The Four Core Departments Every Successful Residential Contractor Must Master The core processes and procedures required to run a successful residential construction company have remained consistent for decades. Regardless of size, every residential builder operates through four essential departments, each responsible for a distinct part of the workflow: Sales & Marketing, Buyer Management, and Customer…
The Hidden Profit Killer in Small Construction Companies: The Disconnect Between Estimating and Accounting In many small building companies estimating and the accounting software are not connected. The estimating process lives in one world and the accounting process lives in another. The owner or estimator builds budgets in a spreadsheet or a third‑party estimating tool,…
Why are Builders and contractors moving away from using Excel spreadsheets and Word for creating estimates and proposals? They’re investing in integrated estimating and proposal writing software that allows them to estimate and create more accurate & professional looking proposals 3-5 times faster. Once a job was sold these same builders and contractors were looking…