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Chase certified payments and retention with construction debt collection software

Debtics helps main contractors, MEP specialists and fit-out firms recover certified progress payments, retention held past the defects notification period, and balances owed by the same client across several projects. Project ledgers show what is outstanding on which package and since when. Follow-ups run on schedule, disputed variations pause outreach automatically, and chronic non-payers move to a structured legal track.

Certified but still unpaid
You applied for one amount, the engineer certified less, and even the certified figure sits unpaid. Debtics chases the certified amount with sequenced reminders and keeps the application, the certificate and the consultant trail on the account record.
Retention money
Retention is commonly withheld from every interim certificate and released in two stages, half at taking over and the balance after the defects notification period. That second half sits for a year or more and gets forgotten. Debtics gives it its own release date, its own reminders and its own aging clock.
Back-to-back payment chains
Pay-when-paid terms are routinely upheld in the UAE, so your cash waits on someone else’s certificate. Project ledgers show exactly who owes what, on which package, since when, so you know which balances you can actually push and which are stuck upstream.
HOW IT WORKS

From first import to recovered payment, in four steps.

1
Onboard project receivables
Bulk CSV import with auto column-mapping and validation loads every certified invoice, retention line and interim payment certificate, de-duplicated and grouped by debtor account.
2
Segment by exposure
Clients classify from Soft Touch to Legal Track by balance and days-past-due, with a recovery-likelihood score that weighs payment history and responsiveness.
3
Sequenced follow-ups
The 5×5×5 engine works each certified amount, five touchpoints, five business days, five times of day, pausing automatically when a dispute or hardship flag is raised.
4
Disputes & legal, on file
Variations under dispute pause outreach; chronic defaulters move to Legal Track with case number, court, status timeline and lawyer notes, from pre-legal to judgment.
THE PLATFORM

Everything a collection team runs on, in one system.

Debtor 360
Every account in one drawer, overview, contact history, promises-to-pay, portal messages, documents and notes. Agents act with full context, never from memory.
Smart segmentation & scoring
Accounts auto-classify into Soft Touch, Warm Chase, Firm Action, Legal Track and Write-Off by balance and days-past-due, with a weighted recovery-likelihood score.
5×5×5 automation engine
Five touchpoints across five business days at five times of day, repeating weekly until the debtor responds. Business days only; quiet hours and contact caps enforced.
Promise-to-Pay tracking
Record promises from any call or message. Broken promises auto-flag the day they lapse, and payments reconcile against the exact promise they fulfil.
Legal recovery track
Refer accounts to legal with case number and court. Cases flow Pre-Legal → Submitted → Judgment → Written-Off with a case timeline, an assigned handler and lawyer notes.
Defaulter self-service portal
Debtors view statements, message your team and raise disputes themselves. Objections pause outreach and notify your queue instantly.

Built for the way construction teams actually collect.

From first reminder to recovered payment, with dashboards your management will actually read: recovery rate, promise-to-pay rate, aging buckets from 0–30 to 180+ days, and productivity per collector.

Project-wise and client-wise receivable ledgers
Retention tracked as its own balance with its own release date
Reminders ahead of taking-over and defects-period release dates
Automated follow-ups on certified amounts across 5 channels
Dispute flags that pause outreach on contested variations
Legal Track: Pre-Legal → Submitted → Judgment → Written-Off

Eight chart-driven reports. Zero spreadsheet work.

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FAQ

Common questions from construction teams.

Can Debtics track retention money separately from progress bills?
Yes. Retention is tracked as its own balance with its own release date, apart from certified progress invoices. Because retention is normally released in two stages, at taking over and again after the defects notification period, each stage can carry its own date. Debtics reminds your team ahead of the date and starts a follow-up sequence once the amount lapses unpaid.
We applied for one amount and the engineer certified less. How is that handled?
Track the certified figure as the receivable and flag the shortfall as disputed. The dispute flag pauses automated outreach on that account so nobody chases a number the client has not accepted, while the correspondence, the application and the certificate stay on the Debtor 360 record. Outreach resumes only when your team clears the flag.
Can I see everything one main contractor owes across all our projects?
Yes. Ledgers group by project and by client, so you can work project by project or see a single counterparty’s total exposure across every package they hold with you. That matters when the same main contractor owes on five sites at different stages. Aging and recovery reports break down the same way, with CSV export in UTF-8 with BOM.
How does escalation to legal work?
Refer a client to Legal Track with a case number, court and initial note. The case moves through Pre-Legal, Submitted, Judgment Obtained and Written-Off on a visible timeline, with an assigned handler and lawyer notes along the way. The project ledger and full contact history sit on the same record, so the file is assembled before it leaves your team.
How do we chase a client we still want to win work from?
Segments carry tone guidance from Soft Touch through Firm Action, so a repeat client on a first reminder is not treated like a chronic non-payer. Every message uses your approved templates, and quiet hours and contact caps limit how often anyone is contacted. Escalation to firmer segments is a decision your team makes, not something that happens by accident.

Debt collection software for contractors in Dubai, UAE

Main contractors, MEP specialists and fit-out firms across the UAE carry some of the longest receivable cycles in any industry, certified invoices that wait months, retention locked past the defects period, and back-to-back subcontract terms that stall entire payment chains. Debtics gives construction finance teams one workspace where every project ledger, certified amount and retention balance is imported, segmented and chased on schedule.

Retention deserves its own treatment, and almost no collection tool gives it one. It is withheld from every interim payment certificate, released in two stages, and the second stage falls due after a defects notification period that commonly runs twelve months and is often extended to twenty four on significant MEP scope. By then the project team has moved on and nobody owns the balance. In Debtics it is a tracked receivable with a release date, a reminder ahead of that date and an aging clock of its own.

The other structural problem is the gap between what you apply for and what gets certified. A contractor invoices against an interim payment application, the engineer or quantity surveyor certifies a lower figure, and the difference turns into a dispute rather than a receivable. Debtics keeps the certified amount moving through the follow-up cadence while the contested portion sits under a dispute flag that pauses outreach, so your team is never chasing a number the client has not accepted.

Automated 5×5×5 follow-ups run across WhatsApp, email, SMS, IVR and push; promises-to-pay are recorded and reconciled against specific invoices; and unrecoverable accounts move through a structured legal track with case timelines, an assigned handler and lawyer notes. Eight chart-driven reports covering aging buckets, exposure, recovery by segment and agent productivity keep management informed, all exportable to CSV in UTF-8 with BOM.

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