General Contractor Profit Margins — What's Normal, What's Not, and How to Protect Yours
Construction is one of the few industries where a company can execute a project nearly flawlessly — on schedule, with a satisfied owner, zero safety incidents — and still end up with less margin than they budgeted. Sometimes significantly less.
What Is Profit Fade in Construction — And How Do You Stop It?
You estimated a solid margin going into the project. The work got done. The client is happy. And when the final numbers come in — the margin you built into that bid is gone. Not all of it. But enough to hurt. Enough to make you wonder where it went.