by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 1, 2022 | CABM, Markup & Pricing
So while spending some long days of waiting in doctors waiting rooms I decided to dig around and try and see exactly what this COPE stuff was so I listened to The Contracting Handbook: Michael Anschel of OA Design Build on the Cost of Project Execution (C.O.P.E.)...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 16, 2019 | CABM, Markup & Pricing
What Can We Learn From Chart? In a discussion on FaceBook regarding markup my friend and collegue Dan Kolbert of Kolbert Builders in Portland ME wrote: “…the most predictable aspect of your volume is your own crew in the field, and your markup should be connected to...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 10, 2019 | CABM, Markup & Pricing
From Chapter 38: The Six Most Common Methods for Pricing Jobs in How To Price Landscape & Irrigation Projects by James R. Huston: [— for reference’s sake the “OPPH method” or Overhead Profit Per Hour Method is J. R. Huston’s term for what David Gerstel and I...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 10, 2014 | 360 Difference Software, CABM, Markup & Pricing, Ω - Revised
Introduction Through out the web you’ll find blurbs from one of the best selling books on understanding markup for contractors saying: To succeed in a construction business, you have to price your jobs to cover all labor, material and overhead expenses, and make...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 9, 2014 | CABM, Markup & Pricing
Comparing the Traditional Volume Based Markup vs. a Capacity Based Markup Methodology (aka a PROOF/Indexed/Labor Allocated Markup Method) (Originally posted in February of 2004) I recently got up one morning and checking the Journal of Light Construction homepage I...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 8, 2014 | CABM, Markup & Pricing
As part of an online discussion/debate regarding the validity of a a Capacity Based Markup system (JLC-Why the PROOF System is Illogical – 12/11/2005 – here’s a preview about how I think,…No, its not.) Allan Edwards of Allan Edwards Builder;...
