Quoting work isn’t free – no matter who does it. You have probably read about this topic before from us, but we thought it was high time...

Take that “free quotes” sticker off the side of your van!! Ok so we totally get the free quote thing. We would generally be a bit peeved...

Why back costing is painful We've been doing a bit of back costing lately… on our own home renovations! One of the first things we ask...

Who wants to spend money on a QS when you can do it yourself? We completely appreciate that the idea of using a quantity surveyor is a...

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...

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...

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,...

When Builders Shy Away From Fixed Prices To be fair, a fixed price contract is always possible, but sometimes when you are negotiating...

Thinking through your charge up terms & conditions I have heard about a lot of work being completed on charge up lately, not uncommon...

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...

Do you know what’s exciting???? How many builders are truly considering the cost of pricing when dealing with clients. A few years ago,...

Fixed Price Quoting In an effort to help consolidate all this info we fire at you, We thought we would throw out there a blow by blow on...

your Survey Results are in: When we surveyed all you lovely builders a few months ago, one of the questions we asked was what type of...

Merchant quotes: where would we be without them? Materials are a huge part of a project, can’t do much without them that’s for sure! Most...

Money!!! Free Money!!! Margin VS Markup – what’s the difference and why do you care? This is murky territory, it’s where your accountant...

With banks and lending being the way they are these days…. Never cheaper to borrow but never harder to get lending! You guys don’t really...

Blow-By-Blow Just because we like lists… We thought we would give you guys our ultimate blow by blow of putting together a fixed price...

So you have spoken to your client who wants you to price their build for them, and you have told them you would like to outsource the...

Case Study Almost a decade ago, we were in the throes of pricing work for those very first repairs undertaken by EQC after the Canterbury...

The Stuff That Bites! How often do you reckon unforeseen works creeps and bites you on the backside? Its all well and good to measure all...