There are nine unanswered telephone messages on
your desk, you have no idea whether or not you
made money on your last three jobs, and your company's
work backlog is down to two weeks with
nothing promising on the horizon. If this sounds like your
company, then it may be time to regroup.
Most small construction company owners do the work of
a half-dozen people. They sell the job, estimate the costs,
write the contract, schedule the work, line up the subs,
supervise the construction, and bang the nails. For a small
company doing one or two jobs at a time, juggling all of
these responsibilities can be manageable. But if