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Notes from the bid desk
Short, practical pieces on running preconstruction at a general contractor: leveling, scope, buyout, postings, and what to ask a software vendor.
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How to level subcontractor bids without losing a day
A working checklist for comparing sub quotes on the same scope: what to line up, what to plug, and how to read the spread.
Read →A scope takeoff checklist by CSI division
The divisions estimators most often under-scope on commercial work, and the question to ask on each one before the bid goes out.
Read →Why buyout lists fall apart, and how to keep the estimate and the buyout in one place
The award-to-buyout handoff is where scope goes missing. Here is the pattern, and the one rule that prevents it.
Read →Finding public bid postings without six browser tabs
How public work gets missed, and a simple way to watch every posting source you care about from one list.
Read →Twelve questions to ask before buying preconstruction software
A buyer’s checklist for GC owners and precon managers, including the ones vendors would rather you did not ask.
Read →See it on one of your own bids
We will walk through the platform using a project like the ones you bid, not a canned sample.
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