Sharper procurement, stronger margins, and the modern age of construction.
Field notes on construction spend, materials pricing, digitization, and the future of contracting, from the team behind QuoteToMe.
7 procurement best practices that protect construction margins
Materials and subcontracts can swallow half of a project’s cost. Here’s how disciplined procurement turns that spend into your most reliable source of margin.
A decade of rising materials prices, and what it did to your margin
Construction inputs have climbed far faster than general inflation since 2014. The contractors who held their margins did one thing differently.
Why construction is still the second-least-digitized industry, and what it costs
Almost every other sector reinvented its back office a decade ago. Construction is still running on spreadsheets, paper, and phone calls. The gap is an opportunity.
The aging construction workforce, and the knowledge walking out the door
The most experienced people in construction are retiring faster than they can be replaced. The vendor relationships and pricing instincts in their heads are at risk, unless they’re captured in a system.
The next generation of contractors expects construction to work like an app
The people entering the trades and the back office grew up with instant, mobile, intelligent software. They will not accept paper purchase orders, and they shouldn’t have to.