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Subcontractor: Projecting 2010 Conclusion Source: Blogs
So we went through all of the steps of producing a good business plan for 2010, now what? First let's review what we have covered so far. Part 1: Building our Flow Work Pa...

Project Experience Wins New Work Source: Advertisements
How important is it to track and know your past project experience? Many projects are awarded based upon your knowledge of the type of project you are bidding on. You...

The 5 W's Source: Advertisements
Who is it for? - The Bid/Sales Management system is for the entire specialty contractor community. More specifically, it is meant for your company’s preconstruction depar...

Subcontractor: Projecting 2010 Part 3 Source: Blogs
In Part 1 and Part 2, we looked at projecting the flow work and the backlog, now to get a total picture of 2010, we need to look at work we don't have yet, our pipeline. The pip...

MEP Coordination: why it’s expensive to be cheap Source: Blogs
MEP Coordination: why it’s expensive to be cheap. You’re a contractor and you have been awarded a contract to do what your good at, build a building. You assemble a team to ma...

Construction News U Can Use: 2.24.2010 Source: Blogs
Some of the more interesting news from around the Construction Industry: Margin Pressure Will Worsen for Nonresidential Contractors Reed Construction Data is reporting that ...

News U Can Use: Feb.3.2010 Source: Blogs
In a new weekly installment, we will be scanning the news sources to find the most interesting news items for contractors and summarize what it means to them. For our Februrary ...

How well do you know your pipeline? Source: Advertisements
How well do you know your pipeline?? Subcontracting, like most businesses, requires a continual and focused approach towards sales. In today's world, simply bidding a p...

What Does Your 2010 Look Like? Source: Advertisements
What does your 2010 look like? This was a very typical question at the end of 2009 that sent most managers in a company scrambling to work on a spreadsheet to develop the busine...

New Year's Resolutions for Subcontractors Source: Advertisements
Do you have a New Year's Resolution for 2010? Even if it is after January 1, it is not too late to make a resolution for the new year! If you are a subcontractor or work for ...

Revit: No Place for Amateurs Source: Blogs
Revit: No Place for Amateurs Let us look at the typical building information modeling services firm and how things are done. Typically, a CAD manager is hired to create all of...

Construction News U Can Use 2.10.2010 Source: Blogs
Construction related news that you might of missed and can help you in your business. Mobile Data Traffic: 3.6 Billion Gigabytes a Month by 2014 All things Digital is reporti...

Construction News U Can Use 3.24.2010 Source: Blogs
Some news that will be of interest to you: Sustainable Expansion Underway in Eleven States through January Reed Construction Data is reporting that 26 states are expanding ...

So What Does the Project Manager Do Anyway? Source: Blogs
At the expense of offending Project Managers as wells as the Monkey: A woman was looking at the animals on display in a pet store. A few minutes later, a man walked in and sai...

Three Most Important Things to Being A Contractor Source: Blogs
In retail and real estate there goes a saying that the three most important things are location, location, and location. In construction there is a similar truth that the three ...

Want to Win Better Projects? Source: Blogs
...It is unfair to the "Get-Work" people in the organization. In order to move into new markets you need to do a lot more. You will need to get the talent needed for the marketplace. This includes ...

Subcontractor: Projecting 2010 Part 4 Source: Blogs
Well, we are almost done. We have now compiled all of our revenue and gross margin amounts for our 2010 year. You should have a spreadsheet that has totals that mirrors the fol...

Contract Sales: How to Understand Your Performance Source: Blogs
Last week we bid a few jobs. This week we bid a few jobs. Next week we will bid a few jobs. I am sure we all know which ones we won and which ones are lost, but do we really k...

MEP Coordination: It’s Expensive to be Cheap Source: Blogs
MEP Coordination: It’s Expensive to be Cheap. You’re a contractor and you have been awarded a contract to do what your good at, build a building. You assemble a team to manage...

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The 5 W's Source: Advertisements
Who is it for? The Resume/Proposal Builder system is for the entire specialty contractor community. More specifically, it is meant for your company’s preconstruction dep...

The 5 W's Source: Advertisements
Who is it for? - The Project Management system is for the entire specialty contractor community. More specifically, it is meant for your company’s Project Managers, Super...

How to Create Company Account Source: Help System
In order to utilize the paid services in Construction Monkey and to get the full benefits of some of the free services, you will need to set-up a Company Account. Company accoun...

Subcontractor Projecting 2010: Part 2 Source: Blogs
In Part 1, we talked about how to start coming up with a realistic look at 2010 by looking at your continual or flow work. In this part, let's take a look at the next part of th...

Keys to being a Great Estimator Source: Blogs
So what does it take to be a good estimator? Being great with numbers? Having a desire to color on drawings all day? There are a few key traits I have found in my career that ...

Is the Economy Affecting Your Ethics? Source: Blogs
...good for anyone. Getting the moral compass is a little more difficult than you would think. Saying that the company will operate with the highest level of integrity is not going to get the job do...

What Makes A Good Estimate? Source: Blogs
...efine good business; Get Work, Do Work, and Monitor Work. If all three of them are done correctly and efficiently than the business will thrive. Getting work has a lot to do with generating an estim...

New Year, Let's Accomplish Something! Source: Blogs
No matter where you sit in your organization I would like for you to take a different look at your job duties. Over the years the titles for different positions have become pret...

Are Trade Shows a Waste? Source: Blogs
As spring approaches so does one of the two trade show seasons. With the economy difficult, it begs the question: Should we spend money on attending a trade show? Just a busine...

Construction News U Can Use 4.20.2010 Source: Blogs
Some of the more important news for subcontractors for the week of April 20, 2010 Commodity prices are on the march again Reed Construction Data is reporting that commodity p...

This Bonus Sucks! Source: Blogs
Bonus programs can really suck. Whether you want to call them bonus or incentive programs almost every company has them, but if they are not administered properly they can reall...

What Does Earth Day Mean for Construction? Source: Blogs
Yesterday was Earth Day, a yearly mark that is growing in significance around the world. It is a time for us to understand the issues about our impact on the environment. I am ...

How to Create More Construction Jobs Source: Blogs
The biggest single thing on the minds of the American public is jobs. With unemployment over 10% and the possibility of that rising to 12% this year, it is a very real concern. ...

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Dear Construction Monkey Users, The Construction Monkey team would like to invite you to Register for the Exhibit Hall FREE (a $55 value) at the Electric Wes...

Bid Calendar Source: Advertisements
View your Bids on a Calendar Most of us have utilized Excel, Word, Access, or even raw paper or whiteboard to track our bids. These manual methods provide for several...

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Simplify Project Management... Improve Communication with automatic notifications! Document Control Tracking/Acknowledgement System! RFIs - Create, Emai...

Boating from an Owner's Perspective Source: Blogs
If you read the first part of this series, you have looked at the photo of two boats and hopefully gained a different perspective about the photo that has been circulating around...

So What is BIM? Source: Blogs
Building Information Modeling (or BIM) is all the rage in today's commercial and industrial construction markets. I am unaware of many large General Contractors that haven't inv...

Subcontractor Projecting 2010: Part 1 Source: Blogs
As 2009 closes, most of us are in the process of deciding what we think about 2010. If you have done your job right you already have this answer and if you have been lucky 2010 ...

Where is 2010 going? Source: Blogs
Well 2010 is finally here. It couldn't come quick enough with the difficulty and challenges we all had to deal with in 2009, it feels good to have a "fresh" start on a new year....

Construction Customer Service Source: Blogs
In my last installment I talked about performance in relation to holding people accountable for what they accomplish and not what they do. Let's look at the bigger picture of wh...

Sustainable Yes! LEED be Careful Source: Blogs
When LEED was introduced it became a revolution in the construction industry changing the way Owners, Designers, and Builders approached jobs. The major objective was to create ...

Quality Control, Be in Control Source: Blogs
When you ask Owners what their top priorities for their next construction project, quality control is always near the top if not at the top. With the slow down in the economy th...

Will Hiring A Safety Manager Matter? Source: Blogs
The vast majority of subcontractors in the country do not have a dedicated Safety Manager, so will hiring one make a difference? Short answer, yes. The real answer is much long...

The Art of Estimating Source: Blogs
.... Takeoff the job. Get a good sense of the quantities needed to perform the project. Calculation Probably the most overlooked yet performed function in winning a project. Surely you need to calcu...

Do You Know What You Are Building? Source: Blogs
In today's world of CADD, fast track projects, out sourcing, reduced design staffs, it is impossible to get through a project with at least a dozen new sets of drawings and hundr...

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If you are utilizing Construction Monkey to manage your pipeline, in less than 2 minutes you can find out what your manpower needs look like by simply clicking a few bu...

Pipeline Projections Source: Advertisements
When utilizing Construction Monkey to manage your pipeline, we utilize our proprietary calculator to automatically calculate the revenue, manpower, and gross profit of ...

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With the Resume/Proposal Builder you can track every piece of important data: General Contractors Your Team Square Footage Contract Value Project Costs Project ...

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Are you trying to do more with less? Source: Advertisements
In today’s economy, there are a large percentage of companies in the construction subcontracting industry trying to do more with fewer resources. Are you one of them? Many are ...

Add New Pipeline Project Source: Help System
In order to add a new pipeline project click on the "Add New Project" submenu under the Pipeline menu option or click here and then follow these instructions. (Please note that ...

Reports in Project Experience Source: Help System
The Project Experience tool provides several different reporting methods that can assist you in managing your business and getting new work. The following standard reports are e...

I forgot my username and/or password! Source: Help System
No need to worry if you forgot your username and/or your password...we'll get you back to your account in no time! Here's how: Click on the "Lost Password?" link below the si...

What electrical calculations are available on Construction Monkey? Source: Help System
View all of the electrical calculations that we offer by watching our short YouTube video. All calculations are free when you create a free user account! Construction Monkey'...

We are selling Trust, That's It! Source: Blogs
In the previous part to this series, I made the claim that customers look towards the subcontractors to find the best "expert" in the field (or group of them) and then select fro...

A Tale of Two Boats Source: Blogs
By now most of us have seen the change order and contract boat image that has been circulating around the internet over the past several years. The big boat is rightly called th...

Need a Safety Program? Try a Culture First. Source: Blogs
As one of the most dangerous industries on the planet, construction focuses significantly on safety. Our industry is focused on the health and safety of our tradesmen and for go...

Do we have the money for Safety? Excuse Me? Source: Blogs
I have been reading and having discussions on whether it is worth it to save money on safety. Excuse me? Why are they mutually exclusive? If you execute a smart and well orche...

Construction: My Valentine Source: Blogs
As I sit here and package up chocolates for the wife and hope she got me that hoodie-footie I have been seeing so much on TV, I have been thinking about my 2nd love Construction....

How to Improve Construction Productivity Source: Blogs
pro·duc·tiv·i·ty (prō'dŭk-tĭv'ĭ-tē, prŏd'ək-) n. The rate at which goods or services are produced especially output per unit cost of labor. Or if you prefer how much does it c...

Customer Service, It is About the Little Things Source: Blogs
Customer service in a service industry is the key to success. As specialty contractors, the service we provide is sometimes the only thing that makes us different than our compe...

Is there More Work with ObamaCare? Source: Blogs
Three months ago, I took a stab at what I thought ObamaCare meant to Subcontractors. In reviewing that after passage, I still agree with my thoughts in that article. I did not ...

Risk Mangement, What is Your Role? Source: Blogs
In construction, talk to anyone about the single greatest challenge in surviving in the industry and it is risk. "Based on the risk, add more profit to it." "I am not goi...

Is PM software a Waste of Money? Source: Blogs
Almost every construction company out there sees the value in Estimating software and utilizes some form of it. I will agree that not every company is utilizing a specifically d...

Be A Master in Construction Source: Blogs
Where are the true Masters in Construction? I am not talking about those that have ventured out to get a Masters License in their prospective trade, I mean real masters. Americ...

Construction: The Lost Decade Source: Blogs
Yesterday the Department of Commerce came out with the July 2010 construction numbers and the current state of affairs is not very attractive. The numbers represent the seasonal...

Is ObamaCare Good for Subcontractors? Source: Blogs
Even though the health debate is not yet over and the full scope of health care reform is not known (or even if there will be reform), I think it is important to look at how it c...

Will Distributors Have A Place in Tomorrow's World Source: Blogs
As subcontractors we buy the vast majority of our material through Distributors. The system was established well before my time and benefited almost everyone along the supply ch...

Construction Production, What to Track Source: Blogs
In my last blog, I discussed the need to track productivity to increase the performance of the company which now comes up with the natural question: What do we track? It is actu...

Cost Control is Construction's #2 Rule Source: Blogs
In Construction the #1 rule is safety. Without the principal of safety, the things we build and the people we employ will not be around once we finish. I hope that fact is not ...

Increase Profits, Minimize Risk Source: Blogs
What is the best way for a contractor to improve their profits? Minimize risk. Let's face it, contracting is another form of gambling. When we look at all of the stipulations ...

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Subcontracting, like most businesses, requires a continual and focused approach towards sales. In today's world, simply bidding a project is not nearly enough. You must focus y...

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Are you in need of some templates to make your business run more efficiently? Are you searching for the correct language for a letter to a client or vendor? Constructio...

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As contractors, you have so much to do that it becomes a challenge staying on top of all of the tasks you have to accomplish. Construction Monkey has an integrated task manageme...

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Are you looking for a place to get your questions answered? Do you want to post some of your knowledge so others can learn? Maybe you want to acquire some knowledge from your p...

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Use our PM Service to simplify Project Management! Manage your projects easier with Construction Monkey! The Project Management Service allows you to: Improve Comm...

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All of the details of your project and more: Project Hit Ratio Instantly know your chances of getting this project based upon your prior performance on simila...

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Do you need to do some calculations and want a simple tool to make that possible? Construction Monkey has the calculation tools you are looking for! From calculating th...

Creating a New User Account Source: Help System
In order to create a new user account, follow these instructions: Click the create new user account link at the top right below the login or click here. As the new page com...

Mapping Project Experience Source: Help System
Sometimes it is much better to review your Project Experience list in a graphical way utilizing a map. This can showcase to you where your current construction projects are loca...

How do I add a new post? Source: Help System
To add a new post to share with others, please complete the following steps: Create a user account. Click here to learn about creating a user account. If you already have an...

What Are the Security Access Levels? Source: Help System
Construction Monkey comes with the ability to provide each user who participates in a company with a specific role that will limit their ability to view and/or change information...

Pipeline Overview (YouTube Video) Source: Help System
View a brief seven minute overview of what your pipeline might look like after you start entering projects! Click here to see it now on YouTube

Project Experience Overview (Video on YouTube) Source: Help System
See all that the Project Experience service has to offer on a short YouTube video. Click here to watch the video on YouTube now

What can I see/do on my Project Management Dashboard? Source: Help System
Your Project Management Dashboard is your main PM page where you can view and access all of the projects you have entered into the Project Management system. How do I access m...

What can I see/do on my Document Dashboard? Source: Help System
Your Document Dashboard shows a list of all of your projects where you view a list of documents for each project at a glance. How do I access my Document Dashboard? click her...

What can I see/do on my RFI Dashboard? Source: Help System
Your RFI Dashboard shows a list of all of your projects where you view a list of RFIs for each project at a glance. How do I access my RFI Dashboard? click here What can I...

What can I see/do on my Contract Dashboard? Source: Help System
Your Contract Dashboard shows a list of all of your projects where you view a list of Scope Modifications/Changes for each project at a glance. How do I access my Contract Das...

How do I access my Project Management Dashboard? Source: Help System
To get to your Project Management Dashboard: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the Project Management button on the left side menu

How do I access my RFI Dashboard? Source: Help System
To get to your RFI Dashboard: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Expand the Project Management Services by clicking on the expand icon on the right side ...

How do I access my Document Dashboard? Source: Help System
To get to your Document Dashboard: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Expand the Project Management Services by clicking on the expand icon on the right ...

How do I access my Contract Dashboard? Source: Help System
To get to your Contract Dashboard: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Expand the Project Management services by clicking on the expand icon on the right ...

What can I see/do on my Project Dashboard? Source: Help System
Your Project Dashboard shows the details of an individual project at a quick glance. How do I access my Project Dashboard for one of my projects? click here What can I do ...

How do I access my Project Dashboard for one of my projects? Source: Help System
To get to your Project Dashboard: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the Project Management button on the left side menu. On that page (Project...

What can I see/do on my Project Documents page? Source: Help System
Your Project Documents page shows the details of an individual project's documents at a quick glance. How do I access my Project Documents? click here What can I do here? ...

How do I access my Project's Documents? Source: Help System
To get to your Project's Documents, you can do it one of two ways: One way: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the Project Management button ...

What can I see/do on my Project's Drawing Set List? Source: Help System
Your Drawing Set List shows all of the drawing sets associated with your project at a quick glance. How do I access my project's Drawing Set List? click here What can I do...

How do I access my project's Drawing Set List? Source: Help System
To get to your Project's Drawing Set List, you can do it one of couple different ways: One way: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the Projec...

What can I see/do on my project's RFI Dashboard? Source: Help System
Your project's RFI Dashboard shows all RFIs of a particular project at a quick glance. How do I access my project's RFI Dashboard? click here What can I do here? View a...

How do I access my project's RFIs? Source: Help System
To get to your project's RFI Dashboard, you can do it one of two ways: One way: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the Project Management but...

What can I see/do on my project's RFI Log Source: Help System
Your project RFI Log is the place to go to view the status of all of your RFIs for an individual project. How do I access my project's RFI Log? click here What can I do her...

How do I access my project's RFI Log Source: Help System
To get to your project's RFI Log, you can do it one of a couple different ways: One way: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the Project Manag...

What can I see/do on my project's Contract Dashboard? Source: Help System
Your Project Contract Dashboard shows your individual project's current contract value with all executed change orders as well as items that need to be priced or waiting to be ex...

How do I access my project's Contract Dashboard? Source: Help System
To get to your project's Contract Dashboard, you can do it one of a couple of different ways: One way: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the...

What can I see/do on my project's Pricing Log? Source: Help System
Your project's pricing log shows you a list of every scope modification you have entered for an individual project. How do I access my project's Pricing Log? click here Wh...

How do I access my project's Pricing Log? Source: Help System
To get to your project's Pricing Log, you can do it one of a couple of different ways: One way: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the Projec...

What can I see/do on my project's Change Order Log? Source: Help System
Your project's change order log shows you a list of all executed change orders for an individual project. How do I access my project's Change Order Log? click here What ca...

How do I access my project's Change Order Log? Source: Help System
To get to your project's Change Order Log, you can do it one of a couple of different ways: One way: Log in to your account at the top right of the screen. Click on the P...

What are we really selling? Source: Blogs
As subcontractors, especially during tough economic times, sales is a tougher and tougher battle. In the US there are approximately 800,000 specialty subcontractors, which means...

Tracking Productivity is the Key to Productivity Source: Blogs
Productivity is defined by economists as the amount of output per unit of labor. For example the number of light fixtures installed per labor hour worked. As a subcontractor I ...

Cap and Trade, What to Expect Source: Blogs
With Copenhagen behind us and health care on the ropes, will Cap and Trade be on the block? The US House of Representatives have passed a bill, but the Senate has not taken it u...

Revit: An Asset or a Cool Cartoon? Source: Blogs
Revit: An Asset or a Cool Cartoon? According to Wikipedia, Autodesk Revit is architectural building information management (BIM) software for Microsoft Windows, developed by...

Treat Construction as a Science Source: Blogs
...t real data points. Getting real data for all of the principles will lead to mastery and will start the process of innovation. From the beginning of time, construction has created so many innovat...

Bid Work? Risk Taker, Price Taker! Source: Blogs
If you are bidding work out there, you are going to be a price taker and not a price setter. In fact throughout the construction industry whether it is bidding, negotiated, time...

Life of An Estimator, Tougher than You Think Source: Blogs
For those of us in the construction industry we know the Estimators that are more cynical than the average Joe. They appear to be more prevalent than the fun loving young estima...

Will Anti-Immigration Law Affect You? Source: Blogs
Arizona recently took an unprecedented step in passing a law that required the state to action on a federal issue. I am not going to get into the middle of the political ideals ...

What Makes a Specialty Contractor so Special? Source: Blogs
In construction there are the general trades and then the infamous specialty subcontractors. Ever think what is so special about the specialty trades? The construction industry...

Can Contractors Change? Source: Blogs
The past two years have been the worst global economic times in more than a generation and it is anyone's guess if we are coming out of it or if there are more challenges ahead. ...

Best Way to Win that Next Project Source: Blogs
It appears as if the market is recovering (at least there are more projects out there to be bidding on), so how can you win that work to turn it from an opportunity to revenue? ...

Best and Final Offer, Are They Ethical? Source: Blogs
If you have been involved in bidding work you have probably at one point in time been apart of the Best and Final Offer (BAFO) routine. In private work it is typically called "s...

Analytics, the Best Way to Improve Your Business Source: Blogs
Analytics is simply the science of analysis. In construction, and probably more specific in the subcontractor community analysis of data is few and far between, even though our ...

Where Have the Good Craftsmen Gone? Source: Blogs
One of the largest complaints I hear is "the quality of the workforce is not what it used to be". Whether I am talking to union or non-union, family owned or large business, the...

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Do you ever need to find your company's similar project experience for a project you are proposing on? For most of us this is a manual event that takes hours of cutting and past...

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View your bids in real time on a calendar! Never miss or fall behind on a project because you forget whether the 7th is Wednesday or Thursday! Projects automatically ...

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Automatically track your success with your customers: List of Customers Quickly view a list of customers! - designated as Target, Listed, or Non-listed custom...

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The monkey automatically tracks all project information entered, so you can easily search for similar projects: Find Similar Projects Select the search crit...

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As contractors, you have so much to do that it becomes a challenge staying on top of all the tasks you have to accomplish. Construction Monkey has integrated a task mana...