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Construction Profitability Diagnostic

Contractors rarely lose money everywhere. They lose it on a particular kind of job, with a particular customer, through a particular estimator, in a cost code nobody watches. This engagement finds which, and puts a number on it.

Price

Starts at $4,500

Turnaround

3 weeks from complete data

Your time

One 45-minute kickoff, one 90-minute findings session

What we analyze

Ten analyses, each answering a question you can act on.

Job-type profitability

Which kinds of work actually make money?

Customer profitability

Which customers are worth keeping?

Estimator accuracy

Who bids reliably, and where do they miss?

PM performance

Which managers deliver to budget?

Cost-code variance

Where does estimate-to-actual break down consistently?

Margin leakage

Where does gross margin disappear between bid and close-out?

Labor productivity

Are field hours tracking to estimated production rates?

Change-order recovery

What was performed but never billed or approved?

Revenue concentration

How exposed is the business to a few customers?

Anomaly identification

Which specific jobs need management review now?

What you provide

Exports from QuickBooks, Sage, Procore, Buildertrend, payroll, or your estimating system. No new software, and nothing to install.

  • Job-cost detail by project and cost code, trailing 24 months
  • Original estimates and final actual costs
  • Labor hours and burdened labor cost
  • Revenue by project and customer
  • Change orders — requested, approved, denied, unbilled
  • Project manager and estimator assignments
  • Project start and completion dates

What you get

Findings you can act on, ranked by what they are worth, plus the workbook behind them so the analysis is yours to keep.

  • Written findings report, quantified and ranked by dollar impact
  • Supporting data workbook containing the underlying analysis
  • Prioritized recommendations separating quick fixes from structural changes
  • A 90-minute findings presentation and working session

Scope and pricing

Price is set before the engagement starts, from facts we can both see up front: how many jobs closed in the period, how many entities are involved, and what condition the job cost data is in. Starts at $4,500, quoted exactly once we have looked at your data.

Turnaround begins when complete data is received rather than at signature, and out-of-scope requests are quoted in writing before any additional work proceeds.

Not sure this is the right starting point?

The free scorecard scores your weakest area in about five minutes. Job costing or cash flow lowest, and this diagnostic is where to begin. Reporting lowest, and there is a better fit.

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