Estimating

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How Much of a Carpenter's Time is Billable?

Less of a field worker’s time can be billed to jobs than you might think More

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Your Bidding and Estimating Tune-Up Guide

David Gerstel's 16 questions to help builders think through the way they handle... More

Streamlining Your Deck Business

How to perfect the art of repeatable processes to eliminate errors and boost profits More

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Healing Your Inner Underestimator

Underestimating is far more prevalent than overestimating. In this JLC classic,... More

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The Pitfalls of Hybrid Estimating

It's certainly possible to apply multiple markups, but it's critical that the... More

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Charging for the Estimate

How to avoid giving away a lot of free work More

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A Smarter Way of Charging for Overhead and Profit

When bidding on a project, you need more than a simple formula. More

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Estimating Material the Easy Way

Jon Beer switched from Excel to a cloud-based software for faster, easier, and... More

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How to use technology to manage material price changes

Streamline your relationship with your pro dealer to save your customers money and... More

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When to Switch to Cost-Plus

Remodeling old houses is fraught with uncertainty. Maybe it's time to change how... More

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