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8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Fieldwire

To say that winning bids is the key to success in construction is a half-truth. Subcontractors getting awarded a contract spells financial disaster if the bid is too high to be competitive or too low to be profitable. Bidding on projects you have yet to gain experience in can broaden your horizons. before taxes.

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Should Owners Be Allowed to Delete Line Items of Work?

Construction Dive

By Bruce Jervis Some payment schedules are structured as line items of estimated quantities of unit-priced work. When pricing its bid, the contractor necessarily allocated project overhead and anticipated profit among the line items. A reduced scope of work should reduce project overhead costs.

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10 Contract Terms for Higher Profitability

PSMJ Resources

Most clients are demanding more work for lower fees, and firms that do not reexamine the terms of their contracts usually find themselves without enough income to break even, let alone make a profit. With government clients, this term can reduce overhead, making your contract price more attractive. Shorten the billing/payment cycle.

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Solving the Labor Shortage in 12 Steps

Pro Builder

Many of those process deficiencies in areas such as scheduling, communication, and lack of POs were indeed hindering supplier/trade relationships, but there was one saving grace: Any invoice received by Monday was paid that same week on Friday, without fail. The result is tremendous variation in how homes are built, scheduled, and managed.

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The Rise of Business Intelligence in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Soule are using BI technology to dramatically improve productivity and profitability. But with the risk also comes the increased potential for improved efficiency and savings, leading to a greater profit margin for contractors that are used to typically razor thin margins on projects. Endless Opportunities for Today and Tomorrow.

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The Simple Guide to Repair, Renovation, Construction Cost Control

Job Order Contracting

For example, comparing owner project estimates with contractor estimates, comparing planned scope, cost, schedule, resources, performance, and values against initial plans are all commonplace activities. The later includes the builders overhead, profit, and contingencies. At minimum cost estimates should be reviewed quarterly.

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Construction Scheduling is the most effective method to streamline a construction process

Construction Cost Estimating

Planning, scheduling and control of the functions, operations, and resources related with a construction project can bring great benefits to the construction ranging from conception to post-construction analysis. A construction schedule consists of a sequence of work tasks that are linked to each other in a logical manner.