Here are some items that represent MAJOR dangers to your business. Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket One thing that you’ve got to be aware of is something my Dad always warned about (even though we ended up falling into the same trap), which is putting all of your...
Excerpt from Digging for Profit: Secrets to Success in the Construction Industry, by Jeff Spencer and Jerry Work There are going to be times when you can’t self-perform every part of a project yourself. It’s very common to be looking at a project,...
Excerpted from the book “Digging for Profit: Secrets to Success in the Construction Industry” by Jeff Spencer and Jerry Work. So you have just bid on a job, or part of a job as a subcontractor, and you’ve received a contract back from the general...
In construction, “GMP” stands for “Guaranteed Maximum Price.” It is a contract whereby the General Contractor guarantees that the total cost of a project will not exceed a set amount. It is often a sort-of design-build kind of thing because the GC and its subs do the...
Constructiondive.com recently published an article that we thought did an excellent job of explaining the surge in lumber prices. You can read the complete article here. Here is a bullet point summary of the items discussed in the article: Many sawmills closed down...