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Builder Social Media – 9 Good Ideas For Your Social

Because we know a lot of our clients get their work from word of mouth, but if you think your potential customers aren’t also checking...

Dealing with work when you are sick

Ugh. Seems like everyone is getting sick. Like, hardly sleeping, feeling like someone has slammed you in the face with a piece of timber,...

Labour Charge Out Rates

Labour charge outs will differ depending on if you pay your guys on wages or on contract rates, and what those paid rates are. So how do...

Red QS Myths debunked!

Its interesting the tales you hear when you speak to people who have heard of you but never spoken to you directly… We have heard a few...

Construction costs just keep going up and up...

It's no surprised really in this economy, is it? In recent weeks, construction companies and developers around the country have folded...

The New Zealand Building Economist

Builder Dick Willson, the Apprentice’s Champion Dick Willson was born in Napier 1932, not long after the Napier earthquake, to a father...

Is Construction the most unsafe trade?

So what's going on with the chat on accidents and fatalities in the building business? Every year an estimated 700 to 900 people die...

Chippie Time Management

We were yakking to a builder the other day – as we are always inclined to do! He was looking in general, a bit harassed. His phone kept...

Sales – The Personalised Journey

Selling has changed – dramatically Its not by chance that in many industries the emphasis is now on the journey rather than the...