Nation Pathways

Capital projects & builds

Capital project and lot development tracking for First Nations

From “develop 20 lots” to “build five houses” — plan the project, track every dollar against every milestone, and hand your funder a complete claim package.

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A project’s profit and loss tab: each milestone with its budget, purchase-order commitments, amount paid and remaining variance, with totals reconciled against the project’s funded budget.
Project P&L — budget vs. committed vs. paid for each milestone, reconciled to the funded budget.

Every dollar against every milestone

A capital project is broken into milestones — funding confirmed, clearing, road base and drainage, services, septic, final grading — and each one carries its own budget. The project’s P&L shows budget, purchase-order commitments, amount paid and variance for every milestone, so an overrun shows up early instead of at year-end.

Purchase orders paid down in steps

Construction is rarely paid in one cheque. Nation Pathways tracks a purchase order across its material, phase and holdback draws, each with its invoice attached, and each draw feeds straight into the project’s budget-versus-actual.

Several funders on one build

Many builds are paid for by more than one grant. A project can carry several funders, each with its funding agreement on file, and each claim is billed against the right one.

Funder-ready claim packages

One click produces the claim summary plus every invoice, EFT confirmation and bank statement behind it. If paperwork is missing, the claim is blocked before it goes out — not after a funder sends it back.

Capital Projects screen: totals for active projects, funded budget, spent to date, units delivered and lots serviced, above a filterable list showing a lot-development project with its status, budget, spending, milestones completed and target date.
All projects at a glance — funded budget, spending, milestones and lots serviced.

From lots to homes

Lots are tracked from raw to serviced to built. When the build completes, the housing units are created straight from the lots — so a new home arrives in your inventory, ready for the waitlist, without re-typing anything.

Scopes contractors can actually bid on

When every contractor writes their own scope, bids price different things and can’t honestly be compared. Nation Pathways includes a guided scope-of-work builder, so every bidder prices the same work. RFQs, bids, awards and generated contracts follow from it, with progress payments tracked against every work order. Small jobs that never go to tender still get a proper contractor agreement.

  • Contractor registry — approvals, insurance and WSIB expiry tracked so nothing slips.
  • Consultants with limited access — an outside consultant can run your tenders without being able to award them, and sees nothing else.
  • Connected to the rest — tenders, contractors and unit costs link to the project, so capital work isn’t an island.

Status reports for Chief & Council and funders

A full project snapshot PDF is one click away for a Council meeting or a funder call. With the optional AI staff assistant, staff can also have a draft milestone plan prepared for review.