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By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why “More Reports” Doesn’t Mean More Control Contractors often drown in reports: daily logs, timecards, cost reports, RFIs, submittal logs and safety reports. But if PMs and supers can’t see the right information at ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
When One Legal Entity Isn’t Enough Growing contractors often operate multiple companies: separate entities for regions, trades, equipment, real estate or joint ventures (JVs) with partners. Managing books, jobs and cash across these structures ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why Construction Payroll Is So Much Harder Than “Run Checks” Contractors working on public jobs, union projects or in multiple jurisdictions face a maze of rules: prevailing wage, fringe benefits, union scales, overtime laws ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why Subcontractors Are Both Your Strength and Your Risk Subs let you scale, specialize and win bigger work. But subs also bring risk—insurance gaps, safety incidents, unpaid lower-tier subs and lien claims. Owners and ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Revenue on Paper Doesn’t Pay the Bills It’s possible to have a full backlog and still run out of money. Why? Because the timing of costs and billings rarely match. Mobilization, materials, subs and ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why Equipment Can Quietly Erase Your Profit For heavy civil, utility and earthwork contractors, iron is everything. Excavators, dozers, trucks and cranes represent millions in capital. If you don’t accurately cost equipment to jobs, ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why Construction Billing Is Not “Just Another Invoice” Unlike standard AR, construction billing is tied to pay applications, schedules of values (SOVs), retainage and lien waivers. Owners and GCs expect you to follow strict ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why Change Orders Make or Break Construction Profitability No construction project goes exactly as planned. Owner-driven scope changes, unforeseen conditions and RFIs all lead to extra work. If you don’t capture, price, approve and ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why the WIP Schedule Is Your Financial Early Warning System A well-run construction company lives and dies by its work-in-progress (WIP) schedule. The WIP report shows how far along each job is, how much ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 20 2025
Why Job Costing Is the Heart of Construction Accounting In construction, you don’t sell products—you deliver projects. Every project has its own budget, contract, crew, subs and surprises. Without accurate job costing, you only ... Read More