Today I discuss a topic I get questioned about all the time from my subcontractor clients, overhead costs versus job costs.
This usually comes up in a conversation about a change order on a project where the contract limits the allowable overhead percentages to 10% or 15%. The argument is always, “my overhead is more than 15%, I can’t make money on a change order with limits like this.”
It’s estimated that we spend 1 week to 1 month annually searching for files on our database or on our computers. If you look at a company with 10 employees that’s 800 hours on average and at $30 per hour that can equate to over $24,000 annually wasted searching for something.
Another bonus episode where I discuss the Elite Contractors Manifesto. In this bonus episode we look at Solve the Problem Better.
All businesses exist to solve a problem, as Elite Contractors we understand this and we work to solve the problem better than others.
In today’s episode we talk about the importance of planning some Me-Time. We all need time to reflect and work on our self improvement but we rarely take that time and make it a priority.
Are you?
In today’s episode we review one of my favorite tools for managing a project, the 3-Week Look Ahead Schedule. This simple tool can help you keep your projects running smooth and on schedule. Best of all, it only takes a small amount of time to keep it up to date and accurate.
Today we review the importance of having a project schedule and get into the basics of creating an accurate schedule for your projects.
In the second bonus episode of the Elite Contractors Manifesto series we dig into item # 1.
All businesses exist to make a profit and as Elite Contractors we understand this and put making profits as a priority.
In today’s episode we review the importance of maintaining a company resource schedule and comparing that to our estimating efforts to be sure we are bidding on the right projects at the right time.
Today we talk about organizing our daily routines and schedules to get more efficient and make the most out of our days.
I give you tips on planning your routine task, meetings, work tasks and errands so that every day and every week you can get the most work done in the shortest amount of time.
In this bonus episode I provide an introduction to the Elite Contractors Manifesto. I will add additional Coachcasts to talk about each item in the manifesto, today was just to let you know what it is all about.
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