Protect your margin, win more of the right customers and turn every handover into your next referral. Practical advice for Australian home builders and residential builders on contracts, SWMS, site safety and building a team that runs the job without you.
We talk with top builders and advisers and keep across what’s working in the industry, then turn the useful parts into short guides. You get the lessons without the trial and error.
Every guide ends in steps you can put in place this week: a pricing check, a variation process, a weekly cash flow routine, a better handover.
Margins, fees, labour hours and timeframes from builders who’ve done it, so you can see how your business measures up.
Top 10
Your margin is decided before the slab goes down. Ten proven ways to win more of it back, starting with your very next quote.
Mistakes to avoidin Contracts and warranties
Most contract disputes are set up before anyone signs. Close the seven gaps that cost builders money and start every job on firmer ground.
Explainerin People and leadership
Burnout usually starts in the business before it shows up in your body. Spot the early signs in yourself and your managers, and change course in time.
Explainerin Safety and compliance
Plenty of builders file a SWMS unread, yet it is the record a regulator asks for after an incident. Know when you need one and who signs it in your state.
Explainerin Finance and margin
Your accountant says you made money, yet you still can't say which jobs did. A WIP report shows the real profit on every job while there is time to act.
Go straight to the part of the business that’s giving you trouble.
Explainerin Contracts and warranties
Security of payment laws are one of the fastest ways to recover an unpaid claim. Every state runs its own Act, so learn yours before you need it.
How-to guidein Technology
Most builders have plenty of software and too little use of it. Choose a system your whole team actually uses, and win back hours every week.
Mistakes to avoidin Customers, leads and referrals
Most customer complaints during a build start with silence. Fix seven habits and keep your customers onside, and off your phone, all the way to handover.
How-to guidein Site operations and delay
When a supervisor's week has no shape, the paperwork happens at night and problems surface late. Give it a rhythm that catches them while they are cheap.
Mistakes to avoidin Finance and margin
Most margin is lost at the estimating desk, long before anyone sees it on site. Fix seven habits and price jobs that actually make you money.
Top 10in Business value and reporting
Turnover and a healthy bank balance can hide a business that is losing money. Track these ten numbers and you will always know where the money is going.