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How to Make Changes & Still Make Money

Construction Business Owner

It’s nearly impossible to make any money when contracts allow just 10% and your subcontract only allows for 15% total overhead and profit markup on change orders, or time and material costs plus work. The typical commercial contractor’s annual overhead and profit markup look much like those in Figure 1.

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The Consequences of Overstating Claims Under Colorado’s Public Works Act

Levelset

Colorado Verified Statement of Claims on Public Projects A Colorado Verified Statement of Claim (VSOC) ensures subcontractors and suppliers get paid for labor and/or materials provided to a public construction project. The claim must be signed under oath and only include amounts due for work or materials provided.

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Recovering Field Overhead Expenses

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

One such decision a government contractor might be tempted to make is to accept additional field office (jobsite) overhead (FOOH) expenses for a change on a percentage markup basis, especially for a change that may not even have required an extension to the contract completion date.

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How to Modernize Construction Management

Viewpoint Construction Technology

This ensures data is always up to date, items like change orders and RFIs are addressed quickly, and that bills are paid in a timely manner to keep people, materials and work constantly moving. As companies grow, their overhead expenses can also grow.

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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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Five Tips To Help Contractors Stop Losing Money On Change Orders

Contractor Bookkeeping

In this case the "Hammer" is a change order. 3% of your customers are "Grinders" and will try to take all your profit by telling you too "Sharpen Your Pencil" which means do the job for just over your hard cost for material and whatever you pay your employees in gross wages with no allowance for overhead costs.

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Reliable Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Each task should also have the following break downs and associated information (cost and descriptions as appropriate) for (1) labor, (2) material, (3) construction equipment. Construction supervision, and general office overhead, as well as any other costs should also be itemized separately. via 4bt.us.