Markup & Profit


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In order to succeed in a construction business you have to be able to mark up the price of your jobs to cover overhead expenses and make a decent profit. The problem is how much to mark it up. You don't want to lose jobs because you charge too much, and you don't want to work for free because you've charged too little. If you know how much to mark up you can apply it to your job costs and arrive at the right sales price for your work. This book gives you the background and the calculations necessary to easily figure the markup that is right for your business. Includes a CD-ROM with forms and checklists for your use.




VA Small Purchase Procurement Procedures


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PVC Pipe-- Design and Installation


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Design, installation, and maintenance of PVC pipe for drinking water systems.







Erector's Manual


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The 7-Power Contractor


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Spending most of your time at work putting out fires? Frustrated with employees who don't do the job properly? Tired of your phone blowing up with questions and crises whenever you try to get away? In The 7-Power Contractor, former contractor and contracting business expert Al Levi lays out seven simple business powers that hundreds of owners have applied successfully to run their businesses with less stress and more success. In these pages, you will learn about the seven power concepts-Planning and Leadership, Operating, Financial, Staffing, Selling, Marketing, and Sales Coaching-you can use to run your business better. You'll also hear from other contractors about how their application of these concepts faithfully and consistently over time empowered them to transform their businesses and their lives forever. If you're ready to create a business you can run with less stress and more success, this book is for you.




Paper Contracting


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Risk, and the headaches that go wit it, have always been a major part of any construction project -- risk of loss, negative cash flow, construction claims, regulations, excessive changes, disputes, slow pay -- sometimes you'll make money, and often you won't. But many contractors today are avoiding almost all of that risk by working under a construction management contract, where they are simply a paid consultant to the owner, running the job, but leaving him the risk. This manual is the how-to of construction management contracting. You'll learn how the process works, how to get started as a CM contractor, what the job entails, how to deal with the issues that come up, when to step back, and how to get the job completed on time and on budget. Includes a link to free downloads of CM contracts legal in each state.




Why Do Contractors Lie?


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Why Do Contractors Lie? gives real estate investors the necessary knowledge to approach the contracting process from a higher level of expertise. Real estate investor of many years, J. O. A. Maurice, equips investors with the appropriate and repeatable skills to hire the right contractors for the right jobs, at the right price, and for the right duration. In Why Do Contractors Lie?, Maurice lays out the appropriate and effective skills investors need so they don’t have to lose their investment due to a lying contractor. Within Why Do Contractors Lie?, real estate investors learn how to: Find a contractor they can trust Spot when contractors start to lie Make sure their project gets completed perfectly on time Avoid end-of-contract arguments or lawsuits Never again lose another investment because of terrible contractors