Executive Summary: Knowing the basics of accounting is essential in business. Knowing the balance sheet will help you assess your own financial health as well as that of your clients or subcontractors. Here are some basics on the balance sheet and, specifically, the...
Estimate Handoff – Estimators to Field Team
Executive Summary It’s great that your estimators just landed a new project, but your competitive advantage can be lost without a synchronized handoff to the field team. Make sure to have a formal meeting between the estimating and project management teams before the...
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 unbalancing of the unit prices can result in higher profits. Of course, that’s the contractors’ goal. Review the example...
Owner Involvement, Careful What You Wish For
Executive Summary: Owner involvement in the way of project management and furnishing material is done for one primary reason: to save money for the owner. It doesn’t always happen. The owner’s decisions in these regards can cost the contractor money. Or the...
A Contractor’s Cash Flow: Acknowledgement and Improvement
Executive Summary: Managing cash flow is imperative and it never hurts to see these challenges on paper. This article reminds you as the owner, the chief financial officer, or as a member of the project management team of the challenge of staying cash positive. Cash...
Profit Fade – Avoiding It
Executive Summary: Reduce profit fade at the end of your projects by adjusting building habits and getting the right people in place to finish your jobs strong. Several suggestions from years of experience are provided here. What is profit fade? So often a good job...