Progress, invoiced, remaining calculation and planning in one summary.
Industry
SEC
Exact Online Construction for General Contractors (B&U)
Exact Online Construction for General Contractors (B&U)
Stay in control of your projects, cost calculations and instalment invoicing. Ask for project status, register hours and generate instalments in natural language — for residential, office and utility construction.
Industry data
209+
MCP tools
9
AI-platforms
5 min
setup
14d
free
As a general contractor in residential and commercial construction, everything revolves around project control: from cost calculation and planning to progress, cost monitoring and instalment invoicing. With Bouw Botje you connect Exact Online Construction to your AI assistant via the MCP protocol. Ask for project status, compare realised costs against the calculation, log hours of in-house staff, view subcontractor hours and generate instalment invoices based on actual progress. Complex project data becomes accessible through simple questions, without clicking through screens. Whether you do volume housing or one-off utility projects, AI helps you work faster and with fewer errors.
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Challenges
Construction industry challenges
Common pain points that Bouw Botje solves for you.
Progress vs. calculation
Knowing real-time where you stand compared to your calculation requires manual comparison and Excel exports.
Hours administration
Linking time sheets of staff and subcontractors to the correct project and work part is error-prone.
Timely instalments
Issuing instalments on time based on actual progress demands constant oversight and discipline.
Margin monitoring
Knowing where you make money and where you bleed it is essential, but the data sits in different screens.
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MCP Tools
Relevant tools for your industry
These MCP tools are directly available via your AI assistant.
projects_search
Search projects by number or name, with client and status. Get instant project portfolio overview.
projects_get
Retrieve project details: client, status, duration and contract sum.
projects_create
Create a new project for a client, with status, category and budget.
projects_booking_lines
View the booking lines and work parts of a project.
hour_logs_search
Search logged hours per project, employee or hour type.
hour_logs_create
Log hours of in-house employees on the correct project and hour type.
project_invoice_term_create
Add an instalment to a project's instalment statement, as an amount or percentage.
quotations_search
Search construction quotes, with status and total amount.
purchase_invoices_search
Overview of supplier and subcontractor invoices, with project, status and due date.
invoices_search
Outstanding and overdue instalment invoices based on due date and payment date.
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Examples
What you can ask
Ask in plain language what you want to know or do in your Exact Online Construction administration - projects, calculations, hours, instalments.
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› "How is the Aalsmeer project doing?"
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› "Create instalment 4 for project X, structural 80%"
Generate instalment invoice based on actual progress, including VAT reverse-charge.
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› "Log 38 hours Jansen on project Y, week 23"
Log hours per employee, project and hour type in a single sentence.
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› "What is the margin on project Z?"
Calculation vs. actuals at a glance — see where you make money or where you slip.
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› "Which quotes are still open and what is the value?"
Pipeline overview of outstanding construction quotes.
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› "Order 500m2 roof panels at De Bouwmaat for project X"
Purchase order with the supplier, linked to the correct project.
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Pricing
Bouw Botje plans for Exact Online Construction
Choose the plan that suits you. Try free for 14 days.
Advanced
€59
- Up to 10 administrations
- Read & automate (projects, instalments, hours and more)
- 8,000 AI requests per month
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Frequently asked questions
Exact Online Construction for General Contractors (B&U) — FAQ
Bouw Botje targets contractors in residential and commercial construction (B&U): housing, office, schools, renovation and restoration. Also suitable for combinations such as contractor-installer or contractor with in-house subcontracting.
Yes. Bouw Botje follows the VAT settings configured in Exact Online Construction. For instalments and subcontractor invoicing under the reverse-charge regime, the AI uses the VAT rates from your administration, including reverse-charge.
Partly. Hours of in-house employees are logged directly on the correct project. Hours of subcontractors and external contacts can be retrieved; their costs are processed through subcontractor contracts and purchase invoices on the correct project.
Ask your AI assistant about the margin or progress of a project. The AI puts the calculation from the quote lines next to logged hours, material and equipment bookings, purchase invoices and subcontractor contracts and shows the difference instantly.
With the Advanced plan you can create instalment invoices via AI. Say something like "create instalment 4 for project X, structural 80%, €48,000" and the invoice is drafted in Exact Online Construction.
Bouw Botje works with ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Mistral, Perplexity, Grok, Cursor and OpenClaw — any AI tool that supports MCP.
Basic plan EUR 39 per month (read-only). Advanced EUR 59 per month (read and write, including instalments and hours). 14-day free trial.
Bouw Botje at a glance
- Bouw Botje is an MCP integration between Exact Online Construction (Exact Online Bouw, formerly Bouw7) and AI assistants. Full definition
- 209 MCP tools, of which 128 read-only and 81 write. All tools
- Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Mistral, Perplexity, Grok, Cursor and OpenClaw.
- Security: API key stored encrypted, AI clients sign in via OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, separate database per administration, read-only by default. Security
- From €39 per month (Basic) or €59 (Advanced), 14-day free trial. Pricing
- Made by Industrial IT, Ugchelen (Chamber of Commerce 67449727), since 2016. Technical specifications
Sources: Model Context Protocol - official documentation · RFC 7636 - Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) · RFC 9728 - OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata
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