Custom Bouwportaal integration development
Appfront builds integrations with Bouwportaal, the online project administration platform for construction, from costing through to invoicing. Bouwportaal already integrates with accounting packages, among others. For anything beyond that, we build the integration: hours and materials from your own app into projects, projects into your planning, subcontractor data, and project figures into your own dashboard.
What is a Bouwportaal integration?
Bouwportaal is an online project administration platform for construction. It supports projects from the first costing through to the final invoice, including relations, purchasing, sales and project figures. Bouwportaal integrates with accounting packages, among others, for example for relations and invoices. For your own systems and apps, a custom integration is needed.
Without an integration, site staff record their hours in a separate app or on paper, and someone retypes them into Bouwportaal. A project exists in Bouwportaal and again in the planning. Subcontractors send hours and invoices by email. And management wants to see, for each project, what was budgeted and what has already been spent, alongside figures from other systems that currently come from exports.
We build custom integrations because they need to fit the way you work: which app and planning tool you use, which system is the source for projects and staff, how hours and materials are approved, and which figures you want to see. We'll review which integration options Bouwportaal offers in the first step, together with you and, where needed, with Bouwportaal.
Hours from the site
Hours and materials from your own app to the right projects in Bouwportaal, after approval.
Projects outward
Projects and relations from Bouwportaal to your planning and apps, without creating them twice.
Figures per project
Budgeted, spent and remaining per project into your own dashboard.
How we build your Bouwportaal integration
We start with your systems: which ones you use alongside Bouwportaal, how projects, hours and invoices flow, and where data is currently re-typed. We then pick the flow that costs the most re-typing, often hours, and start there. The rest follows once that flow runs smoothly.
Your apps, planning, portals and dashboard, and which data should move in which direction.
Bouwportaal connected to your systems, for projects, hours, materials and invoices.
Testing with real projects, error monitoring, and a log for each message.
Phased go-live, and management when Bouwportaal or your systems change.
What a Bouwportaal integration actually does
The components below come up in almost every Bouwportaal integration. Which ones you need depends on your systems.
Projects
Projects and relations kept in sync between systems.
Hours
Hours from the construction site to the correct project.
Materials
Materials used per project, sent back.
Subcontractors
Subcontractor hours and invoices linked to the project.
Invoices
Invoices where there is no standard integration.
Dashboard
Budgeted and spent amounts per project in your dashboard.
Who we build Bouwportaal integrations for
This integration is designed for construction companies that use Bouwportaal alongside their own systems.
Contractors
Many projects at once. Hours and figures per project are the core.
Finishing contractors
Short projects with many tradespeople. Hours matter most.
Installers
Projects and service work mixed together. Planning is what matters.
Companies with their own app
An app for the site. The integration with projects is the core.
Technology and integrations
This page is about integrations with Bouwportaal. For other construction software, see our page on a BouwWorks integration and a Bouw7 integration, and for messaging with wholesalers, our page on a DICO integration. You can read about how we work under building software.
Why choose Appfront for your Bouwportaal integration?
Hours that get re-typed arrive late and sometimes end up wrong in the project figures. We build against that: hours that flow automatically, projects created once, and figures without exports.
No duplicate entry
Projects are created once.
Hours on time
Hours from the construction site appear in Bouwportaal the same week.
Project at a glance
Budgeted and spent per project without exporting.
Security and privacy for a Bouwportaal integration
The integration processes data about staff, subcontractors, projects and invoices. Access credentials are stored encrypted and used only by the integration, with only the permissions it needs.
The integration runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage, daily back-ups and a log of every message.
Frequently asked questions about a Bouwportaal integration
Questions construction firms ask before starting with this.
Bouwportaal is an online project administration platform for construction, from costing through to invoicing, including relations, purchasing, sales and project figures. It integrates with accounting packages, among others.
Yes, with accounting packages among others, for example for relations and invoices. Those are often sufficient. A custom integration is needed for your own app, planning tool, portal or dashboard that isn't on the list.
Through the integration options Bouwportaal provides and the interfaces of your other systems. We'll determine which route suits in the first step, together with you and, where needed, with Bouwportaal. For each data flow we document which system is the source, so it's always clear where a change must be made and two versions of the same project don't arise.
Yes. Hours and materials from your app go to the correct project in Bouwportaal once approved. Hours not yet approved remain until they have been reviewed, so the project figures stay accurate. A correction made after approval is recorded as a correction, so the history stays intact.
Yes, through a portal or app. Subcontractor hours and invoices are linked to the project so they count in the project figures, after checking. A subcontractor only sees their own projects and hours, not those of others.
The integration reports the problem and records what went wrong. The message is retried or set aside for review. An overview shows which messages have been processed, which are waiting and which need attention.
For construction companies with their own app, planning tool, portal or dashboard alongside Bouwportaal, where data is currently retyped. If you only need an accounting package from the standard list, the standard integration is often enough.
Bouwportaal and the building site with the same data?
Tell us which systems you use alongside Bouwportaal, how hours and projects flow, and where data is currently retyped. We'll show you what the integration would look like.