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A look at innovative remodeling with Xpres Kitchen and Bath

Learn how the pros at Xpres Kitchen & Bath went from juggling multiple software tools to using the leading software in home construction management.

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All-in-one construction management boosts builder productivity

Find out how Keith Perez, of TXN Remodeling N Construction, has transformed his 6-year-old remodeling business using Buildxact construction management software.

Innovative home builders turn to simple software to get more done

Learn how the founders of VW Building Projects put an end to the large amounts of time in the office writing project estimates.

Builder grows more than twofold with The Home Depot

Estimating took a toll on Josh in terms of his time and health. Learn how software saves time and grows his business.

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Just Building Group speeds up estimating to spend more time at the job site

Learn how successful custom home builders use digital online estimating to get accurate bids quickly out the door so they can get back to the job site.

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Nook Construction has taken control of their numbers

Hear from Jack Clough of Nook Construction has he explains how Buildxact has taken his business to the next level.

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Marcella Building LLC

Ron of Marcella Building LLC hasn’t been using Buildxact for a long time, but he’s already noticing significant benefits.

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Norse Ironworks

“There really isn’t anything else in this price point that has all the functionality that Buildxact has, and that’s why we decided to go with you guys.”

Dodson Construction

“I’m not an Excel person, so I never really set on that. Buildxact was just a no-brainer for me. It was exactly what I needed.”

DSP Contractors LLC

Los proveedores de familia hacen sacrificios grandes para poder proveer una buena vida a sus seres queridos y poder alimentarlos.

Akins Carpentry

Learn about Buildxact customer Jennie Akins and how she uses construction management software to improve her construction estimating

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BlackTree LLC

Read how, John McBride, owner of BlackTree LLC, uses modern construction management software to have better control of his business

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General Contractor Pricing: Models, Markup, and Examples

You have the labor, material, and subcontractor costs in the estimate. Now you need to turn that cost into the final price the client will see.

The obvious move is to apply your usual markup, or add a few percentage points if the job feels riskier than normal.

But markup can only solve a markup problem. It can help you recover overhead and reach your target margin, but it can

Construction Cost Codes: A Simple Setup to Track Estimate Against Actual Spend

A detailed estimate can still leave you blind once the job begins. You may separate foundation, framing, roofing, finishes, and subs carefully when pricing the work, only to have those categories disappear when labor, purchases, and invoices are recorded.

By closeout, you can see that the job ran over, but not which part of the estimate failed or what needs to change on the next

How to Bid Construction Jobs and Protect Your Margin

Winning the bid isn’t the finish line. It’s the starting point for a job that either keeps its margin or doesn’t, and that depends on what happens between the day you sign the job and the day you leave the site.

Winning on price alone is a different game from winning on a number that actually holds up. A builder running three or four jobs at once can’t personally recheck every a

Roofing Project Management: How to Keep Jobs on Track and Profitable

You’ve bid the job, ordered the materials, and put a crew on the roof. Three weeks later, you’re looking at the numbers, and the margin you planned for isn’t there.

Nothing went wrong on the job itself, at least not in an obvious way.

What happened is your profit margin leaked out at the seams: an estimate that missed a line item, a schedule that got knocked sideways by rain,

Best Contractor Invoicing Software for Builders (2026 Compared)

You spent time building an accurate estimate, priced the job carefully and built in a healthy margin. As work gets underway, every cost, change order, and progress invoice needs to stay tied to those original numbers.

When they don’t, it gets harder to see whether the job is still delivering the profit you planned.

Missed change orders, billing errors and rising actua

Construction Schedule Template: Free Download and How to Build Your Own

We’ve all been there.

Every single schedule your team produces looks different.

Different assumptions, different dependencies, and planning approaches. Getting an understanding of what’s happening across the entire firm turns into a two-hour deep dive into dozens of spreadsheets.

Meanwhile, you’ve got clients calling asking why the move-in date just moved, and you’

Margin vs Markup: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters for Builders

Every time you price a job, you’re adding markup to your costs. But the number you really care about is your margin (how much profit you’re making on the job).

Markup and margin aren’t the same thing, but they are connected. Set up your markup correctly, and you’ll hit your margin goals.

The real trick isn’t so much about getting margin right on one job; it’

Construction Change Orders: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Manage Them

Even if, like a lot of builders, you don’t have a formal change order process in place, changes are still happening.

They pop up when the homeowner asks if it’s possible to move a window location or add an outlet “while you’re at it.” Formalizing such small changes might feel excessive, but it can actually damage the relationship when the bill (and the dispute) come up l

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