Purchase orders a small builder will actually use
A purchase order is the cheapest control a small builder can put on spending, and the one most often skipped. This guide sets out a habit that holds up on a busy site.
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Purchase orders a small builder will actually use
A purchase order is the cheapest control a small builder can put on spending, and the one most often skipped. This guide sets out a habit that holds up on a busy site.
12 min read
Waste management plans and skip bin costs for builders
Waste is one of the few line items a builder controls almost entirely from the site office. Plan the sorting, the bin placement and the haul before the first delivery, and the cost stops drifting.
11 min read
Managing tools and equipment across multiple sites
Tools that move between jobs are the hardest assets a builder owns to account for. A register, a movement rule and honest insurance disclosure do more for your margin than any lock.
13 min read
Site administration: the records that protect a builder when a job turns
Most builders do not lose disputes because they were wrong. They lose because they cannot prove they were right. Site administration is the discipline of creating that proof while the work is happening.
11 min read
Business systems that keep a small building company sane
Most small building companies do not have a systems problem, they have a document-control problem. This is a template and control approach that keeps quoting, bookkeeping, WHS and project records consistent without adding software.
13 min read
Winning renovation work: running the sales process from first enquiry to signed quote
Renovation work is won or lost in the week between the enquiry landing and the quote going out. This is how to run that week as a process rather than an interruption.
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Marketing a residential building business in NSW: lead generation and conversion that holds up
Most small builders do not lose work because nobody called. They lose it because the enquiry was never qualified, the quote went out flat, and nobody followed up. Here is how to fix the pipeline before spending more on ads.
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Hiring your first employee in a building business
The first non-apprentice hire is the point where a building business stops being you and a ute. It changes your insurance, your record keeping, your supervision load and your cash flow before the new person has set foot on site.
10 min read
Setting up bookkeeping systems for a building company
Most builders do not have a bookkeeping problem, they have a structure problem. The accounts are tidy enough; the job costing underneath them does not tell you which job made money until it is too late to do anything about it.
13 min read
Which insurance cover a building business actually needs
Most builders carry insurance because a contract demands it, not because they have matched the cover to the work they actually do. This is the cover checklist to run against your business.
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Setting your margin: how residential builders price overhead recovery into every job
Margin is not a feeling you add at the end of a quote. It is a structure that recovers your overhead, absorbs risk and pays you for running the job — and it has to be built into every price you send.
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Supplier accounts and credit terms: buying materials without funding the job yourself
A trade account is not a favour from your supplier — it is a credit facility secured against you. Read the terms like one, and time your deliveries to the claim cycle.
13 min read