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We have worked with construction companies in many different industries and every one of them had unique issues germane to their company. We treat all of our clients as individual case studies. Since we are a boutique firm, we are not interested in the quantity of clients we work with but passionate about the quality of the service we give to the limited number of clients we serve. Below are three case studies typical of how we uncover issues for our clients and how we solve them.
PURCHASE ORDER SYSTEM & LEASE VS. BUY EQUIPMENT
The company is owned by a father, who worked in the field, and left the management of the company to his two sons. The brothers were putting out fires on a daily basis and their company lacked structure. The company was purchasing materials without using a purchase order system and the accounts payable person receiving invoices from vendors was having problems verifying price, quantity, terms, job site, etc. Not only were they unable to track material costs for each job, the vendors were taking advantage of them. They were using leased equipment on many jobs and were not quite sure how to figure out if they should buy the equipment or lease it.
ESTIMATING &
FIELD FEEDBACK
This contractor was having problems with estimating; he was not including all of the costs in his estimate and was not realizing the margins he anticipated. He was also having problems getting feedback from the field. He was working very hard, not making any money and very frustrated.
SPAN OF CONTROL & REDUCING DEBT SERVICE
The span of control was much too wide for the President (he had more than 12 people reporting to him on a daily basis). Debt service on their bank loans was severely weakening their cash flow and the President was not getting job cost information from his CFO in a timely manner.
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Hope, RI 02831
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