Production Rates

Richard

do some of you guys simply take the "trade average" and pick slow, medium, or fast for your production rates?

the reason I'm asking is that it seems like you'd be doing ok if you didn't know your exact time on each piece or section but knew your speed

Exroadog

The "trade Average" does you no good in your estimating. You should know what you can do. I know (after timing) how many sq. ft I can cut and roll in an hour. This becomes part of our process in our estimates. Prep we figure different but basically the same depending on what it is.

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Brushslingers

Basically i'm a square guy... my price comes from square foot and it's up to me or my guys to either make more by moving faster, or less. For the most part I normally am within 100 bucks of the time guys though.

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Exroadog

I do sq ft too to come up with final estimate numbers, But I know how long it takes me in "real time" to do the sq. ft. Knowing this, will always (mostly) keep you in that profit zone. Especially if say you and your guys each average 400 sq ft an hour, and you have to have $XYZ an hour, you should come out on the numbers. It really shouldnt matter if you bid at $xyz an hour or $xyz per sq ft., if your doing your calculations right, it should be the same numbers either way. Knowing production rates for me is the key to bidding competatively, winning bids and making a profit!

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