Masonry is heavy material and slow, skilled labor. The brick and block are bought by the thousand and the pallet, the mortar and sand by the yard, and the crew lays it one course at a time for two or three weeks. The margin is decided by the brick the client picks after the bid, the footing that wasn't poured right, and the days the scaffold sits waiting on weather.
Obra keeps each job as its own project, with the brick and stone as allowances and the labor split between masons and tenders, so you know what the wall made you before the last joint is struck.
Brick and stone as allowances
Budget the brick and the stone accent on their own allowance lines. Log the yard invoices against them, edit an invoice down to its net amount when pallets go back, and turn any upgrade into a change order once the client has agreed to it. The allowance overage guide shows the wording that keeps the client on your side.
Masons and tenders, apart
Give the masons and the tenders their own labor codes. After a few jobs you'll know where the days go. The cost code guide has a short list you can copy.
The brick, the footing, the lintels
The three change orders below show up on most masonry jobs. Price each one the day it comes up, get the client's okay, then record it so the contract value moves with the work. The change order guide keeps the wording short.
The margin on every wall
When the last invoice is paid, the job's page shows the contract, the total cost and the margin. Compare your veneer jobs against your retaining walls and your chimneys. The markup and margin guide helps you set the number to aim for per square foot of wall.
What Obra isn't for a mason
Not takeoff software, not scheduling, not a repair-call dispatcher. Obra is the money on each job, in English and Spanish, from receipts your crew already sends, exported clean to the accountant.