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03-25-2005, 02:12 AM
How Long Will The Job Take?
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The Three Problems With Bidding:
. Understanding the scope of the work
. Knowing the amount of time it will take to complete the work
. The highest price that can be charged while still remaining competitive
Since time or payroll costs are the biggest expense, payroll hours need to be controlled. Most errors in bidding are the time estimates. If you don't know how long the work will take, you can't accurately bid the job, or assign the right number of employees. Without "time knowledge" on some days unplanned overtime is incurred, on others crews return to the shop without having put in a full day's work. Workers have a tendency to "stretch out" the days when not enough work was assigned. The owner in that sutuation never discovers what amount of work could have been done since he wasn't aware of the time requirements to begin with. Who to blame, where to look when profits are too low for a job? Workers too slow, price not high enough?
More information on this subject ...
Labor Time Data Handbook - Contains over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for landscaping and grounds maintenance job estimating. You will learn to: bid with confidence, save time preparing bids, easily determine best crew size, make money on every job you get, get a full days work from employees, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for employees. Includes labor hours for just about every job performed in landscaping and grounds maintenance.
Book # A-7, Price $69.50
To order the Labor Time Data Handbook online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#Labor%20Time%20Data%20Handbook)
To order by phone call toll free 1-866-280-2252
Nilsson's Job Estimating System (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm) has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, landscape installs. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements.
Job Estimating Package
Consists of 4 books
Includes the Labor Time Data Handbook
save $41.00 when you buy the Package
Labor Time Data Handbook.....$69.50
Maintenance Estimating Kit.....$32.50
Pricing Your Services.............$39.50
Maintenance Manual..............$49.50
Total Package Value.............$191.00
Special Discount .................$41.00
Your Final Price ...................$150.00
Job Pricing Guidelines .......... N/C
Other
resources
Sales Boosters (http://nilssonbooks.com/sales_booster_package.htm)
Job Estimating Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm)
FREE Job Pricing Guidelines (http://nilssonbooks.com/free_job_guidelines.htm)
Labor Time Data Handbook (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#)
New Business Startup Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/just_getting_started.htm)
Complete Operations Management System (http://nilssonbooks.com/coms_package.htm)
Nilsson's Job Estimating Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm) has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, landscape installs. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements. Nilsson's Job Estimating Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm) includes a model bid example that takes you through the entire bid process step by step from work site information gathering, cost and profit calculations based on site conditions and specifications, outlines price proposal details, and customer contract writeup along with a cover letter outlining the work. Use the bid model as your permanent estimating guide and improve the accuracy of all your bids.
When it comes to pricing lawn and landscape jobs nobody has more industry pricing information than Nilsson Associates. Nilsson's Job Price Guides covers lawn care job bidding & estimating landscaping job bids for commercial & residential customers. Get more customers. Price estimates & bids, grounds services, landscaping pricing estimates , estimating & bid the price seasonal work, year around commercial estimate contracts, best price per square foot, best grounds maintenance & landscaping job to bid & pricing, price of lawn care, lawn mowing price, aeration pricing, lawns, commercial landscape job bid estimates, maintenance estimating & pricing, mulching prices, pricing chemicals, weeding & aerating pricing, fertilizer prices, prices for organic fertilizer, pricing weeds in beds, pricing pruning & trimming trees & shrubs, pricing commercial & residential snow plowing, hardscape pricing, pricing hydroseeding, irrigation service estimates for commercial & residential, pricing seeding lawns, pricing lawn sod, prices for slit seeding lawns, pricing edging lawn beds, spring cleanup prices, pricing fall cleanups, hourly price of pressure washing walks & patios, pricing trees, stump grinding prices, price for gutter cleaning, lawn dethatching price, price for shoveling snow, pricing salting, price sanding.
For more information about Pricing Click Here for FREE Job Pricing Guidelines (http://nilssonbooks.com/free_job_guidelines.htm)
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To order by phone call toll free 1-866-280-2252
To order the Job Estimating Package online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm)
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"Nilsson Associates provides an important source of information, a highly respected PLCAA Consultant, and Best Selling author with our membership."
Professional Lawn Care Association of America
"Nilsson has some of the best ideas for the green industry ... their books have comprehensive in-depth coverage, knowledgeable step-by-step approach for business improvement"
PRO Magazine
"Our members have found your books extremely helpful. Thanks for your insight and creativity"
Professional Grounds Management Society
"Nilsson's books are must reads, and have helped our readers tremendously. Thanks for your continued support."
Landscaper Publications
"Your way of explaining the subject shows you know what we need to do to make money in this business, thanks."
H.L., Madison, Wisconsin
"Nilsson's series of books filled a void in our program ... Our students needed more insight into management, costs, profits, and how to successfully operate a business.
University of Tennessee, Horticulture Dept.
www.nilssonbooks.com (http://www.nilssonbooks.com/)
www.nilssonbooks.com (http://www.nilssonbooks.com/)
The Three Problems With Bidding:
. Understanding the scope of the work
. Knowing the amount of time it will take to complete the work
. The highest price that can be charged while still remaining competitive
Since time or payroll costs are the biggest expense, payroll hours need to be controlled. Most errors in bidding are the time estimates. If you don't know how long the work will take, you can't accurately bid the job, or assign the right number of employees. Without "time knowledge" on some days unplanned overtime is incurred, on others crews return to the shop without having put in a full day's work. Workers have a tendency to "stretch out" the days when not enough work was assigned. The owner in that sutuation never discovers what amount of work could have been done since he wasn't aware of the time requirements to begin with. Who to blame, where to look when profits are too low for a job? Workers too slow, price not high enough?
More information on this subject ...
Labor Time Data Handbook - Contains over 500 field tested, time-studied labor hours data for landscaping and grounds maintenance job estimating. You will learn to: bid with confidence, save time preparing bids, easily determine best crew size, make money on every job you get, get a full days work from employees, never under or overprice a bid again, set realistic labor goals for employees. Includes labor hours for just about every job performed in landscaping and grounds maintenance.
Book # A-7, Price $69.50
To order the Labor Time Data Handbook online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#Labor%20Time%20Data%20Handbook)
To order by phone call toll free 1-866-280-2252
Nilsson's Job Estimating System (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm) has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, landscape installs. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements.
Job Estimating Package
Consists of 4 books
Includes the Labor Time Data Handbook
save $41.00 when you buy the Package
Labor Time Data Handbook.....$69.50
Maintenance Estimating Kit.....$32.50
Pricing Your Services.............$39.50
Maintenance Manual..............$49.50
Total Package Value.............$191.00
Special Discount .................$41.00
Your Final Price ...................$150.00
Job Pricing Guidelines .......... N/C
Other
resources
Sales Boosters (http://nilssonbooks.com/sales_booster_package.htm)
Job Estimating Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm)
FREE Job Pricing Guidelines (http://nilssonbooks.com/free_job_guidelines.htm)
Labor Time Data Handbook (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_bidding_pricing.htm#)
New Business Startup Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/just_getting_started.htm)
Complete Operations Management System (http://nilssonbooks.com/coms_package.htm)
Nilsson's Job Estimating Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm) has everything you need to evaluate job site specifications & work required, figure costs, how to price ~ lawns, grounds maintenance, landscape installs. You'll get step - by - step instructions, bid proposal outlines & customer contracts, labor hours job times. You'll get job price guides to compare your prices with the going rates, overhead costs, materials, profit ratios. You'll set realistic prices, and job labor hours goals based on field tested, proven, time studied labor hours for every job you bid. You'll know how to evaluate every job for total work hours required, the price to charge for the job, the profit you'll make, best crew size, job costs. You'll also get add-on service check lists to help you maximize sales by upselling customers on additional property improvements. Nilsson's Job Estimating Package (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm) includes a model bid example that takes you through the entire bid process step by step from work site information gathering, cost and profit calculations based on site conditions and specifications, outlines price proposal details, and customer contract writeup along with a cover letter outlining the work. Use the bid model as your permanent estimating guide and improve the accuracy of all your bids.
When it comes to pricing lawn and landscape jobs nobody has more industry pricing information than Nilsson Associates. Nilsson's Job Price Guides covers lawn care job bidding & estimating landscaping job bids for commercial & residential customers. Get more customers. Price estimates & bids, grounds services, landscaping pricing estimates , estimating & bid the price seasonal work, year around commercial estimate contracts, best price per square foot, best grounds maintenance & landscaping job to bid & pricing, price of lawn care, lawn mowing price, aeration pricing, lawns, commercial landscape job bid estimates, maintenance estimating & pricing, mulching prices, pricing chemicals, weeding & aerating pricing, fertilizer prices, prices for organic fertilizer, pricing weeds in beds, pricing pruning & trimming trees & shrubs, pricing commercial & residential snow plowing, hardscape pricing, pricing hydroseeding, irrigation service estimates for commercial & residential, pricing seeding lawns, pricing lawn sod, prices for slit seeding lawns, pricing edging lawn beds, spring cleanup prices, pricing fall cleanups, hourly price of pressure washing walks & patios, pricing trees, stump grinding prices, price for gutter cleaning, lawn dethatching price, price for shoveling snow, pricing salting, price sanding.
For more information about Pricing Click Here for FREE Job Pricing Guidelines (http://nilssonbooks.com/free_job_guidelines.htm)
http://nilssonbooks.com/guarantee.gif
To order by phone call toll free 1-866-280-2252
To order the Job Estimating Package online Click Here: (http://nilssonbooks.com/job_estimating_package.htm)
http://hispaniclawnforum.com/banners/free_button1.gif (http://nilssonbooks.com/free_job_guidelines.htm)
"Nilsson Associates provides an important source of information, a highly respected PLCAA Consultant, and Best Selling author with our membership."
Professional Lawn Care Association of America
"Nilsson has some of the best ideas for the green industry ... their books have comprehensive in-depth coverage, knowledgeable step-by-step approach for business improvement"
PRO Magazine
"Our members have found your books extremely helpful. Thanks for your insight and creativity"
Professional Grounds Management Society
"Nilsson's books are must reads, and have helped our readers tremendously. Thanks for your continued support."
Landscaper Publications
"Your way of explaining the subject shows you know what we need to do to make money in this business, thanks."
H.L., Madison, Wisconsin
"Nilsson's series of books filled a void in our program ... Our students needed more insight into management, costs, profits, and how to successfully operate a business.
University of Tennessee, Horticulture Dept.
www.nilssonbooks.com (http://www.nilssonbooks.com/)