Engineering cash does not arrive as a salary. It arrives as a BOQ line, a retention balance, an advance to a baas, and a variation that someone promised on site. If those notes live in WhatsApp, the project looks profitable until the retention never comes.
MyTracksy Engineering keeps projects, BOQ amounts you type, baas advances, retention and tax-ready records in one workspace for Sri Lankan engineers. It does not certify quantities, run BIM, approve a variation as an engineer of record, or move money.
Record the three numbers that cause arguments
- BOQ versus actual — what you typed as the bill, and what you later typed as done. The app does not survey the site.
- Retention — held amounts you record, with a note of when you expect release. The app does not collect from the employer.
- Baas advances — cash you already gave, against work you still need to see. The ledger is your memory, not a wage statute.
A site-week ritual
- Open the project before you leave for site, not after you are muddy.
- Log the baas advance the hour you hand it over.
- Update BOQ or variation figures when the instruction is given, even if the paper comes later.
- Photograph the measurement sheet or payment certificate and keep it with the project.
- Review retention still outstanding at the same time you review unpaid certificates.
What stays outside the app
Drawings, statutory certifications, and the actual transfer of rupees stay where they belong. MyTracksy Engineering is the operations notebook that follows you to site. Reports and exports, where your plan includes them, are for the quantity surveyor or accountant you already work with — not a substitute for their stamp.