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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Some Advice on Change Orders » A Change (Order) for the Better? When clients ask me about change orders, I’m reminded of a well-circulated photo. The yacht is named “Change Order.” Discussion about change order difficulties tends to be one of two types.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Customer Collaboration & Construction Software » Staying Focused in the Fight Against Profit Fade. Just about every contractor has been there — a project starts out strong but, as it moves forward, delays and incidental added work and changes knock dollars and cents off of the bottom line. Stay on Top of Changes.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

« A Change (Order) for the Better? Judging Tipis » Some Advice on Change Orders. I was talking with John Chaney this week, and he mentioned that he was going to blog about how change orders affect construction management. change orders. Processes & Tools. January 2009.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Healthy Competition » Free Webinar on Reducing Profit Fade. One problem that even the most savvy contractors deal with is profit fade, when a job continues to incur additional costs that are not factored into the estimate. In turn, profit fade can dramtically affect cash flow and hinder the possibility of booking new jobs.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

If a business is unprofitable in 2011, and has no taxable income to use the deduction, that business can elect to use 100% Bonus Depreciation and carry-forward to a year when the business is profitable. change orders. Home Contact Us About Us Subscribe Advertise Legal Disclaimer Site Map -->. January 2009. December 2008.

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Job Order Contacting & Line Item Estimating Basics Workshop

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Job Order Contracting is used by universities, school districts and municipalities statewide as well as other non-profit, not-for-profit institutions. . Change orders and legal disputes are virtually eliminated.

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The change order challenge: Can things go bad, or right?

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Some years ago, in addressing how a successful contractor has managed to maintain a profitable business despite needing to compete in “low bid wins the job” open competitions, the contractor opened up to me with an observation: He wins the jobs because they are rigged in advance. And that happened.