Subbies – how do they price?
Believe it or not – they work twice as hard as you might think We spend plenty of time talking about how builders should price their...
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The User Pays QS Model
Would you build for free? The Cost to Price the Job should be covered – irrelevant of who does it! Not entirely sure where it comes from,...
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Putting your building business in a box
Planning with end game in mind One of the things in our years of experience of building up business', is how important it is to be able...
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When a Fixed Price Contract Won’t Work
When Builders Shy Away From Fixed Prices To be fair, a fixed price contract is always possible, but sometimes when you are negotiating...
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Is the residential construction sector heading for a crash?
* The following article has been published by Stuff NZ New home build inquiries have declined steeply since last year, and residential...
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Why Use a Quantity Surveyor?
Who wants to spend money on a QS when you can do it yourself? I completely appreciate that the idea of using a quantity surveyor is a bit...
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Back Costing Made Simple
why back costing is painful I’ve been doing a bit of back costing lately… on my own home renovations! One of the first things we ask...
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Lost Another Tender?
So you lost the job you priced… Well, it was probably the QS’s fault that you lost it, right? Because that’s why you use a quantity...
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