Construction projects are complex puzzles.
Every task, budget line, and subcontractor — a block that needs to fit perfectly to build a stable and profitable business structure.
Managing these pieces can at times feel like playing a high-stakes game of Tetris, and just like in Tetris, the key to winning is a mix of visibility, precision, and speed.
You need to know exactly where each block fits, what’s coming next, and how to act quickly to avoid errors. Ensuring you have strong financial oversight could help your Construction business ‘beat the game’.
The UK construction industry faces serious challenges in 2025. Economic uncertainty, labour shortages, and increasing insolvencies are putting pressure on firms across the sector. According to RSM, construction accounted for 17% of all UK business insolvencies last year with more than 4,000 cases up to January 2025.
In this environment, having accurate, real-time, day-to-day visibility over your business is crucial. Sage Intacct for Construction is the right tool for the job, boosting your firm’s:
- Systems
- Processes
- Control over ongoing projects
The current economic climate can be a stressful position to find yourself in, we get that. New problems and prospects are seemingly falling from the sky like an old school game of Tetris — and just as you twist and turn to make one solution fit, another obstacle awaits.
Funnily enough, Tetris might provide the answers you seek.
Read on to discover why the unexpected story behind the game’s creation, gameplay, and success underlines a few key lessons why maintaining oversight over your business is so essential.
1. Clear real-time oversight ensures you understand exactly what’s going on within your business at any given moment
Tetris (or Тетрис) is instantly recognisable, and if you’ve ever played, you’ll know the pressure felt when blocks speed up, forcing you to make split-second decisions. Misplaced pieces create gaps that slow your progress, and missed opportunities quickly pile up.
In construction, these ‘blocks’ are your projects, budgets, contracts, and invoices. The challenges that make fitting them together so tricky include:
Multiple ongoing projects with shifting deadlines
Varying budgets and unexpected costs due to materials, labour, or regulations
Complex subcontractor networks and compliance requirements
Fragmented data and document storage across sites and systems.
Maintaining visibility over every part of your business empowers you to make intelligent, well-informed decisions for your construction firm, even when the pressure is on.
It eliminates the need for guesswork and prevents making important decisions from feeling a bit like playing Tetris blindfolded.
2. Strong financial oversight helps you to quickly track down important information, rectify issues, and uncover potential opportunities
Before diving into the software benefits, it’s worth revisiting the tangled history of Tetris — a cautionary tale of misinterpreted rights and poor document control.
When Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov created the game in the 1980s, its rapid rise in popularity collided with a maze of ownership disputes involving individuals, companies, and the Soviet agency ELORG. It arose from British businessman Robert Stein selling licensing rights based on a misunderstanding, triggering years of legal battles and lost revenue.
Construction firms today face a similar risk when financial and project documents aren’t managed properly. Without clear, centralised oversight, confusion can become costly.
Sage Intacct for Construction is cloud-based ERP software designed to bring clarity and control. It offers:
- Real-time access to financial data, anytime, anywhere
- A centralised document management system to keep contracts, invoices, and compliance files organised and easily accessible
- Powerful reporting tools to reveal profitability and inefficiencies
- Streamlined handling of multi-entity business structures with consolidated data views.
With Sage Intacct, all the critical information needed to run your construction firm efficiently is always at your fingertips — helping you avoid the kind of chaos that nearly buried one of the world’s most iconic games.
3. Sufficient oversight allows you to develop strong connections across your business that allow you to grow and prosper
Businesses are complex, ever-evolving systems of interconnected departments and processes. To keep things running smoothly, you need clear oversight — the kind that helped entrepreneur Henk Rogers succeed in the chaotic battle for Tetris rights.
Rogers wasn’t just lucky. His deep understanding of the situation, strong relationships (including befriending Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov), and ability to see how every piece fit together gave him the edge others lacked.
Construction firms need that same clarity to spot issues early and avoid costly setbacks.
Sage Intacct for Construction provides the visibility and control required to stay ahead. Key features include:
- Linking Purchase Orders (POs) directly to project budgets to avoid overspending
- Automating reconciliation for faster, more accurate cost tracking and reduced manual input
- Monitoring work-in-progress (WIP) with tools that track subcontractor performance and project status
- Enabling mobile access to essential functions like PO approvals, expense submissions, and project updates — from anywhere.
The end result: a more connected, responsive business where teams can collaborate effectively and make informed decisions faster — keeping projects on track and profits protected.
4. Oversight provides you with a better understanding of your business, so you can make better decisions for your firm’s future
Tetris went on to become one of the most iconic video games of all time. The Game Boy version alone sold 35 million copies, with millions more across consoles and countless updated versions.
As the Soviet Union collapsed, Henk Rogers helped Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and his family emigrate to the U.S. In 1995, rights to the game finally returned to Pajitnov. Together, he and Rogers founded The Tetris Company and continued building its legacy.
Their success came from recognising value, working together, and navigating complex challenges — turning a simple video game made on an old Soviet computer into a global phenomenon.
The same principles apply to growing a construction business. With Sage Intacct for Construction, you gain powerful insights, streamlined processes, and the tools needed to scale with confidence.
From real-time data and automated workflows to connected project tracking, the platform helps you manage complexity and unlock growth.
And with Solutions as your partner, you’re not going it alone. We’ll help you get the most out of the software and support your long-term financial goals — across every step of your journey.
Avoid ‘Game Over’ — take steps to modernise your business by messaging Solutions
It’s important you take steps to ensure your construction firm is in the best possible position to overcome obstacles and push forward.
Our team of experts are here to answer your questions about our software, and provide demos, so you can go away confident that Sage Intacct for Construction will suit your needs before making any investment.
The first step is to simply get in touch by emailing us at enquiries@solutionscloud.uk or giving us a call at 0115 840 5075.
Don’t wait for ‘blocks’ to pile up and game over to appear, get in touch with us today!
