Building Business

Constructing Clear Communication With Your Market
Communicating your construction specialty to your niche market will enable you to work for fewer more profitable clients instead of many less profitable ones.
Self-Taught MBA: An Interview with Kevin Ireton, Subsistence Carpenter
The former Fine Homebuilding editor talks about his life as a general contractor.
Self-Taught MBA: Filling the Void of Cost Overruns
The most common source of cost overruns comes with items omitted. Learn to spot the voids, and develop a systematic approach to avoid them.
Constructing Clear Communication with Your Employees
Establishing clear lines of communication within your construction company enables your business to operate more efficiently, empowers your employees to execute their jobs without delays, and ensures your quality standards are met.
Self-Taught MBA: Second Careers for Aging Knees
A lifetime of construction work provides the right background for multiple lines of knowledge work that won’t strain your back or your patience.
Fast, Accurate Techniques for Estimating Construction Costs
In order to quickly produce accurate construction estimates, you need to develop a unit-cost method for estimating your construction projects.
Self-Taught MBA: Negotiating with Subcontractors
If you give up your power in the purchasing end of your operation, you have little leverage to make any money.
Developing an Estimating Database
Use a system to predict your subcontractor costs — and to speed up construction-estimate turnaround.
Finding Good Subcontractors for Your Construction Business
Finding good subcontractors for your construction business can feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Self-Taught MBA: Self-Knowledge and Success
How psychology’s five character types, and my Three Lenses model, can help you audit your business personality to leverage your strengths.

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