Why Concrete Flatwork Contractors Lose Margin by the Square Foot
Concrete flatwork contractors lose margin by the square foot when unit costs never get tracked against the bid, pour schedules slip past billing dates, and blankets, tenting, and heat get spent protecting slabs nobody priced. CONTROL tracks cost per square foot weekly and puts weather protection in the estimate where it belongs.
The specific ways concrete flatwork contractors lose cash, pulled straight from what makes this trade different.
SF Unit Cost Tracking
Flatwork is a unit cost business, and the unit is the square foot. If cost per square foot is not on a weekly report, the bid rate is a rumor.
Pour Schedule Billing
Billing tied to pours slips when pours slip. Billing dates in the contract keep the pay application moving even when the schedule does not.
Weather Protection Cost Allocation
Blankets, tenting, and heaters cost real money that rarely appears in the bid. A weather protection cost code makes winter slabs pay their own way.
The CONTROL chapters that solve this for concrete flatwork contractors specifically.
Why do flatwork contractors lose money in winter?
How should a flatwork contractor track unit costs?
What profit margin should a concrete flatwork contractor target?
