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The High Cost of Low Bids: When Contractors Compete on Price, Everyone Loses

Levelset

Prioritizing a low bid over contractor performance is a lose-lose procurement strategy. Unfortunately, low bidding is an accepted practice for both owners and contractors alike. Owners will say that focusing on the lowest bid possible ensures they get a good price. Who’s responsible for low-bid procurement?

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Bigger, Better Jobs: Tips for Getting the Jobs That Help Grow Your Business

Levelset

Delayed payment is felt by nearly 90% of contractors, according to Levelset’s 2021 Construction Cash Flow & Payment Report. While most specialty contractors aim to take on jobs with higher profit margins, buying materials upfront can drain the available cash needed to make this happen. Bid bigger.

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Maximising ROI with construction project execution software

Lets Build

Proper budgeting Budgeting requires the most attention to ensure on-budget projects. Poor budgets can lead to delays or even incomplete projects. With the software, you can automate labour and material costs, standardise bids, and get accurate estimations based on previous costs and bids.

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Maximising ROI with construction project execution software

Lets Build

Proper budgeting Budgeting requires the most attention to ensure on-budget projects. Poor budgets can lead to delays or even incomplete projects. With the software, you can automate labour and material costs, standardise bids, and get accurate estimations based on previous costs and bids.

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Building Strong Starts: Protecting Profit Margins Through Effective Preconstruction

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Many things can happen during this period, and project teams often face complications like design creep and price increases, which negatively impact budgets and schedules. Connect the design phases with downstream tasks like scoping, estimating , and buyout by ensuring data flows smoothly into these various processes.

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Data Analytics Trends in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

And true data analytics is more than just tracking traditional job costs and cash flow. Bidding Smarter and Winning More Work. Closely tracking things like job costs, change orders, material and equipment usage and worker productivity from your projects can help better forecast future work and lead to smarter bidding.

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5 Reasons to Use Mechanical Contractor Software

Pro Builder

Using an intelligent solution allows project managers to base their bids on past project data and actual expenses. 4) Budgeting & Finances. Another good reason why mechanical contractors should use an integrated software solution is to simplify project management tasks like budgeting and finance.