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Insights, strategies, and news for the modern contractor.
Stop Slashing 15% Off Your Bid and Do This Instead
When work starts to slow down, panic sets in fast. You look at the calendar. You see gaps between projects. Payroll is coming. Equipment payments do not care if you are busy or not. So you do what a lot of contractors do when they feel pressure. You slash 10 or 15 percent off the […]
How to Create Better Construction Bids
To create better construction bids, contractors must move beyond simple spreadsheets and adopt a data-driven approach that combines accurate takeoff, precise scope leveling, and strategic risk assessment. The most successful bids in today’s market are those that are digitized, transparent, and built on historical cost data rather than guesswork. If you are looking to improve […]
Stockpile Smart: The Contractor Trick for Beating Material Price Jumps
If you have been in construction for more than about five minutes, you already know one thing for sure. Material prices do not stay put. Fuel goes up and down. Pipe prices jump with no warning. Products that stayed flat for years suddenly spike overnight. And when that happens, the contractor who is not paying […]
Insights into the Cattle Business and its Connection to Construction
Inside the Wild World of MEP Design: Site Visits, HVAC, and Engineering Oddities
On this episode of ProfitDig Live, we sit down with Phillip Greer to talk MEP design—short for Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing. But don’t let the technical acronym fool you—this conversation takes some hilarious turns. Phillip has worked across the country on everything from wastewater treatment facilities to ice cream plants built in repurposed meat packing […]
You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Track: The Contractor’s Guide to Job Costing
Imagine taking a cross-country road trip without ever checking your gas gauge. You might make it. But odds are, you will run out of fuel in the middle of nowhere. Running construction jobs without job costing is the same thing. You might get by, but sooner or later, you are going to run out of […]
3 Ways to Screw Up Your Bids Without Even Trying
Bidding jobs is one of the most important parts of running a construction business. You can be the best builder in the world, but if your bids are wrong, you are going to lose money before you even set foot on the job site. The tricky part is that many contractors screw up bids without […]
Why You’re Always Chasing Crews — and How to Fix It
If you have been in construction for any length of time, you know the feeling of chasing crews. You show up at the job site and half your guys are missing. One is working on another project. Another called in sick. Before long you are standing there wondering how you are supposed to hit the […]
Understanding the Bedrock of Construction Profitability: The Critical Role of Job Costing
Job costing is far more than an accounting exercise
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