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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. How to Make Changes & Still Make Money. Alex Headley. Fri, 03/26/2021 - 11:30.

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Are You Holding Back Your Company's Growth?

Construction Business Owner

You priced estimates yourself, presented bids in person, signed every contract, made all the important decisions, negotiated subcontracts, ordered materials needed, supervised most jobs, handled all the paperwork, created invoices, paid the bills, met with customers and handled all the problems.

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Tax spotlight turning on CIS materials claims by subbies

Construction Enquirer

HM Revenue & Customs is turning the spotlight on claims for rising materials costs under the industry’s CIS tax scheme. It’s quite apparent that this is part of a targeted campaign aimed at challenging the materials cost element included in invoices submitted by subcontractors for services provided to contractors. “A

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Avoiding Construction Cost Overruns

Job Order Contracting

The UPB should be updated to include the most recent labor, material, cost,, and productivity information available. The exclusive use of historical information, subcontract quotes, national average cost data, parametric estimating do not provide the requisites levels of local market cost visibility and transparency.

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Controlling Construction Costs, Rocket Science, and Time Travel

Job Order Contracting

Validate Contractor and Subcontractor Quotes Obtaining comparative bids on all subcontracted work will not provide sufficient cost visibility. Adopt a Program vs. a Project Approach Sure, every “construction” project is different, however, there are no worm holes or warp speeds involved.

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7 Tips for Aligning Your Project Management Workflows & Construction Technology

Construction Business Owner

Project managers must stay on top of subcontracted costs, bids, deadlines and materials while also juggling jobsite duties and office paperwork — an overwhelming task that is often fraught with stress. But it doesn’t have to be.

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Sage Estimating to Vista Exporting Tool

Cassell Construction Estimating

Intorducing The New Sage Estimating To Vista Exporting Tool Quickly convert your sage estimates into a viewpoint vista project management budget Works with the sage estimating versions 9.8

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