Construction Business Owner

MARCH 11, 2024

Profit Starts With Knowing Your Numbers ccapoccia Mon, 03/11/2024 - 10:15 The key to building a successful construction business: knowing and managing your numbers. You can’t bid projects right unless you know your job costs, production rates, actual overhead and profit goal.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the same time, you’re trying to keep a close eye on your own jobs, profit margins, invoices, personnel, equipment, drawings, and more. When profit margins hover at only 3 per cent, an entire project gain can be wiped out with one mistake.

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Profitability Viewpoint Software Software 182

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 8, 2025

Whether its improving processes, getting most out of your construction dollars, ensuring a reasonable profit margin, or simply meeting your fiduciary responsibility, we can help. Poorly developed budgets can undermine credibility, while cost overruns and project delays affect mission-critical operations.

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Estimating Construction Organization Procurement 234

Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Project controls, including standardized approaches, processes and reporting, are designed to manage all costs and financial aspects of a project through its life cycle—from initial estimating and budgeting to forecasting, measuring progress, controlling change, reconciling actual expenditures and closing out the project.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 1, 2024

Working in uncertainty can lead to budget overruns, delays and decreased profitability, making it challenging to keep up. This allows you to strategically evaluate and adjust your estimates and budgets based on how prices have fluctuated in past, similar market conditions. What Can You Expect From Data Insights – Cost Trends?

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Materials Construction Budgeting Budget 345

Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 2, 2016

1 challenge many contractors face is profit shrinkage or profit margin fade. This recurring problem appears when final construction job cost comes in higher than the bid or contract project budget. 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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Construction Business Owner

MAY 31, 2015

Why do construction projects experience profit fade? The obvious answer is they incur more costs than planned and overrun the budget. The more difficult question to answer is what is the root cause of profit fade? Consider some of the root causes of profit fade and underlying controls designed to prevent these occurrences.

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Profitability Budgeting Budget Plans 120

Construction Today

JANUARY 30, 2025

Less than ten percent of large construction projects finish on time and on budget. Source The post Digitize work, reduce risk, and maximize profits. Despite all the advancements, poor communication and lack of collaboration across teams, leading to inefficiencies, chaos, and increased risk, remains our industry’s Achilles heel.

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BD+C

MARCH 28, 2018

Most of us are all too familiar with budget overruns. We’ve all had those projects that end up over budget, and we’re left wondering why. Keeping projects on budget is extremely important for overall profitability and even employee morale. Here are six strategies to keep your projects on or even under budget. .

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Budgeting Budget Profitability US 106

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 23, 2023

Effective risk management helps construction companies grow profits by ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget and without incident. There are four main types of risk in construction: financial, safety, scheduling and legal.

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Management Risk Legal Profitability 245

Lets Build

JANUARY 6, 2023

Setbacks like supply chain disruptions and rising energy prices are putting pressure on residential construction profit margins. And for many construction companies that operated on slim profit margins before those setbacks, even the smallest cost overruns can result in loss-making projects.

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Profitability Residential Software Software 144

Construction Business Owner

MAY 28, 2014

Every contractor and construction professional knows the three top priorities of a project: Finish on time, finish on budget and maintain profitability. Professionals also know that countless threats endanger each of those priorities.

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Risk Profitability Budgeting Budget 204

Contractor Bookkeeping

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Proper accounting and bookkeeping develop timely financial reports to show which jobs are profitable so you can pursue more. Doing the project as close to on time and budget as possible. Your office ensures your contracting company has a steady flow of projects. Thus, you can focus more on the following: Acquiring the right clients.

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Cash Flow Profitability Construction Accounting 111

Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 25, 2017

More work doesn’t necessarily mean more profit. With more jobs comes more paperwork, project management, time spent working through backlogs, and more.

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Viewpoint Budgeting Budget Profitability 130

Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 25, 2017

More work doesn’t necessarily mean more profit. It’s no secret that engineering and construction has been slow to adopt new technology, but one constant for high-growth, high-profit companies is the use of emerging tech. With more jobs comes more paperwork, project management, time spent working through backlogs, and more.

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Viewpoint Budgeting Budget Software 130

Contractor Bookkeeping

MARCH 7, 2025

Between managing budgets, keeping track of expenses, and ensuring you're compliant with tax regulations, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Navigating the world of finances can sometimes feel like trying to build a house without a blueprint. That's where your financial dream team comes in!

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Profitability Contractors Finance Regulation 62

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Consistent Delivery of On-time, On-Budget, Quality Renovation, Repair, and Construction is available to any competent real property owner that demonstrates leadership. LEAN Collaborative Construction is the delivery tools for owners, builders, and other stakeholders that wish to consistently deliver quality projects on-time and on-budget.

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Budgeting Budget Renovating Overhead 100

Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 24, 2023

By taking proactive steps and adopting the right tools, you can mitigate and safeguard your firm’s profits. ” Clearly, technology can enormously influence your projects’ productivity and profitability. Little to no project or business predictability Most construction projects are like a unique snowflake.

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Profitability Construction Autodesk Forecasting 97

Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 27, 2016

Contractors put a ton of faith into their equipment, tools and crews to complete projects on time and below budget. Whether purchasing or renting, contractors expect that the equipment will perform as promised and come with a relatively simple maintenance schedule.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 14, 2019

The most common contractor errors and how to avoid them to keep your construction projects safe, productive and profitable. Staying proactive during projects by recognizing pitfalls and taking appropriate steps to avoid them limits accidents, ensures budgets and timelines remain on schedule and creates a more positive work environment.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 6, 2022

Consistent delivery of quality repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on time and on budget is possible using an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solution. Shared profit and risk and jointly developed project goals and values are keystones for team alignment for any project. Budget and Schedule.

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Construction Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

Modern customers look for construction partners who can complete jobs on schedule, on budget, and to the highest quality standards. Budgeting Budgeting and cost control are essential components for the success of any construction business.

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Innovation Construction Safety Budgeting 273

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

You can’t bid projects right unless you know your job costs, production rates, actual overhead and profit goal. You can’t stay on budget unless you know, update and track your job costs on a regular basis during the performance of building a project.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 8, 2013

Do market segmentation and sales analysis to identify to customers by sales and profit. Establish a marketing calendar with events, marketing initiatives, and budgets identified. Importantly, budget adequately for marketing using 5% of revenue as a reference point. Customer Insight. Improve That Website.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 8, 2023

Doing so won’t just make your life easier; it’ll also help you protect your profit margins. Many things can happen during this period, and project teams often face complications like design creep and price increases, which negatively impact budgets and schedules.

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Profitability Bidding Estimating Risk 98

Lets Build

MARCH 24, 2023

Stay on budget and minimise rework through digitalisation What’s the main outcome you want from your construction projects? High build quality, satisfied clients, and timely completion are all great—but it ultimately comes down to making a profit. And to make that profit, you have to stick to a strict budget.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 27, 2017

Planning for construction costs can mean the difference between making a decent profit and barely breaking even. When you’re dealing with jobs that are in the six, seven, and even eight figure budgets, project management can become very complex with many variables to account for.

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Viewpoint Contractors Inventory Profitability 214

Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 1, 2019

Communication and information sharing across the entire organization is vital for staying productive and completing projects on time and under-budget with minimal mistakes. Equipment and materials cost that is written on paper often doesn’t reach a system that is tracking job costs — leading to over budgeting and spending.

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Software Software Construction Organization 277

Construction Business Owner

JULY 27, 2022

Construction owners, managers and supervisors at every level are familiar with two of the most important factors that affect profitability when operating a construction project: efficient cost control and knowing your cost versus budget in real time.

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Management Profitability Budgeting Budget 156

Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 2, 2019

The cloud is making construction management much simpler, productive and profitable. Modern software ensures real-time and accurate data to better estimate projects, stick to budgets and timelines and maximize performance and profitability. Benefits of Updates.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Building A Home On A Budget – 4 Tips To Suggest For Potential Buyers. To help you with that process, here are a handful of tips you might suggest to a prospective buyer looking to make the most of a tight budget.??. One of the most challenging aspects of building a home on a tight budget can be stomaching that first big payment.

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Budgeting Budget Finance IDEA 98

Lets Build

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The same issues plaguing the industry last year—labour shortages, supply chain disruptions, high material costs, lower profit margins, etc.—followed 2023 also brings more unpredictability for company execs and project managers, making managing schedules, budgets, and timelines challenging. followed us into 2023.

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Industrial Construction Profitability Budget 148

Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

How is your budget holding up under the prices of the raw materials and labor you’ve been choosing? If your budget allows for it, buy raw materials ahead of time and store them until you’re ready to use them. Begin this assessment by asking yourself four main questions. Where in your supply chain are disruptions occurring?

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Management Industrial Construction Materials 296

Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 9, 2018

Construction management is no easy task, as today’s contractors have a lot to juggle: job costs and budgets, progress reporting, overseeing subcontractors, field crews and schedules, materials and equipment, constantly moving timelines and much more. Better Collaboration, Better Bottom Line.

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Software Software Construction Budgeting 200

Building Radar

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Effective financial management in construction projects is crucial for ensuring profitability and sustainability in a highly competitive industry. Grasping the burden rate in construction is also vital for accurate budgeting. Effective Budget Planning Budget planning is the cornerstone of financial management in construction projects.

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