Construction Budget

🎯 Objective of this section

The Construction Budget module forms the financial baseline of a construction project.
This is where the originally planned total budget is defined and transparently allocated across the DIN 276 cost groups (100 level).
The stored values are then automatically available in cost tracking, in evaluations, and in status reports.

Basic principle of the construction budget

The construction budget represents the approved project budget—regardless of later cost statuses, awards, or forecasts.

Key characteristics:

• Budgeting exclusively at the 100-level cost groups
• Separation of own funds and external funds
• Automatic total calculation
• Direct transfer of budget values to cost tracking

💡 Important:
The construction budget is not a cost plan by service phases; it is the top-level budget requirement for the entire project.

Structure of the construction budget view

The construction budget view is structured as a table and follows the DIN 276 structure:

• Column – Meaning
• Title – Name of the cost group
• Cost group selection – Selection of the DIN 276 cost group (100 level)
• Use title – Applies the official cost group designation
• Own funds – Share of the budget from own funds
• External funds – Share of the budget from external financing
• Budget – Automatically calculated total
• Budget funding – Text field to describe the source of funds

Maintaining the construction budget

Step-by-step procedure

1. 1️⃣ Open the “Construction Budget” module
2. 2️⃣ Enter own funds / external funds
3. 3️⃣ The Budget field is calculated automatically
4. 4️⃣ Describe the source of the funds in the Budget funding field

💡 Note:
The sum of own and external funds always automatically results in the total budget per cost group.

Own funds and external funds

In the construction budget, two types of financing can be distinguished:

Own funds

• Public budget funds
• Reserves
• Owner’s equity
• Internal budgets

External funds

• Grant funding
• Subsidies
• Loans
• Third-party funds (e.g. federal/state programs)

💡 Benefit:
This separation enables later evaluations by financing type and increases transparency for clients and funding bodies.

“Budget funding” field – source of financing

In the Budget funding text field, you can document in detail which sources make up the budget.

Example entries:

• “Municipal budget 2025”
• “State funding for school construction”
• “KfW funding program 217”
• “Own funds – municipal utilities”

💡 Best practice:
The description should be unambiguous enough that it is still traceable years later (e.g. for audits or grant settlement).

Interaction with cost tracking

The values defined in the construction budget are automatically:

• displayed in cost tracking
• used as a reference budget for comparisons
• taken into account in status reports
• visualized in evaluations and dashboards

💡 Important:
The construction budget is the baseline—any later deviations (cost planning, awards, actual costs) are assessed against this budget.

Distinction: construction budget vs. cost tracking

• Construction budget – Cost tracking
• Originally approved budget – Ongoing cost development
• 100 level – 100, 10, 1 levels
• Planning start – Project lifecycle
• Financing focus – Cost control
• Static – Dynamic

Best practices

• ✅ Capture the construction budget in full at the start of the project
• ✅ Use only 100-level cost groups
• ✅ Clearly separate own and external funds
• ✅ Document the funding source unambiguously
• ✅ Make changes only when the budget is formally approved