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Struggling with erratic pricing when tendering with contractors? Here’s how to avoid it: ✅Uniform Site Visits: Conduct consistent site visits with every builder, following the same agenda to ensure they all see the project similarly. ✅Share Information: Any questions asked by one builder should be shared with all others, ensuring everyone has the same details and expectations. ✅Clarify Expectations: Clearly outline your expectations and requirements to all builders. This approach leads to more consistent and reliable pricing, helping you make better-informed decisions. Need assistance? Contact ROC haus for expert guidance

Struggling with erratic pricing when tendering with contractors? Here’s how to avoid it: ✅Uniform Site Visits: Conduct consistent site visits with every builder, following the same agenda to ensure they all see the project similarly. ✅Share Information: Any questions asked by one builder should be shared with all others, ensuring everyone has the same details and expectations. ✅Clarify Expectations: Clearly outline your expectations and requirements to all builders. This approach leads to more consistent and reliable pricing, helping you make better-informed decisions. Need assistance? Contact ROC haus for expert guidance

Pro contractors saw a sequential improvement in 'pushback' on projects they were bidding on the last two months...after a very difficult period end of summer. An encouraging datapoint for pro remodel contractors: Pricing 'pushback' improved for two months in a row after a rough run this summer. This metric is one of the most useful indicators of shifting business conditions for pro contractors, but we need to see several more sequential improvements before we call 'turn'. 'Pushback' is when a pro bids a job, and the job is rescoped, postponed, etc. Usually due to cost. A jump in 'pushback' is an indication of softness and limited ability to pass along price increases. This summer, pro contractors saw a three standard deviation degradation in pushback, with July/August being particularly soft months. Interestingly, Pro channel switching also increased during the same period, presumably to save costs, but for other reasons too One of the indicators we publish in our research to track this shifting cycle. #housing #remodeling #buildingproducts

Negotiating with builders and contractors is a vital skill for homeowners who want to ensure their construction projects run smoothly. Strong negotiation skills help homeowners address issues, define project scope, and navigate contracts effectively. Building solid relationships with builders and contractors is essential for successful negotiations. Good communication, mutual trust, and a shared vision play a significant role in achieving favourable outcomes for everyone involved. Keeping communication channels open helps establish trust and encourages collaboration. By emphasising effective communication, building trust, aligning on goals, and fostering long-term partnerships, homeowners can create a strong foundation for fruitful negotiations. Positive relationships make it easier to tackle challenges, develop solutions, and ultimately reach successful agreements. #sydneybuilding #buildinglaw #buildingdefects #nswbuildinglaws #sydneystrata #majordefect #ownerscorporation

The lowest bidder is going to screw you over. When you’re bidding the job out, you’re going to get a range of bids. And if you simply choose the lowest one, you’re going to get burned. Think about it: it costs what it costs to do the job. The cost of materials that different contractors are buying is the same. Sure, one might get a better deal from one supplier. But generally speaking, materials like, say, lumber costs are pretty universal. The same thing applies to labor. Everybody’s paid by the hour, and it takes the same amount of hours to do the job. Yes, some people are better at it and can do the job faster than others. But when you take tens or hundreds of people performing framing, to stick with that example, on average, it’s going to be the same. Yes, some crews are less experienced than others. But if you’re picking among experienced contractors, they’re going to be roughly similar. Then, it comes down to the profit margin. Some contractors ask for greater profits than others, and that’s fine if they can get them. After all, it’s the market of supply and demand. If their work is in demand and they have the luxury of hiking up their profits, good for them. And that is the only thing you can really choose to compare contractors bids, other things being equal. Unfortunately, many contractors don't show you what their actual costs are. They throw you the total number without breaking out the components. That’s when generals have to spend time and money leveling the bids, because it’s hard to compare different proposals you get. Back to my point: the lowest bidder usually is the lowest, not because they offer the lowest profit margin but because they did not include something. And if you miss that while leveling the bids, you’re going to get slapped with change orders later. #construction #contractortalk #bidding #lowestbidder #realestatedeveloper #realestatedevelopment #firsttimedeveloper #realestatedevelopers

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a position as Managing Director at Tender Find. Find, Price and Win New Tenders on a No Win, No Fee Basis. Our goal is to help main contractors build connections effortlessly, while providing sub-contractors greater access to tender opportunities. By expanding networks on both sides, we simplify the process of finding the right match, making tendering more efficient and accessible for everyone involved. If any sub-contractors are interested in securing new projects, please register your interest to - tenders@tenderfind.co.uk, there will be 0 upfront cost and a flat rate of 2.5% of the contract value upon placement of the order. We will source the project, estimate the site & negotiate on your behalf at no cost. There is no financial risk to the contractor if they are not successful. A win win. www.tenderfind.co.uk Rest assured, it is business as usual at Peters Cost Consultants Ltd.

Discover Our Diverse Range of Solutions Tailored Just for You We offer different services to our loyal customers. Fixed Price For projects with well-defined scopes and deliverables, we offer fixed-price quotes to provide clarity and certainty on costs from the outset. This model is perfect for builders who has a few jobs in hand. Hourly Rate Our hourly rate option is ideal for projects with variable scopes or ongoing support needs. Clients are billed based on the actual hours worked by our team. This model is suitable for suppliers who need take-offs and marked-up plans. Monthly Retainer Clients can opt for a monthly retainer arrangement for ongoing or long-term projects, providing consistent access to our services at a predictable monthly cost. This model is suitable for builders who need long-term services and have enough jobs in hand to be estimated.

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You heard it here first. 😉 When you begin planning your construction project, consider the advantages of negotiated work versus hard bidding to general contractors (GCs). There's more to choosing a GC than just the bottom-line price on bid day. This decision marks the beginning of what should be a lasting relationship. You'll be working closely with this team day in and day out, so it's crucial to ensure you mesh well and share similar personalities and outlooks on the project and business. Interview several GCs and choose the one that best fits your team. The terms and numbers can be negotiated afterward. Don’t get stuck with the wrong company just because their bid looked right on paper! Keep this in mind when you’re ready to hire a General Contractor. Questions? Ashley will be happy to answer them! #hiringaGC #GCselection #chooseapartner #theEvansway #differentkindofconstruction #relationships#evansconsultingandconstruction #fortworthconstruction #generalcontractor