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Contingency Doesn’t Exist When Low Bid Wins

Contingency Doesn’t Exist When Low Bid Wins

by Gaurav Mehrotra | Feb 2, 2021 | Estimating, News, Podcast

Executive Summary When an owner determines the method of award is that the low bid wins, they shouldn’t expect contingency in a contractor’s bid. Here’s what they should expect. What is Contingency? If you go to google.com and type in “definition of contingency” you...
Cash v. Accrual Accounting – Whatchu Talkin’ About Willis?

Cash v. Accrual Accounting – Whatchu Talkin’ About Willis?

by Gaurav Mehrotra | Aug 13, 2020 | Accounting, Financial, News

Executive Summary There are basic differences between cash and accrual accounting.  Here’s a quick review. What is Accounting? Sounds simple, right?  It’s just keeping track of money in a business. And money only does one of two things – it either goes in the bank...
How to do a Job Cost Projection: Cutting through the Fog – Part 1

How to do a Job Cost Projection: Cutting through the Fog – Part 1

by Gaurav Mehrotra | Jul 31, 2020 | Cost Controls, News, Podcast

Executive summary. An accurate job cost projection is vital to Company survival. And it’s not too complicated if you know the budget, the timing of your costs, and can do a little bit of estimating. It’s NOT about blindly relying on quantities completed! What’s a...

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