LHPTechnical Services
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Project profitability

What each project will really earn: contract and approved variations, minus cost to date, open orders and the cost still to come.

Costs to 2 Oct 2026Company target margin 22%Forecasts by Arun Kumar · checked by Joseph Mathew
TS-26-017 Oasis Walk is heading for a 16.6% margin, not 22%. That is AED 11,480 less profit than planned: the 9-day delay and the client's design change added cost that is not billed yet.
Forecast profit · 6 active
AED294,210411,910
Average margin 21.4% · target 22%Average margin 30.0% before own labour
Revised contract value
AED1,373,700
1,363,900 + VO-01 9,800 approved on TS-26-016
Cost to date + committed
AED495,250
349,150 spent · 146,100 ordered · of 1,079,490
Below the 22% target
3 of 6
017 · 16.6%019 and 020 just under

Profit by project

AED excl. VAT · forecast cost = spent + committed + estimate to complete
Site crew salaries allocated from timesheets
Showing margins before own labour. Salaries of the site crew (allocated from timesheets) are left out, so every project looks 5–12 points better. Use this view only to compare how jobs were priced — the real profit is the default view.
ProjectRevised contractBilledReceivedCost to dateCommittedForecast costMarginvs 22%
Active · 6 projects
TS-26-014 · Bay View Tower L12Gulf Horizon · 62% done · contract 386,000 + VO-02 18,600 404,600 230,900 137,030 168,450 61,200 313,200290,800 22.6%28.1% +0.6 ptsn/a
TS-26-016 · Al Noor MedicalSnagging · contract 128,500 + VO-01 9,800 138,300 100,500 61,200 81,950 9,400 106,08092,180 23.3%33.3% +1.3 ptsn/a
TS-26-017 · Oasis Walk G-24Urban Threads · 35% done · 9 days late · IPA-01 overdue 214,000 42,800 21,400 81,300 48,900 178,480153,880 16.6%28.1% −5.4 ptsn/a
TS-26-018 · Villa 23, Arabian Ranches 2Mr. Daniel Brooks · 20% done · glass from LHP M&G 76,800 0 15,360 8,150 22,400 59,21050,610 22.9%34.1% +0.9 ptsn/a
TS-26-019 · Barsha Pearl windowsCrescent FM · 8% done · 48 windows 242,000 0 0 9,300 4,200 189,480167,680 21.7%30.7% −0.3 ptsn/a
TS-26-020 · Spice Route KitchenStarts 12 Oct · advance 44,700 by PDC 15 Oct 298,000 0 0 0 0 233,040206,640 21.8%30.7% −0.2 ptsn/a
Completed · final figures
TS-26-008 · Atlas Logistics, Jebel AliHanded over 15 Jun · retention 4,800 to invoice now 96,000 96,000 91,200 73,900 0 73,90064,700 23.0%32.6% +1.0 ptsn/a
TS-26-011 · Bean Theory CaféHanded over 21 Aug · cracked panel replaced free 25 Sep 54,000 54,000 45,967 43,100 0 43,10037,300 20.2%30.9% −1.8 ptsn/a
Active total1,373,700374,200234,990349,150146,1001,079,490961,79021.4%30.0%
Billed = work certified in IPAs and variations · advances (018, 020) are not income until recovered · received excludes VAT. All projects

Forecast margin vs target

Scale 0–30% · black line = 22% targetBefore own labour · scale 0–40% · black line = 22%
TS-26-01422.6%
TS-26-01623.3%
TS-26-01716.6%
TS-26-01822.9%
TS-26-01921.7%
TS-26-02021.8%
TS-26-00823.0%
TS-26-01120.2%
TS-26-01428.1%
TS-26-01633.3%
TS-26-01728.1%
TS-26-01834.1%
TS-26-01930.7%
TS-26-02030.7%
TS-26-00832.6%
TS-26-01130.9%
At or above targetWithin 2 pointsMore than 2 points belowCompleted

Own labour in project costs

Site crew salaries are allocated to projects from GPS timesheets (September: 87% of labour hours on projects). The rest stays in operational expenses. Switch to “Without” to compare pricing only.

Profit is not cash yet

Money spent on each active project vs money received from its client · AED excl. VAT
Cash flow
TS-26-014−31,420
Received 137,030 · spent 168,450 · IPA-02 104,680 due 30 Oct
TS-26-016−20,750
Received 61,200 · spent 81,950 · IPA-02 due 28 Oct
TS-26-017−59,900
Received 21,400 · spent 81,300 · IPA-01 overdue 7 days
Covered by client paymentsFunded by our own cash
TS-26-014, 016 and 017 tie up AED 112,070 of company cash until the next certificates are paid.
Sent to both partners
Project profitability (2 Oct) went by e-mail as PDF and as a WhatsApp summary: 6 active projects, average 21.4%, TS-26-017 flagged at 16.6%.