How To Bid Commercial Projects? Need Help - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

bdkev2004 · 02-10-2009, 11:15 AM

I am breaking intot the commercial construction market. I need help in the areas of estimating to be able to submit my bids for diffferent projects. Does anyone have any suggestions?

precisionbuild · 02-10-2009, 12:16 PM

I've already touched on this a couple of times. Here are those links:

http://www.contractortalk.com/f16/commercial-bid-50613/

http://www.contractortalk.com/f11/t-...-school-51246/

I am not wasting too much time this time. They OP never comes back!

Tscarborough · 02-10-2009, 02:18 PM

That is because once they realize that it involves more than scratching a few numbers on a napkin and that they actually have to be able to cover finances without upfront draws, they decide not to do commercial contracting.

rbsremodeling · 02-10-2009, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tscarborough

That is because once they realize that it involves more than scratching a few numbers on a napkin and that they actually have to be able to cover finances without upfront draws, they decide not to do commercial contracting.

Yep.

Mud Master · 02-10-2009, 07:48 PM

I usually take all the materials needed for the job and lay them out.

I than take them one by one and weigh them on a scale.

I take that number and divide it by the total weight of the GC's mother and WA-LA!!

It's so simple!

precisionbuild · 02-10-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mud Master

I usually take all the materials needed for the job and lay them out.

I than take them one by one and weigh them on a scale.

I take that number and divide it by the total weight of the GC's mother and WA-LA!!

It's so simple!

I bet you get screwed when she's a porker. I would use a lower # to divide by myself.