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Starting Profitable Construction Company Unique Secrets Revealed

Contractor Bookkeeping

There are a number of people who pass out advice on how to start a profitable construction company; however, very few have actually done it and fewer still had a clear understanding of where they were making or losing money and fewer yet have ever gotten past the point of owning a J.O.B. Contractor''s Business Round Table Reduces Profits.

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Seven Things to Do When an Owner Doesn’t Pay

Constructonomics

Of course we fronted large amounts of money for labor and materials that we were now looking to finance because payment was not being made. This attention to detail is paramount when trying to collect money because people tend to have amnesia when it involves payment and especially when it involves change orders.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. For those not familiar, a silo in business terminology refers to a part of a business operation that works in isolation from other parts of the business. change orders. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. General Management. Software & Technology.

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Real-Time Work-in-Progress Figures — Construction’s Secret Weapon

ProcurementExpress.com

WIP figures refer to products that are part-way through the production or assembly process. When the payment hits their account, they may mistake it for profit. This might mean they haven’t sent an invoice or, it could mean that change orders have not been approved. That’s accounting’s job, right? Well, not exactly.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. In his commencement speech to Stanford University graduates in 2005, he references The Whole Earth Catalog from the mid-1970’s: On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. change orders.

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Real-Time Work-in-Progress Figures — Construction’s Secret Weapon

ProcurementExpress.com

WIP figures refer to products that are part-way through the production or assembly process. When the payment hits their account, they may mistake it for profit. This might mean they haven’t sent an invoice or, it could mean that change orders have not been approved. That’s accounting’s job, right? Well, not exactly.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Accounting & Finance. Although this phrase refers to architecture, it still has a place in software architecture. change orders. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. General Management. Software & Technology. Construction Law. People Management. Green Building. Sales/Marketing.