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Plain-English guides on the two things that decide whether a job makes money: pricing it right, and catching an overrun while you can still fix it.
How to price a job: markup vs marginMarkup vs margin, labor burden, overhead, change orders, deposits and contract types: how to price a job and protect your profit.Read the guide →Earned value for contractorsKnow halfway through a job whether you're behind on schedule or over budget, in dollars: PV, EV, AC, SPI, CPI and EAC without the jargon.Read the guide →
Plain-English planning guides for contractors, not financial or legal advice. Build exact, line-item estimates inside TradesMetrics. See also cost by project.