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Marketing and Accounting Teamwork?

Construction Marketing

In the past, the marketing and accounting functions within a company were not frequent collaborators save the annual budgeting or forecasting process. Today, thanks to technology, software and systems, marketing and accounting teamwork is not only possible, but effective. Marketing and Accounting Harmony.

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The Secret Sauce to Protecting Construction Profits  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

By taking proactive steps and adopting the right tools, you can mitigate and safeguard your firm’s profits. ” Clearly, technology can enormously influence your projects’ productivity and profitability. Little to no project or business predictability Most construction projects are like a unique snowflake.

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Accounting for Retention Receivable & Payable: A Contractor’s Guide

Levelset

In an attempt to hold contractors accountable, many projects use retention holdbacks, also known as retainage. These holdbacks need to be accounted for by every party to a project: owner, general contractor, and subcontractor. Retention receivable and payable is different from accounts receivable and payable. Steven Peterson.

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5 Critical Construction Project Reports your System Should Pull Without Fuss

Viewpoint Construction Technology

The main reason construction businesses implement an integrated project management system is for the visibility that they can gain over every aspect of a project. Here’s a list of key reports that you should be able to pull at any moment from your construction project management software: Basic Accounting Reports.

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The upside of job costing: More accurate estimates means more money in the bank

Lets Build

Whatever your reason for getting into the construction business, a love for job costing and puzzling out profitability likely wasn’t a contributing factor. In a recent study of self-identified business owners, accountants, bookkeepers, estimators, and finance managers within the construction industry, 1.

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Monitoring Your Financial Position to Succeed in the Construction Industry

Viewpoint Construction Technology

In fact, there are numerous examples which show that irrespective of the hard work and precision which is put into place for each and every project, failure to pair this with an effective construction accounting and expense control strategy which drives back-end decision making, can be the difference between success and failure.

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#92:  Lost Profits and Waivers of Consequential Damages

NH Construction Law

This mutual waiver includes: 1 damages incurred by the Owner for rental expenses, for losses of use, income, profit, financing, business and reputation, and for loss of management or employee productivity or of the services of such persons; and.2 A commercial owner's lost profits will always be of the latter type.