Construction Bidding for Profit (Wiley Series of Practical Construction Guides) - Hardcover

Provides information on determining the optimum combination of price, cost, and volume that will help the contractor achieve a profitable contracting operation. Discusses simple, straightforward, and novel management decision-making techniques that show the contractor how to select the most profitable jobs, how to analyze them, and how to bid them for the greatest possible profit. Emphasizes the area between the estimated direct job cost and the bid price. Also covered: cost estimating and control; overhead cost and breakeven analysis; bid analysis; profit analysis; risk evaluation.