3 minGet Your Clients To Pay For The QSStart with big words One of my favourite builders spoke to Paul today and asked a bloody good question, How do I convince my clients that...
2 min6 Hacks to Check Your Accuracy When Pricing Residential Builds BEFORE You Send to a Client1. Each job can have some key measurements which you can then use as a filter to check whether the rest of your measurements make sense....
3 minGiving Away Time For Free3 Ways To deal with constant requests to help with a ‘quick question’ You’re a tradie who has spent years learning your trade. You want...
2 minQS – Cost Or Investment?“Why should I use a QS when I can price my own jobs for free?” Let’s get something straight – I am not a QS however, I do manage a team...
2 minCosting Time SpentMany moons ago, I was chatting with a business coach and he gave me some awesome advice. He showed me what it looked like on a chart when...
2 minThe True Cost of Pricing JobsAdding up the personal cost I’m the first person to squint a bit at the thought of using an external advisor and paying for their...
3 minInternal QS vs Outsourced QSFive parts to make a skilled QS Quantity Surveying is a funny old industry. I think the reason for this is that it stretches so far...
3 minMatchy Matchy… Builders Road MapBuilder/QS partnership …. Its so much more than just a price Some people think that making a successful profit on a job just comes down...
2 minDon’t chop your margin!!!It’s not a bargaining chip! Why is it that every time I hear a builder trying to make the budget of a project work for the client, the...
2 minWords of wisdom from Jamie – using labour constants“Being a Better Business Through Labour Constants” I am sure you have heard of labour constants and their relevance to your take off. It...
3 minThink Twice Before Giving A PriceCase study I had a visit from a builder once up to the office. He carried with him a scroll of plans and he looked a bit flustered. He...
2 minHow to get the most of the money you spend on a QS – the Handover – Wisdom from ClareGetting all the benefit from the transaction When you have sent a job to our QS team, and paid for them to do a full take off (measure...
2 minWhat is a Schedule of Quantities and Why is it so ImportantA Schedule of what? Okay – Probably something you’ve heard of and tried to avoid… Or attempted and perhaps not your area of expertise....
2 minQuoting Tips and TricksI inwardly cringe when I hear of a home owner who is comparing building quotes and all they are looking at is the number at the bottom….....
3 minManaging Gen Y OnsiteMmmm. Young people. Now you know I’m broad brushing here….. not all young people are as I’m going to describe….. but you know you would...
2 minQuoting Jobs is like going on TinderFull disclosure – I told my builder I was going to write about his comment because it was HILARIOUS. I was yakking to my builders the...
3 minThe Ultimate Pricing ListBlow-By-Blow Just because I like lists… I thought I’d give you guys my ultimate blow by blow of putting together a fixed price quote….....
3 minBlow-By-BlowFixed Price Quoting In an effort to help consolidate all this info I fire at you, I thought I’d throw out there a blow by blow on Fixed...
3 minMeasure Twice, Cut OnceCase Study I remember back in the day when I had started at my first job in a commercial office, the first thing I had to do was measure...
3 minComparing QuotesIt seems the general public thinks that comparing one quote for another is easy….. I’m sure your clients do, right? Yeah, no worries, we...