Remodelers' costs are down, finally, for building materials and fuel. But they're rising for marketing, health insurance, and more.
A new Intuit program offers a solution to the challenge of getting field crews to turn in detailed, accurate timesheets. It is wireless...
Take control of your daily financial information. Even if someone else will be handling your day-to-day entries, learn how to make basic...
Get back to good estimating and job costing to offer accurate pricing on your jobs.
By now your 2009 budget should be nearly complete — how does it look? Are you making the money you, as owner, need to make?
Don’t be afraid of open-book management, says one remodeler whose profits, productivity, and staff cohesiveness are stronger as a result of showing his employees the numbers – right down to his own compensation.
Industry consultant Leslie Shiner shares tips on how to add labor burden into your employees' hourly rates.
Business management suites designed specifically for remodelers can enable you to reduce employee costs and improve operations at the same...
Heat pump water heaters are a fraction of the market, but are highly efficient system add-ons.
In this unpredictable economy, realign your thinking toward gross profit dollars instead of gross profit margin.
Construction fraud has worsened in the troubled economy. Here's what you can do to protect your company.
When John Gemmi of Gemmi Construction, in Doylestown, Pa., started sharing each project's financial information with his four lead...
Of the four methods used to recognize income, costs, and profits on construction contracts, cash and accrual are most familiar. The best accounting method for remodeling projects is percentage of completion because it recognizes revenue, cost, and gross profit throughout the life of each contract...
