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5 Profit Leaks Hiding in Your Construction Business

Free checklist used by 300+ builders doing $1.5M–$15M to find $50K–$200K in hidden margin — without adding a single new project.

  • The markup vs. margin math error silently underpricing every job — and the 60-second correction that fixes it
  • Why $50K–$150K walks out the door each year through untracked change orders — and the exact workflow to stop it
  • The job-costing gap that makes it impossible to tell which projects are profitable until they close
  • How cost code chaos destroys your data — and the 25-code structure that actually drives decisions
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Hidden margin found
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The 5 Profit Leaks Hiding in Your Numbers

Most builders have at least 3 of these. Most don't know until they run the checklist.

Leak #1
The Markup Trap

30% markup is not 30% margin. The formula difference silently underprices every job — costing most builders $60K–$200K per year on a $2M revenue base.

Leak #2
The Change Order Drain

Untracked scope changes are the single biggest profit leak in construction. A $3M builder doing informal change orders loses $150K in profit every year — often without knowing it.

Leak #3
No Job-Level P&L

If you can't tell which active jobs are profitable without a phone call, you're flying blind. You can't course-correct on a losing job until it closes — which is too late.

Leak #4
Cost Code Chaos

40–100 cost codes with duplicates and "miscellaneous" buckets destroy your data. When codes don't map to decisions, job costing becomes an accounting exercise nobody trusts.

Leak #5
The Shadow System Problem

The spreadsheets and notebooks running alongside your "official" PM tool are evidence your system isn't handling what your team needs — and that knowledge is locked in your head.

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