Data – information – is available to everyone. Even if you feel confident you know your business, its goals, and your industry, it’s difficult to know which information sources can deliver usable facts and figures. Construction data, including building permits information, is pertinent to our companies as well as our industry. But there’s another source of […]
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Subcontractors bidding for work on construction projects face a number of challenges to submit a winning proposal. Effective bidding requires confirming the client’s requirements and budget while also ensuring your costs and profit margin are fully covered. Overbidding risks losing the job to a low-balling competitor. Conversely, a bid that is below your actual expected
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Few can predict the future, but economists try. U.S. economists watch building permit application trends very carefully. They review monthly statistics. Based on the number and types of building permits applied for by homeowners, land developers, and businesses, economists can reveal “economic indicators.” Let’s say you’re considering expanding your flooring business. There has been a marked
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If you haven’t read any horror stories lately, check out “The Successful Bid That Put the Contractor Out of Business.” You may need the cash flow and feel an obligation to keep good employees working, but if you don’t find the right construction projects to bid – and bid them the right way – you
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Construction data can help make your website more relevant and informational to your most likely prospective clients. Research shows interested customers don’t linger long on sites where products and services are not specific to the customer’s needs or locale. Effectively prioritizing the information on a website helps generate maximum exposure and amplify sales potential. Utilizing
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Construction data included in building permits changes with the seasons. Projects encountered in autumn, for example, are generally not the same as what’s happening in spring and early summer. Contractors and subcontractors can benefit from targeting their focus to fit the time of year. Spring is the season for home improvements and remodeling. As the
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Construction data included in building permits reveals that both window retrofits and new installations are more popular than ever. Homeowners who are getting these new windows, however, often have a question: Why is a building permit required in the first place for the usually simple process of installing new windows? County building departments actually do
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We as a society have become crazy-thirsty for knowledge. Meanwhile, information has become a bottomless pool. We have so much data to gather and we must sort that data to filter irrelevant information out. Then what? Then you use that information to bid, price, evaluate materials, inventory… You do what you need to put that data to
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Construction data can tell you a lot about what’s happening and where—in new construction as well as renovations. For companies with related products as well as the contractors who get the job done, data derived from building permits provides a valuable perspective on the current status quo of construction and other associated work performed in
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Specific construction data harvested from building permits can assist in targeting products for the roofing industry and ancillary companies. While small, limited roof patching may not require pulling a building permit, virtually all municipalities do require building permits for any re-roofing project that exceeds mere patching. What’s Up On The Roof? Relevant information to be
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