Estimating Strategies

Understanding Profit -- by Charles Vander Kooi: There are two concepts about profit that contractors must understand. First, profit is a payment for...; Charles Vander Kooi; more...
Be Right on the Big Stuff (Secrets of Job Costing): Being right on the big cost centers makes being wrong once in a while on the little things not very painful....; more...
Estimating Requires Focus in These Five Key Areas: We want to be clear- estimating activities require focus. Every contractor in their concrete business...; more...
Your Company as the Owners Favored Bidder: Owners (builders, developers, general contractors), they’re like you and the Sherpa, they are people...; more...
The Estimator as President of the Company: The estimator in a construction firm should be capable of being the president of the company. Is this...; more...
The 10%-90% Rule of Estimating Dictates Who You Hire to Estimate: The 10-90 rule of an estimating strategy is— ten percent of your efforts will be spent on hard numbers,...; more...

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