Pipe & Excavation Contracting Revised Book - 2011 Edition
Markup & Profit: A Contractor's Guide Revisited
To succeed in a construction business, you have to price your jobs to cover all labor, material and overhead expenses, pay yourself a decent salary, and make a profit that will keep your company thriving. This guide shows you how to figure the correct markup for your business.
Few construction companies fail because of poor building practice; they fail because of poor pricing practice. To succeed in a construction business, you have to price your jobs to cover all labor, material and overhead expenses, pay yourself a decent salary, and make a profit that will keep your company thriving. And a large part of that is knowing how to figure the correct markup for your business.