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Home Builder M&A Activity: It’s a Seller’s Market

Pro Builder

As such, public and foreign builders are actively looking to buy privately held home builders with existing land and built inventory that can immediately fill revenue, profit, and closings shortfalls. In 2019, Pro Builder cited research showing that M&A deals for home builders had risen from eight in 2016, to 13 in 2017, to 21 in 2018.

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What are Preliminaries in Construction Contracts?

Lets Build

Most construction companies, project managers , and contractors will deal with preliminaries in their construction contracts. Management and administrative costs. These prelim costs include paying people who work on behalf of the whole project and not on just specific portions, like project managers and stakeholders.

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Measurement Fails in Business, Part II: Real-World Examples and Solutions

Pro Builder

But my decades of studying numbers used to manage business, not to mention many other aspects of our lives, demonstrate—with apologies to George Gershwin—“It ain’t necessarily so.” To balance the material coming in, the gambit was to make deals and trade ingots, mostly on paper, with another mill. Measurement Fails, Part I.

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Unique Tips For Managing Cash Flow In Your Contracting Company

Contractor Bookkeeping

Outflows for your Construction Company are generally the result of paying labor, material, other direct and indirect costs of goods sold and overhead expenses. Is Cash Flow The Same As Profit? While they might seem similar, profit and cash flow are two entirely different concepts, each with entirely different results.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

It’s always been a struggle to get ahead of tight margins, cash-flow problems, and managing contracts. You’re dealing with subcontractors, labor shortages, sourcing, and multiple projects on multiple deadlines. Project Management. There are several project management tools built exclusively for construction companies.

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The Unique Challenges of Procurement Planning for Construction Companies

ProcurementExpress.com

It’s always been a struggle to get ahead of tight margins, cash-flow problems, and managing contracts. You’re dealing with subcontractors, labor shortages, sourcing, and multiple projects on multiple deadlines. Project Management. There are several project management tools built exclusively for construction companies.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

“ What are the” appropriate” markups for overhead, profit and contingency when budgeting facilities construction projects?” Beyond this, the installing contractor’s overhead(s) and profit will need to be added. We deal with them all the time. Rory Woolseys Construction Estimating Blog.