Practice 02 · Construction & Infrastructure · East Africa

Built on data, delivered on time — technology for the construction sector.

Kenya's construction sector is growing at 8% per year. Contractors, developers and infrastructure firms are building faster than their systems can track. Arton brings project management platforms, construction ERP, IoT site monitoring and M-Pesa-native payroll to the firms that build East Africa's infrastructure.

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Project management systems Construction ERP Site IoT & tracking M-Pesa casual-labour payroll
Construction site professionals reviewing engineering blueprints — East Africa infrastructure
What we hear from clients

Recurring challenges in construction & infrastructure.

Projects tracked on spreadsheets and WhatsApp

Multi-site contractors manage schedules, BOQs, and RFIs across WhatsApp groups. Variations go untracked. Budget overruns surface at month-end, not when they happen.

Casual labour payroll is a cash-handling operation

Hundreds of daily workers paid in cash every Friday. The risk, cost, and leakage from physical cash payroll on large sites is substantial — and entirely avoidable.

No real-time visibility across multiple sites

Plant and equipment moves between sites without reliable tracking. Procurement happens in parallel at each site. The CFO can't see consolidated project margins until the end of the quarter.

Large infrastructure construction site — road and building works East Africa
How we help

Services we apply in Construction & Infrastructure.

From site to boardroom — every engagement is shaped to your project size, contract type, and operating environment.

Project Management Systems

End-to-end project tracking: schedules, milestones, BOQ, RFIs, submittals, variation orders and progress reporting — in one platform, accessible from site.

  • Multi-site project dashboards
  • BOQ and variation management
  • RFI and submittal workflows
  • Client/stakeholder progress portals

Construction ERP

Finance, procurement, inventory, HR and plant management unified on one platform — eTIMS-compliant, M-Pesa integrated, built for the East African contractor operating model.

  • Project-cost accounting
  • Procurement & supplier management
  • Plant & equipment register
  • Subcontractor management

Casual Labour Payroll (M-Pesa)

Daily and weekly worker registration, attendance capture, and M-Pesa bulk disbursement — eliminating cash-handling on site. Workers receive payment directly to their phone within minutes of approval.

  • Biometric or ID-based worker registration
  • Attendance & timesheets (mobile app)
  • M-Pesa Business Pay bulk disbursement
  • NSSF & NITA levy compliance

Site IoT & Equipment Tracking

GPS tracking for plant and equipment across multiple sites, fuel monitoring, utilisation dashboards and geofence alerts — real-time visibility of your most expensive assets.

  • GPS asset tracking (excavators, trucks, generators)
  • Fuel sensor integration
  • Utilisation and idle-time reporting
  • Geofence and movement alerts

Document & Drawing Management

Centralised repository for drawings, specifications, contracts, and as-builts — version controlled, permission managed, accessible from desktop or site tablet.

  • Revision-controlled drawing register
  • Contract and correspondence management
  • Digital permit-to-work workflows
  • BIM data integration

Health, Safety & Compliance

Incident reporting, near-miss logging, safety observation tours, permit-to-work systems and DOSH compliance tracking — digital systems that reduce risk and evidence due diligence.

  • Incident and near-miss reporting (mobile)
  • Permit-to-work digital workflows
  • Safety inspection checklists
  • DOSH and contractor compliance tracking

Procurement & Supply Chain

Purchase requisitions, competitive tendering, purchase orders, goods receipts and supplier performance — replacing email-based procurement with a traceable, auditable process.

  • Materials management & requisitioning
  • Supplier portal and RFQ
  • Three-way PO matching
  • Site store & inventory control

Project Analytics & Dashboards

Consolidated executive dashboards across all active projects — earned value, cost-to-complete, schedule variance and margin tracking — updated daily, not at month-end.

  • Earned value management (EVM)
  • Cost-to-complete forecasting
  • Cash-flow projection
  • Board-level portfolio reporting
Construction site workers — East Africa infrastructure project Construction team on site — safety helmets, East Africa
Outcomes worth quoting

What our construction clients have achieved.

Zero
Cash payroll on digitised sites
−34%
Cost variance via real-time tracking
Daily
Executive project dashboards
8+
Active construction clients in EAC
Why Arton

Built for East African construction — not adapted from a Western template.

M-Pesa-native payroll

Casual workers paid directly to their phones. No cash, no queues, full audit trail — from daily attendance to payment confirmation.

Offline-capable mobile tools

Site supervisors capture attendance, safety observations and material receipts on mobile — even without connectivity. Data syncs when the signal returns.

eTIMS-compliant finance

All contractor invoicing and supplier receipts fiscalised through eTIMS. Subcontractor payments, retention and VAT handled automatically.

Work with our Construction & Infrastructure practice.

Tell us your project size, contract type and the specific operational problem you're trying to solve. We'll respond within a working day.