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
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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....
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Estimating Requires Focus in These Five Key Areas
We want to be clear- estimating activities require focus. Every contractor in their concrete business...
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Your Company as the Owners Favored Bidder
Owners (builders, developers, general contractors), they’re like you and the Sherpa, they are people...
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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...
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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,...
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