Job Costing Slidell LA

Most estimators assume that eight hours on the jobsite are eight productive hours. With no job costing, you'll never discover how misguided that assumption is.

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SWJ Constructors, LLC
985-641-1771
118 Mayers Trace
Slidell, LA
Mandala Concrete, LLC
504-430-1609
590 Marilyn Dr.
Mandeville, LA
Mandala Concrete, LLC
504-430-1609
590 Marilyn Dr.
Mandeville, LA
The Home Improvement Group of LA, LLC
504-621-8600
8020 Parry Street
New Orleans, LA
R & B Maintenance Service Llc
(985) 781-4247
132 Everest Dr
Slidell, LA
Allbro Remodeling Service
(985) 726-6046
3128 College St
Slidell, LA
Doctor Pressure Clean
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Lt Construction
(985) 643-2005
1500 Rue Lemans
Slidell, LA
A-Team Painting and Repairs
(985) 643-2138
1414 Florida Ave
Slidell, LA
Advanced Cabinet Systems & Renovators
(985) 645-0671
Slidell, LA


There's a debate currently raging surrounding the relative merits of time and materials billing vs. fixed-price contracts.

In most respects, I think it's no contest: Fixed pricing wins hands down for lots of reasons. It holds the potential for higher margins. It provides a strong incentive to clients and remodelers alike to buy right. And it keeps clients' prying eyes away from parts of the business, like markup, that they wouldn't understand anyway.

There's a dark side to fixed-price contracts, however, and it has to do with what is perceived to be another advantage: Fixed-price contracts are easy to administrate.

What turns this advantage into a liability? Most remodelers working with fixed-price contracts pay attention to costs just long enough to price and sell the job. After that, they can apply for scheduled draws or so-called progress payments without ever taking another look at how the actual costs of construction squares with their estimate.

Paid as You Go

Unfortunately, profit depends not just on what you sell the job for but on how much you spend to produce it. T&M contracts won't solve this problem — they're too open-ended — but cost-plus contracts just might. They may be time-consuming to administrate, but so is job costing. That's why most remodelers either don't do it or wait until long after the job is over to find out whether or not they made any money.

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Featured Local Company

SWJ Constructors, LLC

985-641-1771
118 Mayers Trace
Slidell, LA

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