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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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” » The Expensive Process of Bidding. Without spending money bidding projects, you can’t get jobs to make money building them. With more people bidding on fewer jobs, the market is much more competitive. Perhaps the toughest part, though, is that even if you bid a job and don’t win, you still incur costs to compete.

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I know a lot of contractors are getting into bidding season, and this got me thinking about communication. To further complicate matters, a construction project may have hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people working on it at any given time, making document version control a constant struggle. December 2011. November 2011.

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Obtaining the Proper Bonding for Government Jobs

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And that seemed to strike a chord with some of you, so I figured I’d talk more about government jobs, and what you need to be prepared to bid on them. This agreement ensures that a contractor will perform all of the duties they agreed to in the bid they placed, abiding by the terms of that government-sanctioned project. December 2011.

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The Expensive Process of Bidding » Save Time, Resources – File Electronically. Keeping documents as electronic files reduces paper waste and clutter in your office because you can get rid of the filing cabinets. Electronic filing also gives you the ability to search with simple keyword terms, so you can find documents faster.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Evaluate Bidding Strategy. There are fewer projects to bid and what projects are available are being bid by more people. Consequently, the bidding climate is very competitive with some work going to people bidding below cost. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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For those of you contractors doing government work: relish the competition involved with bidding. This entry was posted on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 at 7:30 am and is filed under Fred Ode Blog. One Response to “Healthy Competition” Atlanta Dumpster Rentals Says: June 22nd, 2011 at 4:24 pm. December 2011.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Venture tools are built to give contractors visibility and control over three key areas of construction operations: Documentation. Document Management. It’s no secret that documents play a vital role in the construction process from beginning to end. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. August 2011.