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Ohio Court Reforms Construction Contract to Correct “Manifest Absurdity” in Termination for Convenience Term

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BoMar argued that the cross-reference to Section 13.1 was a typographical error, and the parties intended to refer to Section 14.1.3, which provided that the Owner will make payments for “work executed, including reasonable overhead and profit and direct costs incurred by reason of such termination.”

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8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Fieldwire

Subcontractors getting awarded a contract spells financial disaster if the bid is too high to be competitive or too low to be profitable. Determine indirect expenses You must estimate insurance, bonds, indirect field expenses and overhead costs. Integrating overhead expenses into estimates accurately is simple. before taxes.

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A glossary of terms with reference to Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Cost Estimating

Some refer to these risks as "known-unknowns" because the estimator is aware of them, and based on past experience, can even estimate their probable costs. The estimated costs of the known-unknowns is referred to by cost estimators as cost contingency. RSMeans refers to this as, "Price the quantities."

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Construction Accounting Profit And Loss Reports Are A Hill Of Beans

Contractor Bookkeeping

Reviewing QuickBooks Profit And Loss Reports - From our construction accounting clients reminded me of something I learned in my own construction businesses a long time ago. Change is not always easy but it’s necessary to grow a healthy and profitable construction business.

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Commercial Construction Best-Practices: How to Avoid Scandals

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Be sure to check references of general contractors before entering into a negotiated or competitive bid situation. A properly-sized commercial general contractor is going to maintain a certain amount of overhead. Commercial construction companies need fees to cover their overhead. That’s a given.

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Fixing Contractor Profit Drains Leads To Easy Profit Increases

Contractor Bookkeeping

Contractors That Do Not Earn Large Profits see contractors bookkeeping services as overhead which leads to the following profit drains: They get a cheap computer, tiny monitor, garbage printer, tiny desk and broken down chair that even the dog would not sit in and tell the bookkeeper this is all the company can afford.

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JOC Coefficients Less than 1.0

Job Order Contracting

A Job Order Contract (JOC) coefficient refers to a multiplier that is used to adjust the prices in a JOC contract. It should be used to account for contractor overhead and profit. A unit price book should represent the costs for construction tasks (material, labor, and equipment) without contractor overhead and profit.

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