Why Framing Contractors Eat Rework and Escalation
Framing contractors eat rework and escalation when lumber prices move after the bid locks, MEP conflicts send crews back through finished walls for free, and job costs blur every floor into one number. CONTROL prices escalation into change orders, documents conflict rework the day it happens, and costs the building floor by floor.
The specific ways framing contractors lose cash, pulled straight from what makes this trade different.
Floor-by-Floor Job Costing
Every floor is a repeatable unit of production. Costing them separately shows whether the crew is getting faster or the building is getting more expensive.
Lumber Escalation Change Orders
Lumber pricing moves weekly while your contract price sleeps. Escalation language plus a change order the week prices jump keeps the spike off your margin.
MEP Conflict Rework Billing
When plumbing and duct runs collide with your framing, the fix is real labor. Documented the same day with photos and hours, conflict rework is billable work.
The CONTROL chapters that solve this for framing contractors specifically.
Why do framing contractors lose money on rework?
How do I protect a framing bid against lumber prices?
What profit margin should a framing contractor target?
