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The latest from the Odoo construction vertical: product updates, integrations and real implementation projects in construction companies, refurbishment firms and civil works contractors.
KICON lands at CONSTRUTEC (IFEMA Madrid) as the ERP engine of the construction industry's digital transformation
Madrid, November 10–13 — In the midst of its international expansion, KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector), the specialized vertical solution for the construction and civil works industry, announces its participation with its own stand at the International Construction Week (CONSTRUTEC), to be held at the Madrid Trade Fair (IFEMA).
KICON's (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) presence at this leading European event consolidates its track record as one of the most powerful end-to-end management platforms on the market. Designed to answer the industry's complexity, KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) unifies real-time connectivity, budget control, progress-certificate management, site reports and direct financial tracking in a single environment, with no dependence on disconnected systems or manual processes.
A milestone in the global expansion strategy
Exhibiting with its own space at CONSTRUTEC marks a qualitative leap within the solution's international acceleration plan. After sustained growth driven by the adoption of leading construction companies and engineering firms, KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) comes to IFEMA to present its latest technological innovations and forge strategic alliances with the industry's main players.
An invitation to industry professionals
KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) formally invites contractors, site managers, CFOs, engineers, installers and developers to visit its stand during the four days of the event, to see the platform's potential first-hand and attend live demonstrations.
As the opening date approaches, the company will reveal the exact location of its stand and the agenda of technical presentations, and will open a channel to request direct passes and personalized invitations for its clients and partners.
Event information
- Event: International Construction Week / CONSTRUTEC
- Date: November 10–13
- Venue: IFEMA Madrid
- More about the trade fair: ifema.es/construtec
- Official solution website: kicon-odooconstruccion.com
See you at IFEMA? Tell us who you are and we will send you your personalized invitation and the demo schedule as soon as the agenda is published.
Get my invitation →New KPIs and dashboards: the project, governed in real time
Summer didn't slow us down: we have just released a new battery of strategic KPIs and dashboards for KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector). This update transforms your ERP: it stops being a mere historical record and becomes a predictive, real-time project governance system.
The new KICON KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
1. Work-in-progress control (today view)
- Incurred cost: supplier invoices and timesheets posted to date.
- Available budget: cost allowance still to be consumed.
- Forecast at completion: automatic calculation of the final cost, factoring in detected overruns and deviations.
- Committed in purchasing: control of contracted costs pending invoicing.
2. Profitability and margin control
- Margin-erosion detection: comparison between the initial estimate, current net sales and the projection at close, to correct deviations before they hit the P&L.
- Execution pace vs. spend: an indicator that evaluates whether the project is progressing ahead of budget consumption or whether there are warning signs.
- Breakdown by nature and chapter: detailed analysis of own labor, subcontractors and materials, weighing each chapter's share and deviation.
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Request a demo →3. Treasury and financial management
- Work-in-progress control: full traceability (contracted → measured → certified → invoiced) to keep your company from pre-financing the project.
- Collections, payments and retentions: monitoring of real cash flow, outstanding amounts and funds withheld as guarantee.
4. Business intelligence at the estimating stage
- Estimate reliability: a pre-bid audit that flags work items with no takeoff, no verified supplier price or no assigned product.
- Cost-concentration curve: graphical visualization of the work items carrying the most economic weight, to optimize supplier negotiations.
Less uncertainty, more margin
With these additions, KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) combines the power of Odoo with real on-site operations: every piece of data recorded —a site report, an invoice, a certificate— instantly feeds the indicators management needs to decide.
We will show you the new dashboards running on a scenario adapted to your business. No obligation.
Request your personalized demo →AMETSA Rehabilitaciones controls energy-efficiency refurbishment from the subsidy to the handover
The company
AMETSA Rehabilitaciones, headquartered in Durango, specializes in refurbishing buildings and homes across Bizkaia, both exterior —ventilated façades, ETICS/SATE façades, roofs, decks and terraces, accessibility works and rope access— and interior. Born from the union of multidisciplinary profiles from refurbishment, civil works, engineering and consulting, its proposition focuses on energy efficiency and increasing the building's value: it supports the client from the initial technical advice to the last detail of execution, including the administrative processing of projects and subsidies, such as the European Next Generation grants.
The challenge
Publicly funded energy-efficiency refurbishment adds layers of demand to a project: detailed, phased estimates that must match the grants awarded, rigorous documentary justification of every cost before the authorities, and coordination of in-house and subcontracted trades —including rope access— across several homeowner communities at once, all while preserving full traceability of what was installed, how and with which materials. Sustaining that control with scattered tools multiplied technical-office hours and the risk of mismatches between what was executed, justified and collected.
The solution with KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
With KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector), each refurbishment is managed end to end on the same platform: estimates by chapters and work items aligned with the subsidized phases, crew and trade planning, hours and materials posted from the on-site app, progress certificates and invoicing connected to accounting, and project document management that centralizes designs, permits, minutes, photographs and material data sheets: the basis for justifying the grants and answering to the authorities with everything documented. Per-project analytics show cost against budget and each refurbishment's profitability in real time.
The rollout was completed in 5 months following Kernet's Mis4u methodology: analysis, adaptation, migration, training, deployment and support, without stopping the company's activity.
Do you manage subsidized refurbishments and need full traceability of every cost? See how AMETSA solved it.
Request your personalized demo →Promociones BEIN unifies development, construction and refurbishment under a single project management
The company
Grupo BEIN has been building homes since 1988 and covers almost every service related to construction and housing in Bizkaia. It develops, designs and builds its own housing developments —with the option to customize homes as the project and the works evolve—, delivers public and private works (offices, retail and tertiary premises, public and sports buildings, urbanization and civil works, single-family and collective housing), refurbishes façades, roofs, accessibility and energy efficiency for homeowner communities and companies, restores traditional farmhouses and old houses, and offers building maintenance plans. It has its own technical department and a wide network of partner companies.
The challenge
Five very different business lines —own developments, construction for third parties, refurbishment, farmhouses and maintenance— coexisted with different criteria and tools. Own developments demand controlling the cost per home and absorbing each buyer's customizations without losing margin; public works, certifying against closed budgets; refurbishment for communities, detailed and traceable estimates; and all of it while coordinating a wide network of subcontractors. Consolidating the real profitability of each project, and of the group as a whole, required constant administrative effort and arrived too late to correct deviations.
The solution with KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
With KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector), every business line is managed on the same platform under a single criterion: each project —an own development, a public works contract or a refurbishment— has its cost sheet by chapters and work items with a target margin, full versioning to trace every customization or scope change, phase and resource planning, subcontractor management with bid comparisons, and certificates that stay consistent between what is certified to the client and what is validated to the partners. Analytics show profitability by business line, project, chapter and work item in real time, giving management the group-wide view that previously had to be rebuilt by hand.
The rollout was completed in 4 months following Kernet's Mis4u methodology: analysis, adaptation, migration, training, deployment and support, without stopping the company's activity.
Does your company combine development, construction and refurbishment and need a single view of profitability? See how Promociones BEIN solved it.
Request your personalized demo →SEOM Rehabilitadores connects estimate, site and profitability in a single platform
The company
SEOM Rehabilitadores is the leading building-refurbishment company in Gipuzkoa, with more than 600 projects delivered. It specializes in comprehensive refurbishment, energy-efficiency refurbishment of façades and roofs, restoration of built heritage, structural reinforcement (timber, concrete and steel), accessibility and building maintenance, working mainly for homeowner communities from its offices in Donostia and Pamplona. Its hallmark: estimates detailed to the maximum and fully transparent, and personal support for the client throughout the works.
The challenge
A high volume of simultaneous mid-sized projects —each with its homeowner community, its detailed estimate, its subsidies and its schedule— multiplied administrative effort: preparing transparent estimates item by item consumed technical-office hours, each project's site reports and consumption arrived late, and knowing every refurbishment's real deviation and profitability meant consolidating data from several tools.
The solution with KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
With KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector), each refurbishment is managed end to end on the same platform: estimates by chapters and work items with the level of detail and transparency the company promises its clients, crew and phase planning, hours and materials posted from the on-site app, progress certificates and invoicing connected to accounting, and real-time cost and deviation analytics per project. The technical office spends less time consolidating information and more on what sets SEOM apart: technical rigor and client care.
The rollout was completed in 4 months following Kernet's Mis4u methodology: analysis, adaptation, migration, training, deployment and support, without stopping the company's activity.
Do you run many refurbishment projects at once and lose hours consolidating data? See how SEOM solved it.
Request your personalized demo →Global Estaciones de Servicio industrializes the management of dozens of simultaneous jobs
The company
Global Estaciones de Servicio, headquartered in Molina de Segura (Murcia), has specialized since 2010 in the turnkey construction of service stations: from the start of the works to the opening, delivering the station "ready to run" and including, when the project requires it, a shop, a restaurant and even a hotel. It completes its offering with the construction of car-wash centers, the supply of fuel dispensers and the maintenance and repair of existing facilities: a business of repetitive projects executed at multiple locations across Spain at once.
The challenge
Each job was similar to the previous one, yet it was estimated and managed from scratch: no templates, no centralized purchasing comparisons and no homogeneous view of cost per location. With dozens of projects open simultaneously, individual tracking was consuming the technical office.
The solution with KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
The project standardized the business on KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector): standard projects with reusable estimate and planning templates, a centralized material-purchasing and subcontracting circuit with bid comparisons, cost control per job and site reports from the mobile app. Replicating a new job is now a matter of minutes, with its cost and progress under control from day one.
The rollout was completed in 4 months following Kernet's Mis4u methodology: analysis, adaptation, migration, training, deployment and support, without stopping the company's activity.
Do you manage many repetitive projects at once? Find out how to standardize them like Global Estaciones de Servicio.
Request your personalized demo →Proyecta Construcción takes cost control of one-of-a-kind projects to the finest detail
The company
Proyecta Construcción is a Madrid-based contractor with more than 20 years of experience, specialized in delivering design-led, high-end projects: premium restaurants and retail, offices and singular spaces. It partners with first-rate architecture and interior-design studios and has extensive experience in protected environments and prime locations, with recognized projects such as The Library, Em Sherif or Plaza Mahou at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, and ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications.
The challenge
One-of-a-kind projects demand an extreme level of detail: estimates with hundreds of work items, exclusive materials and finishes, constant changes during execution driven by the client and the design studios, and fine coordination of trades and subcontractors on demanding schedules. Keeping financial control of every modification —and its impact on margin— with disconnected tools meant enormous administrative effort and a permanent risk to profitability.
The solution with KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
With KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector), each project is managed with a cost sheet by chapters and work items with a target margin, full versioning to trace every scope change, phase and trade planning, purchasing and subcontracting with bid comparisons, and on-site posting of hours and materials. Per-project analytics show at all times the actual cost against the planned cost and the effect of every modification on margin, work item by work item.
The rollout was completed in 5 months following Kernet's Mis4u methodology: analysis, adaptation, migration, training, deployment and support, without stopping the company's activity.
Do your one-of-a-kind projects change faster than your cost control? See how Proyecta Construcción solved it.
Request your personalized demo →Construcción 360 Plus takes financial control of comprehensive refurbishment down to every work item
The company
Construcción 360 Plus (Construccions 360+, part of 361 Grup Constructor) is a contractor headquartered in Manresa with offices in Barcelona, specialized in four lines of activity: building (including publicly protected and cooperative housing), public facilities (schools, sports halls, health centers, markets), heritage refurbishment and civil works. It stands out for its commitment to industrialized construction —with timber and CLT component systems—, energy efficiency and sustainability, working intensively for public administrations on projects financed with Next Generation funds.
The challenge
Working mostly for public administrations means bidding with rigorous cost sheets, issuing cumulative certificates against closed budgets, processing amendments and variation orders with their reports, and meeting schedule milestones under penalty clauses. Managing all of that with loose documents and hard-to-trace versions generated administrative friction and risk in every certificate.
The solution with KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
With KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector), each project is managed with cost breakdowns and full versioning: bids are prepared on cost sheets with margin and risk, variation orders are recorded, valued and approved with their associated reports, cumulative certificates always reflect the current scope, and schedule control warns of deviations against the milestones committed to the administration. Less administrative friction and certificates beyond dispute.
The rollout was completed in 5 months following Kernet's Mis4u methodology: analysis, adaptation, migration, training, deployment and support, without stopping the company's activity.
Do scope changes spark an argument at every certificate? See how Construcción 360 Plus solved it.
Request your personalized demo →Quantity takeoffs and progress certificates: the heart of project control, solved in KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
In private works, civil works and industrial construction, a project's entire financial control rests on two documents: the quantity takeoffs and the progress certificates. We review what they are, why they matter so much and how the Odoo construction vertical solves them.
What are they, and why do they matter so much?
The quantity takeoffs are the detailed schedule of a project's work units and their quantities: how many square meters, linear meters or units of each work item must be executed. The progress certificates are the periodic document that values the work actually executed to date and entitles the contractor to payment. One measures what has to be done; the other accredits what has already been done.
Why takeoffs matter
- Budget control: they allow the exact calculation of the materials, labor and time required.
- Basis for contracts: they serve as the official document to set the price and conditions of the works.
- Change management: they make it possible to measure modifications or contingencies fairly if the project changes along the way.
- Efficient planning: they help organize purchasing and work at the right times.
Why certificates matter
- Payment control: they act as the partial invoice validating the work progressed month by month.
- Progress assurance: they show the client that the money invested corresponds to work actually executed on the ground.
- Dispute prevention: they avoid legal arguments by recording in writing the project's exact status at every stage.
- Formal closeout: they enable a clean, orderly final settlement of the works.
Do your takeoffs live in one program and your certificates in another? There is a better way to work.
Request a demo →How it is solved by KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) dashboard
The usual problem is not producing takeoffs or certificates: it is that they live in separate tools, disconnected from management. KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) integrates them into the same flow as the estimate, execution and accounting, for private works, civil works and industrial construction.
Living takeoffs, not static documents
Takeoffs enter KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) with the project's real structure —chapters, work items, work units and cost breakdowns—, whether created on the platform itself or imported from PRESTO, Arquímedes or TCQ in BC3 format. Each work item keeps its line-by-line takeoff breakdown, and from the site app the crews record progress and entries directly against those work items, so the executed takeoff is updated with the reality on the ground, not with what is remembered at month-end. Versioning and change history make it possible to manage modifications and contingencies with full traceability, and variation orders are recorded, valued and approved with their associated reports.
Certificates that flow straight from the takeoff
With the executed takeoff always up to date, the certificate stops being a reconstruction exercise: KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) generates cumulative certificates on the work actually measured, both to the client and from subcontracted suppliers, guaranteeing consistency between what is certified upwards and what is validated downwards. Contractual retentions are applied automatically, every certificate stays connected to invoicing and accounting, and the client portal lets the owner check progress and the status of their certificates, reinforcing the transparency that prevents disputes. At the end, the project settlement rests on a complete, orderly record of everything measured and certified.
The result is an unbroken chain: from estimate to takeoff, from takeoff to certificate and from certificate to collection, with the same data end to end and the project's margin visible at all times.
We will show you the complete circuit —from takeoff to certificate— on a scenario adapted to your business. No obligation.
Request your personalized demo →Kernet revolutionizes the construction industry with Generative Artificial Intelligence built into Odoo
The technology firm leads the industry's cutting edge with an Intelligent Agent capable of estimating complex tenders in minutes, extracting maximum value from the public and private works history.
In a market where precision and speed dictate a project's profitability, Kernet has unveiled the latest advance in its Odoo construction vertical: an AI-based Cost Estimation Agent, designed specifically to transform the most critical stage for companies in the industry: bidding and planning.
At the cutting edge of Kernet's construction vertical
This launch is one more sign of Kernet's constant evolution, having integrated Artificial Intelligence directly into the Odoo workflow.
The agent does not just process BC3 files, drawings and reports: it acts as a senior consultant inside the ERP, specialized in:
- Public works and tenders: exhaustive analysis of specifications and price schedules.
- Private development and refurbishment: flexible adaptation to estimates with high levels of detail and sub-chapters.
Real intelligence on the project history
Unlike generic tools, Kernet's module can "reason" over the company's real data. By querying Odoo's models directly, the agent analyzes:
- Real profitability: it compares the current work item with similar past jobs, detecting cost and time deviations the human eye could miss.
- Corporate memory: it identifies which suppliers have been most efficient in past subcontracting.
- Price justification: the agent does not just produce a figure; it argues the why (accumulated inflation, changes in the technical description or labor performance).
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Request a demo →Conversation and security: the user stays in control
The system includes its own conversational interface inside Odoo, allowing technicians to ask for clarifications or nuances on the calculations performed.
Aware of data sensitivity, Kernet has implemented a strict security protocol: the agent has full read access to accounting and management in order to learn, but its write capability is limited exclusively to control and suggestion fields. This guarantees that the company's financial information remains shielded and unalterable.
With this development, Kernet does not just offer an ERP: it offers a competitive advantage that removes the friction of manual estimating and makes it far more agile and operational.
Discover how KICON's (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) AI can accelerate your tenders. We will show you on a scenario adapted to your business. No obligation.
Request your personalized demo →KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector), up to date: a feature round-up as of August 2026
The Odoo construction vertical developed by Kernet keeps growing. We review, at a glance, everything KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) already covers, and present the latest additions in detail: AI for tenders, material purchasing management, the new client and subcontractor portals and project document management.
What KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) already covered: the vertical's foundation
These are, at a glance, the features added in previous releases, which form the core of end-to-end project management:
- Construction estimates by chapters, work items and work units
- Cost-breakdown management within work items
- Quantity takeoffs and their breakdown
- Versioning and history of estimates and cost sheets
- Project cost accounting and cost sheet
- Cost sheet and supplier tendering
- Profitability analytics by project, chapter and work item
- Supplier tender management
- Public works tenders (industrial profit, commercial margin and risk)
- Integration with PRESTO, Arquímedes, TCQ and BC3
- Integration with public price databases (BEDEC, CYPE, PREOC…)
- Project export to BC3 (FIEBDC-3)
- End-to-end management of construction projects
- Planning: Gantt, work items, tasks, resources and subcontractors
- Project schedule control
- On-site cost entries
- Mobile APP for site work and cost entries
- Machinery management
- Progress certificates and cumulative invoicing
- Client and subcontractor certificates
- Variation orders and associated reports
- Project retention management in Odoo
- Site coordination and occupational safety
- Occupational risk prevention (ORP)
- Site warehouse management
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Request a demo →What's new in August 2026
Built-in AI: assistant for commercial margin optimization
A built-in Artificial Intelligence assistant that automatically analyzes all the relevant information of each tender —specifications, history, posted costs, risks, competition and past profitability— to recommend the optimal commercial strategy for every bid, in both public and private tender processes.
Material purchasing management
Automates and optimizes the procurement flow, from on-site material requests and supplier orders to receipt, ensuring control of prices, lead times and purchase costs.
The tender AI and the new purchasing circuit can be seen in action in a 30-minute session.
Show me →Client portal
An exclusive access portal where clients can check project progress, certificate status, the evolution of specifications and linked documentation, improving transparency and corporate communication.
Subcontractor portal
A private space where subcontractors and suppliers can check work orders, upload certificates, attach legal/CAE documentation and report progress, streamlining the project's administration.
Project document management
A centralized repository for storing, categorizing and consulting all the projects' technical, legal and financial documentation: drawings, permits, contracts, minutes and reports.
With these additions, KICON (Odoo for the Construction and Civil Works sector) consolidates a catalog of 30 industry-specific features on the Odoo platform: from the first cost analysis of a tender to the project's final profitability, all connected and traceable.
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