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5 Technologies the Modern GC Should Be Using in 2021

Construction Business Owner

People and material make up the lion’s share of a contractor’s overhead, so it’s no surprise that efficiently managing these is the best way for contractors to improve their profitability. Even in 2021, many general contractors (GCs) use analog solutions like paper and pen to capture and understand these costs.

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Woodruff Construction Snatches Runaway Tool Costs from Overhead Black Hole

ENR Construction

Woodruff Construction, a general contractor that provides award-winning design-build, construction management, and project development services to clients across Iowa, needed to get a better handle on overhead costs so they could be allocated to job costing and billing.

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Beware of Using Assemblies for Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

Each aspect, such as materials, labor, equipment, and overhead, should be itemized separately. Overhead and Profit: Factor in overhead costs and profit margins using the establish/accepted coefficient. These are essential for covering indirect costs associated with the project and ensuring a reasonable profit for the contractor.

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Unabsorbed Overhead: Real or Phantom Damages?

Construction Dive

By Bruce Jervis Unabsorbed home office overhead has long been a controversial form of delay damages. The rationale is that if work on a contract is suspended, the contractor is unable to bill against that contract and the contract does not carry, or absorb, its proportionate share of the fixed home office expenses.

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8 Steps to Avoid Being Busy & Broke

Construction Business Owner

Almost every contractor’s goal is to win more work than he or she currently has scheduled. When the economy was slow, contractors worked hard to keep crews busy and break even. And as the economy heated up, contractors began to take on more work than they could handle with their current staff.

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How to Keep Your Profit Wheel Spinning

Construction Business Owner

1 challenge many contractors face is profit shrinkage or profit margin fade. As a business coach, I see numerous contractor income statements every year. I often hear company owners say that they bid using a 15-percent markup for overhead and 10 percent for profit.

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Creating a JOC Coefficient?

Job Order Contracting

Contractors must evaluate multiple factors in addition to the associated use of their own capabilities and resources. General / Prime Contractor Overhead. General / Prime Contractor Profit and risk. Creating a JOC coefficient is an important part of any Job Order Contract. Materials. Equipment. Subcontractor costs.

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