Change Orders: Stop Giving Away All Your Profit

Change orders are where most contractors lose their profit. Not because the work is hard, but because the paperwork...

Sell More Jobs With Photos in Your Estimates

Most contractors send plain text estimates with line items and dollar amounts. But adding photos to your estimates can...

At some point, every growing contractor faces the same question: do we keep renting, or do we build our own shop? This...

Most contractors lose money not because they can't build, but because they signed a bad contract. Here are 25...

Your backlog is the lifeblood of your construction business. Too little work and you're scrambling. Too much and you're...

Customer complaints are part of running a construction business. How you handle them determines whether you lose a...

Construction accounting is not the same as regular business bookkeeping. Learn the basics of job costing, WIP...

You do not need a big budget to market your construction company. Learn practical, low-cost strategies that actually...

The construction labor shortage is real and getting worse. Here is where to find workers, how to interview them, and...

Construction contracts protect your business, your crew, and your bottom line. Here is everything contractors need to...

Residential and commercial construction are two different worlds. Here is what contractors need to know about...

If you have been in the construction business long enough, you have seen it happen. A partner dies unexpectedly. Two...