Construction Costs

A profitable business is one that can successfully manage resources in order to increase profit whilst reducing wastage and overheads. This applies equally to small sole traders as well as Blue Chip Limited Companies. The first step to achieving this goal is successful tendering to ensure you win the business in the first instance.

Construction Building Costs

Tender price is driven by regional supply and demand factors which fluctuate on a monthly basis. Whilst material costs can remain consistant, many small building companies fail to adapt their pricing structure to take in to account the labour and mark up variables.

Estimating Construction

If you can answer yes to any of the questions below, Estimating Service can partner with your business in order to reduce wastage and increase profitability;

• Are you struggling to secure work because your tenders are not competitive.
  
• Are you throwing away good materials through over ordering.
  
• Are you paying for some or all of your labour on a daywork basis..
  
• Are you not securing work because you are unable to demonstrate cost breakdowns to your clients.
  
• Are you not securing work because your clients require cash flow and stage payment forecasts which you are unable to accurately produce.
  
• Are you losing out in contract negotiations because you do not know your true profit and overhead mark up costs?
  

Building Cost Estimator

Some of the service's that we can offer you in order to support your business are as follows;

• Accurate take off's from drawings in PDF, Jpeg, Bitmap or paper format.
  
• Fully priced all resources specified customer quotations and tenders to help you win the contract.
  
• Customer stage payment reports in order to add credibility to your quotation or tender.
  
• Customer cash flow reports which are required by most lenders these days in order for your client to raise the funds for the job.
  
• Full material quantities and costs take off's by build stage.
  
• Full Labour quantities and costs take off's by build stage.
  
• JIT (Just In Time) material scheduling.
  
• Programming of building works.
  
• Estimating support and advice for your business.

Construction Estimating Services

We cater for builders, carpenters, bricklayers, electricans, plumbers, plasterers, roofers and decorators. The above services are broken down so you only purchase and pay for what you require.

Estimating Service Brochure Feb 2012

If you require estimating services on a frequent basis, why not open an account with us.