Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

What Are the Methods of Overhead Allocation? Remember the old adage: measure twice, allocate overhead once. The best method for allocating overhead in construction is a way that’s fair. Figuring out how to strike that balance is the art of overhead allocation. Section In the Office. overhead allocation. .

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Rory Woolsey

MAY 31, 2012

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” Beyond this, the installing contractor’s overhead(s) and profit will need to be added. Overhead: Overhead is the markup for the general contractor’s home office overhead.

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Rory Woolsey

JANUARY 16, 2012

Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. The good news is (I think) that I have decided I would start a blog on these topics in construction estimating. Labor Productivity?

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Rory Woolsey

APRIL 4, 2012

Bare is exactly that; it is the bare cost of the direct activities less any mark ups for labor burden, taxes, bond, overhead and profit. All direct costs are then adjusted to include home office overhead and profit for the installing contractor. Site overhead costs can be 5% to 15% of the overall project cost.

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Rory Woolsey

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

A project cost should also include the indirect costs such as site specific overhead (indirectly attributable to all the project direct costs and can be 5% to 15% of project cost), home office overhead, profit, bond, sales taxes and even certain contingencies.

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