Latest upgrade brings new AI agents, stronger payroll safeguards and greater visibility to everyday construction workflows
Toronto, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CMiC, a leading provider of enterprise software for the construction industry, today announced significant upgrades to NEXUS, its AI-powered construction ERP platform. Building on its existing capabilities, the latest enhancements deepen the intelligence and control available to construction teams, with more focus on job costing, workforce data security, and real-time project visibility.
Building on the capabilities introduced with NEXUS, the latest upgrade brings AI deeper into the everyday work of construction teams. New AI agents simplify job setup, budgeting, cost transactions and change management, while enhancements across payroll, billing, document management and project operations improve accuracy, security and visibility.
“This release of NEXUS builds on the first, “sharpening our feature set surrounding job costing and payroll,” said Steve Cangiano, Chief Product Officer, CMiC. “With these new AI-powered capabilities, job costing runs more efficiently and accurately, payroll data is better protected, and project teams have real-time visibility across every phase of work. This is what a truly AI-powered ERP should deliver: real operational impact that also builds a more connected workforce.”
What’s New in the Latest NEXUS Upgrade
AI-Powered Job Costing
- Job Budget Agent enables users to create or import job budgets conversationally with built-in validation.
- Job Initiation Agent brings job setup, budgeting and billing contracts into one guided workflow.
- Job Costing Transaction & Posting Impact Agent creates transactions while providing immediate visibility into their impact on budgets, costs and forecasts.
- WIP Profit % Carry-Forward preserves profit percentage overrides across reporting periods.
AI-Assisted Field Reporting
- AI Daily Journals turns a spoken end-of-day summary into a complete Daily Journal, eliminating manual entry across every tab.
- Project Partner Matching links spoken subcontractor and supplier names to existing project partner records, keeping AI-captured crews and deliveries reportable.
- Review Before Submission shows everything captured for edit before it reaches the journal, and lets supervisors add to the same journal throughout the day.
Change Management
- Create PCI Agent enables users to create Potential Change Items using natural language, reducing manual steps.
Job Billing
- Quantity Tracking provides visibility into current, previous and total billed quantities directly within billing.
- Material Stored Retainage gives users greater control over retainage on Material Stored charges within the system.
Payroll & Workforce Management
- Stronger SSN Protection masks Social Security numbers across key payroll and HR screens.
- Expanded Tax Rate Overrides enables company-level overrides across employee and employer tax types.
- Expanded Union Codes supports longer codes for a broader range of labor agreements and jurisdictions.
Applicant & Employee Documents
- Applicant-to-ESS Sharing allows documents to move directly to Construct ESS as applicants transition to employees.
- Unified Document Management brings applicant and employee documents together in a more connected workflow.
- Document Groups & Types makes it easier to organize and configure documents based on business needs.
Construct ESS
- Company Documents gives employees direct access to company-wide documents.
- Late Timesheet Approvals provides greater flexibility for salaried employee timesheet approvals.
Project & Resource Visibility
- RFI Source Tracking captures where RFIs originate, improving traceability and accountability.
- Resource Planning Enhancements provides greater visibility into equipment home locations and resource classifications within planning views.
The upgrade marks the next step in the evolution of NEXUS, expanding CMiC’s library of AI agents while strengthening the core workflows construction professionals rely on to manage projects, people and financial performance.
The latest upgrades are now available for all existing and new enterprise customers. Cloud customers can expect the update in the fall. For more information about NEXUS and CMiC’s AI-powered construction ERP platform, visit www.cmicglobal.com.
About CMiC
CMiC is the construction industry’s most comprehensive ERP platform, purpose-built for general contractors, subcontractors, and civil/heavy highway firms worldwide. Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, CMiC’s Single Database Platform unifies project management, financials, project controls, workforce management, and analytics — giving construction teams the real-time visibility, operational control, and AI-ready foundation needed to protect margins and scale effectively. For more information, visit cmicglobal.com.
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