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Bid Unbalancing – How It’s Done To Increase Profit
Executive Summary Contractors unbalance unit prices in their bids to take advantage of anticipated quantity overruns and underruns. An intelligent...
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The $5 Casio: Your Best Tool
Executive Summary: With all of today’s fancy and complex tools available in the marketplace, nothing is more important than simple calculations (and...
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Executive Summary: Many estimators do not understand how workers’ compensation, general liability, and bond costs are calculated. This article...
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