Build it Right: Tips to Starting Your Construction Business Effectively

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Build it Right Tips to Starting Your
Construction Business Effectively
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• As with any other business, starting out your own
  construction company will require you to be
  especially hands-on.

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Experience in the Construction Business

• Its an advantage if you have experience in the
  construction business.
• But even if you do, chances are youd still find
  yourself spending over 10 hours a day just to get
  things done. Its inevitable if you want to see
  your business take off.
• A construction company holds a lot of potential
  to becoming profitable under proper management.
  If youre clueless where to start, here are a few
  tips to making the process a little less
  overwhelming.

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Decide on Your Pricing Strategy.

• Some clients prefer working on a specific cost
  for the project they want done. This can be
  challenging though as nobody knows what you might
  encounter during the course of the work.
• But then, you will need to give your client a
  quote inclusive of materials, equipment, and even
  the cost of direct labor.
• You can use an estimating software for this but
  before that, it's imperative to understand how
  the costing components work. You dont want to be
  paid less than youve spent, but you also dont
  want to go overboard.

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Write a Comprehensive Contract.

• You need not write a new contract every time
  youre commissioned for a job. Build a
  comprehensive contract form that you can use for
  all your work but make sure to customize each
  according to your agreement with the client.
• Contracts should be detailed. Its as well
  important that everything written in the contract
  is clear to both parties - from the payment, to
  the cost of work, to the timeline, and claims
  even.
• For your safety and protection, do not work based
  on a verbal agreement only. Everything has to be
  properly documented, no matter what.

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Complete Necessary Documents.

• Find out which business licenses you need to
  secure so you can operate.
• Go to your local municipality and make sure that
  you have completed everything before you start
  accepting jobs.

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Make Turnover Schedule Clear.

• Do not over promise just for the sake of
  impressing clients.
• Talk to them about factors that may delay the
  completion schedule so they can as well set their
  mind for it.
• Also, see to it that you are giving your team
  enough time to work on the project. Be sensitive
  of the workload they can only render at a time.
• And most important, make quality your priority so
  you can gain repeat clients and earn new ones.
  Avoid rushing projects.

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Remember !

• Remember, no business grows overnight. Hard work
  and dedication are crucial to keep your
  construction company going.
• These are only few tips you can use as a guide.
  You're sure to learn more as you go along.

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• Check out this presentation titled Build it
  Right Tips to Starting Your Construction
  Business Effectively.
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