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Funny Construction Humor
Six Phases of a Construction Project: 1) Enthusiasm 2) Disillusionment 3) Panic 4) Search For The Guilty 5) Punishment Of The Innocent 6) Praise & Honors For The Non-Participants Directory of Construction Terminology: Contractor – A gambler that never gets to cut, shuffle or deal. Bid Opening – A poker game where the losing hand wins. Bid – A wild guess carried out to two decimal places. Low Bidder – A contractor who is wondering why he’s Read More... -
Construction Bidding and Estimating Software - Your Key to Profit and Sanity
Take a few minutes to think about the reason you decided to found a construction company of your own. Remember back before you took out loans and sunk your life’s savings into the venture. More than likely you had a variety of reasons for starting this kind of business, such as working with your hands, doing a great job, and the thrill of completing a project in the time allotted. More than likely you also saw the high housing prices as well and Read More... -
Show Me The Money - You Can Make HOW MUCH Cleaning?! (Part Two)
In the last article we covered how to bid a project per piece. Now we're going to talk about how to bid a job by the hour. Simply put, you can figure your hours upfront (we call it a guesstimate) or you can say "hey, Mr. Contractor, we'll clean your job for X dollars an hour per person." This one is harder because when you add in your expenses, supplies, profit, insurances, etc. you're probably looking at around $16 per hour for one of your peo Read More...
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