2027 · ⚇ 2 deliveries
Pending ActionsView all
  • Upload signed orderQ4 rollout · 742615
  • Confirm quotationSpring programme · 742580
  • Payment dueDepot refit · 742691€1,840Due 15 Sep 2026
  • Upload requirementsAnnual service · 742702
  • Review insurance certificatePhase two fit-out · 742735

What it replaces between site and office

The variation file, the certificate chase and the subcontractor folder — as they exist today.

The workaround today
In OVIOO
A variations file rebuilt when it is disputed
The email, the price agreed and the drawing, dated, on the job
Ringing the office to ask what was agreed
The job answers, from whoever opens it
Chasing insurance and certificates by memory
A checklist that watches the mail for each document
Subcontractor quotes in a folder per trade
Each subcontractor a company, with its quotes on the job
Costs added up at the final account
Payables on the job as the invoices arrive
A client asking for an update every Friday
A portal showing their jobs, dates and documents

Fair questions

No. It does not price work, measure drawings or hold a rate library. It holds the job once it exists — the correspondence, the variations, the documents, the subcontractors and the money — which is the part currently spread across an inbox and a folder.

No Gantt and no critical path. There are dates, tasks and checklists that follow a job to the end, but a contractor who plans in dedicated software should keep planning there.

The desktop app is Windows, macOS and Linux, and mail reaches the job wherever it is sent from — so somebody emailing photos from site is already contributing to the record. There is no dedicated mobile app today.

By making the record boring. The request, the agreement, the revised drawing and the invoice are on one job with their dates, so what was agreed is something you show rather than something you argue.

See it on your own work.

Connect one shared mailbox and watch a real week organise itself. Fourteen days, no card.