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How to Leverage Construction Metrics and KPIs for Profitability and Long-Term Growth

Construction Business Owner

How to Leverage Construction Metrics and KPIs for Profitability and Long-Term Growth Unlocking strategic insights for long-term profitability for your construction business. mhodges Wed, 07/31/2024 - 09:19 Long-term construction profitability requires a methodical approach based on timely, accurate, and complete information.

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The Blueprint for Better Expense Management

Construction Business Owner

How Construction Companies Can Boost Cash Flow and Profitability. How your company pays for purchases and manages expenses impacts your employees, your customers, and your key business metrics, including profitability. Track job costs more accurately for better profit margins. project profitability. Greg Ragsdale.

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Commitment to process

Cassell Construction Estimating

The trends of the last quarter are continuing – decreasing profit margins, more bidders on every job, and at times companies bidding what appears to be downright foolishly. We have smaller projects going with Martel in Montana and Arita Poulson in Hawaii.

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Exciting products and fresh directions

Cassell Construction Estimating

March finds the bid market slowing in many areas, but holding its own in a few areas. However some of our clientele reports that it’s still possible to bid a job with some profit, and actually get awarded the job. Job prices continue to plummet as marginal contracting firms fight for survival.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Just Trust Me!

Rory Woolsey

Low Bid; Best Bid: Historically facility managers have had their hands tied with acquisition regulations that required the award of projects to the lowest bidding contractor. Too often the low bid winner would prove to be the contractor that made the most mistakes in their bid.

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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. For this analysis we will use 8% x TPC as an allowance for profit. Mark It Up!

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Costing Construction

Rory Woolsey

The first crisis will occur when the contractor bids are greater than the budget estimate. Bare is exactly that; it is the bare cost of the direct activities less any mark ups for labor burden, taxes, bond, overhead and profit. All direct costs are then adjusted to include home office overhead and profit for the installing contractor.