Last Stop Ashburton! You have probably heard by now that I’ve been racing around the country doing seminars for builders teaching them...

Recap on Margin vs markup We've talked about margin before… and we want to talk to you about it again. You know from reading earlier...

Knowing the difference Confusion often arises when deciphering the difference between a Provisional Sum, and a Prime Cost Sum (PC Sum)....

Three Top Examples Of How Some of our Builders Manage Expectations And Cost. So, you guys go and learn how to be a builder, you learn how...

Pricing earthworks is such a skill, the general approach is to use a provisional sum, basically because none of us own a set of x-ray...

how to charge for offsite & onsite overheads Everyone knows a house is made of bricks and sticks and labour… in round figures. But when...

It’s a whole new language Cee-cee–wiffel – say that to a QS and it is like saying ‘Bonjour!’ to a French person who thinks you only speak...