num_pages: 201
description: Only 43 per cent of U.S. construction firms remain in business after four years. Why? Inadequate management according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. This is surprising because most construction firms are formed by ambitious construction project managers executives and tradesmen who have excelled at what they have been doing. But as experienced as these entrepreneurs may be they are not likely prepared to take on the full range of responsibilities forced on them in managing the business of construction in its entirety.While this business failure rate and its causes are based on U.S. experience available data from a number of other industrialized countries shows they are similar.This book describes in detail what the business side of the construction equation requires of the construction firm owner. The contractor who quickly learns these requirements can identify and avoid or manage around the pitfalls that cause the high failure rate in our industry and put his or her construction firm on a level playing field with the best-run companies in the business. The detailed duties of the owner whether in the U.S. U.K. Australia or Canada are a common theme throughout the book.The author Nick Ganaway speaks peer-to-peer and the book is sprinkled with supporting examples from his own experience. He is immersed in the industry and this book is based on the things I've learned used and refined as a light-commercial general contractor in the course of starting and operating my own construction firm for 25 years. The contractor doing $5 million or $50 million or more in annual sales or the equivalent amount in other countries or the entrepreneur who is just starting up can use the tried and proven material in this book to build a business that is profitable enjoyable and enduring.Additionally the book devotes a chapter to specializing in chain-store construction.* Learn what you need to succeed in the construction sector* How to target land and retain profitable customers* Avoid the pitfalls of running your own construction business
language: English
title: Construction Business Management: A Guide to Contracting for Business Success
publisher: Routledge