Estimating

Exactly How is Time Money?

Ian Schwandt explores the question: How do we define project duration, and what are the financial consequences if we get it wrong?

Job-Costing for Survival

A Production Manager's Take on Financial Metrics

Navigate Price Volatility with Smarter Estimating Tools

Managing Sudden Price Hikes

How Much of a Carpenter’s Time is Billable?

Streamlining Your Deck Business

A Smarter Way of Charging for Overhead and Profit

Are CDM Bids Realistic and Competitive?

An Easier Way to Estimate Material

Six Best Practices For Navigating Volatility In The Construction Industry

Can next gen measurement tools help you save time?

Why I Switched to Cost-Plus

How to use technology to manage material price changes

Custom home builders use software to navigate market risks

How to Accurately Estimate Construction Project Costs with Technology

Pitfalls to Avoid When Estimating Labor

Riding the high: Tips for making the most of the housing boom

Estimating Using Templates

Taking Off the Toolbelt

3 Tips to Grow Your Construction Business

Lessons From the Pandemic

How to Choose The Right Construction Software for Your Small Business

Guide to Estimating Software for Small Builders, Remodelers and Contractors

Estimating Finish Carpentry

Softwood Lumber Prices Experience Largest Four-Month Increase in 70 Years

An Alternative to Free Estimates

Job Pricing Blunders

Job Pricing Blunders

Five Ways to Improve Your Summer Business

Seven Steps for Creating a Flawless Job Scope

Review: ‘Nail Your Numbers: A Path to Skilled Construction Estimating and Bidding’

Remodeling Costs: Homeowner Perceptions vs. Reality

Change Over Time in the Construction Industry

“Free Estimate” – Do You Even Know What That Means?

Charging for the Estimate

Understanding Profit

Building a Unit-Price System

The Greased Pigs of Estimating

Estimating From the Ground Up