2 minSubbies – 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...
3 minThe User Pays QS ModelWould 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,...
2 minPutting your building business in a boxPlanning 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...
3 minWhen a Fixed Price Contract Won’t WorkWhen Builders Shy Away From Fixed Prices To be fair, a fixed price contract is always possible, but sometimes when you are negotiating...
2 minIs 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...
3 minCharge-upThinking through your charge up terms & conditions I have heard about a lot of work being completed on charge up lately, not uncommon...
2 minLost 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...
2 minBlog Bites – hot tips on measuring hardwareWe reckon measuring hardware is one of the most under measured items when builders measure themselves… More often than not most rely on...
2 minBuilders taking a stand on pricing…Do you know what’s exciting???? How many builders are truly considering the cost of pricing when dealing with clients. A few years ago,...