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4 Ways Materials Financing Can Help You Recession-Proof Your Business

Levelset

One of the most significant challenges during that time was the lack of financing for commercial construction companies. That’s why we’ve built Materials Financing to empower you to buy materials now and pay for them later with up to 120-day payment terms.

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What Is a Certificate of Insurance (COI) for Contractors — and When Do You Need One?

Levelset

To help your business remain viable, contractor’s insurance should be a crucial part of your financial strategy. Insurance also puts other parties’ minds at ease when they want to hire you as a specialty contractor. A certificate of insurance (COI) is a valid form used to prove that you carry the appropriate insurance policy.

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Is PFI about to be reborn?

Construction Law

Just when you might have been excused for imagining that the discredited Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was dead as a construction procurement route, up it pops again. Undaunted however, Birmingham City Council has now invited bids for a new contractor to deliver the remainder of the original 25 year scheme.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. Accounting & Finance. ” » The Expensive Process of Bidding. Without spending money bidding projects, you can’t get jobs to make money building them. With more people bidding on fewer jobs, the market is much more competitive. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |.

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Key Financial & Safety Metrics for Subcontractor Qualification 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Extracting key ratios from financial statements and safety metrics from OSHA filings allows builders to gauge a subcontractor’s short-term and long-term health — and empower estimators with the data they need to make more informed bidding decisions. . It can be used to determine the proportion of a company’s assets that are financed by debt.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. Accounting & Finance. Evaluate Bidding Strategy. There are fewer projects to bid and what projects are available are being bid by more people. Consequently, the bidding climate is very competitive with some work going to people bidding below cost. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

INSURANCE |. Accounting & Finance. I know a lot of contractors are getting into bidding season, and this got me thinking about communication. If you’re a general contractor, you may send out an invitation to bid via email, fax, online notifications, etc. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |.