Business
Tender securities must be priced as cash and risk
Bid bonds, performance guarantees, retention guarantees and advance-payment security affect borrowing capacity long before a proj…
Built Report
Business
Contractors, developers, suppliers and construction economics.
Business
Retention release needs its own close-out programme
Money can remain trapped after the site team leaves because defects and documents no longer have visible owners.
Business
Tender production rates should come from measured site history
A familiar rate can become expensive when crew size, access, material handling and ground conditions differ from the last project.
Business
Overhead recovery belongs in every construction price
Site rates that cover labour and material can still leave a growing contractor unable to pay the office costs that make delivery…
Business
A bid-no-bid decision should happen before the estimator starts
Tender volume can look like opportunity while quietly consuming the people and cash needed for work the contractor can actually w…