The Control Estimate: How Cost Plus Stays Under Control
Cost plus without a control estimate is a blank check. With one, every line item gets a baseline, a forecast, and a decision point—before the money is gone.
Buildplus Money Matters
Money matters for the busy contractor
Practical guidance for builders who need to run millions of construction funds profitably, quickly and simply.
Budget vs Estimate vs Bid vs Schedule of Values vs Control Estimate
Five confusing terms, one document. An itemized list of construction costs changes its name depending on who is holding it, what phase the project is in, and what it's being used for.
Texas Construction Trust Funds: Accounts and Control
Texas contractors control statutory trust funds. Residential homestead jobs over $5,000 add specific construction-account and recordkeeping requirements.
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One Simple Trick for Fixing Construction
Construction cannot price work accurately when nobody knows what it costs. Cost-plus contracts use transparency to align owners and builders today—and improve the market over time.
New York Construction Trust Funds: Segregation and Control
New York contractors must keep project trust funds identifiable and properly documented. Dedicated Buildplus project accounts make that discipline easier.
Michigan Construction Trust Funds: Segregation and Control
Michigan law does not require a separate bank account for every construction project, but contractors must protect project funds and be able to show where the money went.
Fund Control in Construction Without Giving Up Control
Traditional fund control protects a project by putting a third party between the money and the builder. Buildplus provides segregation, transparency, and accountability while the general contractor keeps control.
Fixed Price vs. Cost Plus: Who Gets the Savings?
Don't let the contract labels fool you. Follow the money to see who gets the upside, who carries the risk, and whether your incentives actually align.
What's Fiduciary Mean to a GC?
Most general contractors never owe a true fiduciary duty. The legal and ethical duties they do owe are serious—and far easier to meet with rigorous project accounting.
Construction is a service business, not a product business
Revenue measures the work passing through your company. Profit measures how well your systems turn that work into a business worth owning.
Can Google's TimesFM Predict Expenses on Single-Family Construction?
We tested raw TimesFM 2.5 against real construction expenses. The answer was no—but the best predictions show why time-series models are still worth exploring.
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