Category: Winning Contracts
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The Real Cost of Cheap Cost Estimating in Construction
How a short-term saving could cause long-term headaches for your next construction project. Let’s be honest: Your primary goal with any construction project is to keep costs low and profits high, all without compromising the quality of the finished product. So, when it comes to your construction cost estimates, it’s no wonder that you’re keen…
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The Secret to Successful Cost Estimates in Construction
What makes a successful cost estimate? Put that question to a group of different construction company managers, and it wouldn’t surprise me if you got a wide range of different answers. Nor would it surprise me too much if all those answers ultimately boiled down to two key things: Achieving these two things requires a…
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How to Grow Your Construction Business by Outsourcing Estimates
Discover the four hidden benefits of outsourced cost estimates and how they can help you land those game-changing contracts.
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Why Pay for Cost Estimates if I Won’t Win Every Project?
Hiring a professional cost estimator can pay for itself, guaranteeing a higher win rate and increased revenues.
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Construction Cost Estimating: A Beginner’s Guide for Contractors
Whether you create your own cost estimate for a construction project or hire a professional, here’s everything you need to know about tender-winning estimates.
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What Does a Construction Consultant Do?
Thinking of hiring a consultant but not sure how they can help? Here’s everything a construction consultant does to support your business.
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Hiring a Quantity Surveyor: The Benefits for Construction Contractors
As a construction contractor, you don’t need us to tell you what a competitive space your industry can be, but can hiring a quantity surveyor really help you get the upper hand? The short answer is yes, yes it can. Whether you’re a newly established firm striving to make your mark, or a seasoned veteran…
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How to Lose Money in the Construction Industry
They say that failing to plan is planning to fail, and nowhere is this any more true than in the construction industry. With so much invested in the success of any given project, every last detail must be meticulously accounted for, from the initial blueprints of the development itself right down to the size and…
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Do I Really Need a Construction Contract?
So, you’re approaching a brand new construction project and you’re tempted to save just a few pounds by going into business with your clients, suppliers, or builders without a contract… Before you go any further: Stop. Sure, it may be tempting to cut costs in the short term. In the long term, however, damage caused…
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Are My Prices Preventing Me From Winning More Work?
As a building contractor, you have every confidence in your ability to deliver exceptional quality work for your clients. Your portfolio of past projects is a testament to your skills and experience, and as far as you can tell, there’s no logical reason why a client wouldn’t want to work with you… …Which makes the…
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Why Pay a Professional Cost Estimator When I Can Create Estimates Myself?
Why paying a professional cost estimator may save you more money than doing your cost estimates yourself… As a professional contractor, you know all too well what a difference an accurate cost estimate can make to the success of every project you work on. Yet what you may not be so sure of is why…