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Navigating Construction Cash Flow Challenges, Myths, And Facts

Contractor Bookkeeping

In the world of small businesses, positive cash flow is king. The driving force keeps your business engine running smoothly, covering all your liabilities. Cash flow problems ensue, threatening the survival and growth of your construction business. But what happens when outflow exceeds inflow?

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

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From a builder’s perspective, many potential risk factors can be anticipated and pre-emptively resolved by developing a construction quality management plan. Creating a plan. A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. A game of risk.

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The Startup Construction Business Checklist: 3 Important Documents You Need to Have

Construction Marketing

A construction business needs need public liability insurance , and employers’ liability insurance if you employ staff. Although public liability insurance is not a legal requirement, it should be regarded as essential. Business Plan. A business plan is vital for a number of reasons. Legal Documents.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Data Security in the Cloud » Collaborating on Cash flow. The topic of cash flow never seems to get old – after all, sustained negative cash flow often results in slashing budgets, personnel, and in the worst cases shutting down of a company. Technology for Collaboration & Cash Flow.

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A Plumbing Contractor’s Guide to Insurance Coverage

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When you tackle the jobs you’ve secured, it’s also important to plan for the unexpected. Obtaining an insurance policy is a key step in planning for the success of your plumbing business, and we’ve developed a guide to help answer some of your questions. Liability for damage. Third-Party Insurance: What’s the Difference?

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8 Tips to Manage Cash Flow Like Your Construction Business Depends on It

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Cash flow can make or break any business, especially in the construction industry. To successfully grow, construction firms need to effectively manage cash flow to procure materials, pay vendors and salaries, fund new projects, and finance other day-to-day business operations. Choose projects with profitable estimates.

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

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It provides a financial incentive to ensure that the work is of appropriate quality and meets the plans and specifications. Both retention accounts are shown as current assets and current liabilities, respectively. Plus, not recording retention payable leads to the understating of a company’s liabilities. Fariba Mehdian.