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Construction Estimating

Chianelli Estimating

Recently Contractors and Owners have found that Outsource Estimating is becoming a practical way to cut overhead. They do not have the burden of carrying costs like workmen’s compensation, general liability insurance, unemployment related costs, vacations or sick days, etc.

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JOC Tutorial #71 – Terms

Job Order Contracting

(a) “Adjustment factor” / “coefficient+ – job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the organizations prices as published in the current unit price book. f) “Job order contractor” – a licensed, bonded, and general liability insured contractor awarded a job order contract. (g)

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Estimating- The New Normal

Chianelli Estimating

The tendency to adjust their bid estimating will inadvertently produce many business failures. The result is higher costs to complete projects.Other considerations will be the impact it will have on OSHA standards and Insurance Company costs. Insurances; Workers compensation, General Liability, Risk. Less opportunities.

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CCIP & OCIP: A Guide to Controlled Insurance Programs in Construction

Levelset

Construction insurance can be confusing. Each contractor and party to the project has their own insurance, which may or may not be adequate to protect the work they’re performing. Learn more: What types of insurance do contractors need? Learn more: What types of insurance do contractors need? CCIP vs. OCIP insurance.

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Emerging Contractor Program At Fast Easy Accounting

Contractor Bookkeeping

Maybe you began your company with a few friends and relatives and thought your overhead expenses would be low since you worked out of your home. This Means You Have Overhead - Not just office overhead, you have field overhead too. Fast Easy Accounting Has A Step-By-Step Process - To help emerging contractors.

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Job Order Contracting Glossary

Building Information Management

. “Adjustment factor” – The job order contractor’s competitively bid adjustment to the owner’s prices as published in the unit price catalog. that is bid by job order contractor and use to multiply against a job order estimate for a job order contract as developed using the unit price book. See Coefficient).

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Construction Bookkeeping Unique Features

Contractor Bookkeeping

Assets - Liabilities) = Equity. -. Expenses - Overhead required to maintain business operations. Expenses - Overhead is extremely complex because some expenses in regular Accounting are actually Cost of Goods Sold in construction accounting. Chart of Accounts Insurance Health And Dental. Cash On Hand.