Case Study

How a Minnesota home building company grew with CoConstruct

The third generation of the Tupy family is putting their own spin on the family building business with the help of CoConstruct.

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How one Kansas remodeler saved time by streamlining their operations

See how CoConstruct is helping the owners of Architectural Craftsmen create repeatable systems and prepare their business for a future business exit.

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How one remodeling firm overhauled their contracts with CoConstruct

When it comes to their business, Castile Kitchen & Bath owners Forrest and Jen are driven to make repeatable and scalable systems.

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How one Canadian custom home builder updated his change order process

Courtenay Whitehouse and one other employee manage five to seven custom home builds a year thanks to CoConstruct’s construction management software.

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How One Georgia Home Builder Built Client Trust With CoConstruct

Tom Williams always looked for better ways to run his business even as the nails and wood frames that make up his custom home projects didn’t change.

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How One Arkansas Home Builder Saved $10K With CoConstruct’s Job Logs

See how an Arkansas home builder saved over $10K on a project using CoConstruct

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How One Oregon Remodeler Leveled Up Team And Client Communication

Metke Remodeling & Luxury Homes has stood the test of time because of its commitment to innovate to keep pace with residential construction.

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How A Virginia Custom Home Builder Restored A Historic Home

See how a custom home builder in Northern Virginia ended up restoring the historic home of Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.

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How One Texas Remodeler Made More Money With More Information

See how Terri Lasater, a Texas remodeler, made more money by learning more about her business using CoConstruct estimating and budgeting features.

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How One New Jersey Custom Home Builder Keeps Clients at the Center

At CMM Custom Homes, CoConstruct serves as Chris Amato's principal source of documentation, scheduling, and communication.

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How One Utah High-End Home Builder Increased Efficiency + Reduced Stress

"Seamless. Easy. Everything is in the system.” Craig Mogel saves a lot of time doing presentations through CoConstruct. Read his story.

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How One Baltimore Remodeler Reduced Staff + Got More Work Done

To Rick Byrd, using CoConstruct is like having a Ferrari in your driveway. Learn how Byrd doubled his volume and split his team in half.

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How One Massachusetts Builder Saved Valuable Time + Grew His Business

“The office got bigger, there were a lot more people involved in my decision-making, and I needed a way to manage it." Read more of John's story.

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How Dan & Erika DeVol Keep Operations Lean While Keeping Peace of Mind

Learn how Daniel DeVol implements CoConstruct to simplify day-to-day project management.

Tips + Trends

Preconstruction service agreements: What they are and where to start

Take steps to ensure you protect your most valuable asset and start using preconstruction agreements to ensure you get paid for your estimates.

Tips + Trends

Construction project manager best practices, roles, & responsibilities

We connected with more than 140 residential construction leaders to hear how they leverage project managers in their operations.

Tips + Trends

5 Marketing Design Tips For Your Residential Construction Business

Attract more customers, drive sales, and put more money in your pocket with these design tips.

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Managing the client contractor relationship: charging for delays

The best scenario is to never have to charge your clients for delays but there are some best practices to maintain the client contractor relationship

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Business owners respond to the latest construction industry trends

Residential construction industry trends have been anything but predictable. Hear from businesses on their post-pandemic business practices.

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Create better relationships by paying construction partners on time

You leverage a large network to assist in the building process. Here’s how to use CoConstruct to help build relationships with them.

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Measure what matters: How CoConstruct can help level up your business

For businesses that struggle with identifying their inefficiencies, the thought of managing more projects can be daunting but it doesn’t have to be.

Tips + Trends

Save time using reusable construction schedule templates

See how you can save time, money, and resources in your residential construction scheduling process by utilizing schedule templates.

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How To Get Your Clients To Love Your New Construction Software

There are plenty of reasons to empower your clients to use (and love) your construction software including greater project and financial transparency.

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The Benefits Of Integrating Your Construction And Accounting Software

The benefits your company sees from using construction project management software will multiply by integrating it with your accounting software.

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How To Get Your Team To Buy-In On Your Construction Software

To help get your team onboarded and get the most out of your new construction software, communicate the value employees will see.

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5 Content Marketing Ideas for Your Residential Construction Business

Looking for more clients? Learn how to leverage content to market your residential construction or remodeling business in an organic way.

Tips + Trends

Marketing Your Residential Construction Company on Social Media

Learn how to create and execute a basic social media marketing strategy so your business can win more clients and get more projects.

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Protect Your Construction Profit Margins By Stopping Cost Creeps

Cost creeps don’t show up on your books because they are the silent killer to your construction profit margins. See how you can tackle them head-on.

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Four Ways to Stay on top of Unexpected Costs in your Building Business

Tired of your tanking profits from unexpected costs? These four strategies will save you from interruptions that can tank your profitability.

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How to Improve the Client-Contractor Relationship...By Getting Paid

The payment collection process leaves much to be desired for clients and builders. Learn how to wow clients and get paid at the same time.

Tips + Trends

Anatomy of the Perfect Construction Invoice

Creating clear, detailed, and well-constructed invoices is the key to a friction-free payment experience for builders and clients.

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A Better Way to Accept Project Payments with CoConstruct

Improve the project payment experience for yourself and your clients by taking advantage of collecting payments directly in CoConstruct.

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Lumber Prices are Soaring: Four Ways to Keep Your Business on Solid Ground.

Learn four ways for your business to conquer the current lumber crisis while continuing to make a profit and stay on schedule.

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Open Book Pricing: How Transparency Builds Trust

You’ll be able to differentiate between fixed cost and open book and see why the latter is an effective tool to build trust with your clients.

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5 Reasons Why Purchase Orders are Critical to Your Bottom Line

Harness the power of purchase orders for your business -- keep everyone on the same page while protecting your bottom line.

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You Should Offer Financing For Your Next Remodel. Here's Why.

As a builder, it’s important to always have a solution for your client. Financing allows you to adapt to new client needs throughout projects.

Tips + Trends

The Admin Project: How to Get Your Team Aligned and Out of the Past

The Admin Project within CoConstruct to help you manage "everything else" in your business.

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The Sales + Design Project: How to Close More, Higher Revenue Projects

The Sales & Design Project is a great tool you can implement in your business today to ensure you close more prospects and generate more revenue.

Tips + Trends

Client Lessons Learned from Bad Airline Food

The physical realities of cramming 200+ people into an aluminum can 7 miles above the earth change travelers’ senses of taste and smell.

Tips + Trends

Why do I keep getting these kinds of clients?

I was about to be the picture of pride in suffering. In 2003, I was in the midst of a successful career, running a team of 20 people at a Fortune ...

Industry Insights

Q1 Construction Industry trends: Spike in time to build a home

Inflation, labor shortages, supply chain challenges, and a lack of housing supply are all combining to create a unique environment for home builders.

Industry Insights

Survey: Energy efficiency is a key benefit of green building design

CoConstruct surveyed over 150 residential construction leaders about their use of green building design features over the past year.

Industry Insights

The latest residential construction employment and labor trends

After analyzing over 900 residential construction companies we found that companies have added an additional employee a year to their work force.

Industry Insights

See how square footage affects how long it takes to build a house

We analyzed over 6,000 houses built using CoConstruct from 2019-2021 to see how square footage and location affect the time it takes to build a house.

Industry Insights

Q4 Construction industry trends: higher margins and more starts

The latest construction industry trends show that average profit margins rose, projects took longer to complete, and builders started more projects.

Industry Insights

Contractor Survey: 2022 Residential construction forecast

The 2022 residential construction forecast calls for more growth. Contractors shared their thoughts on project volume and industry challenges.

Industry Insights

Average cost to build a house: Framing, roofing, and appliance costs

We analyzed the costs of seven categories on over 14,000 home building projects completed between 2020-2021 and identified the following trends.

Industry Insights

Report: Average cost per square foot to build a house rose in 2021

After analyzing over 8,000 projects we found that the average cost per square foot of a home has increased while the square footage has stayed consist

Industry Insights

Q3 2021 Construction industry trends: margins flat, duration down

The latest construction industry trends show stable profit margins, decreased project duration, and more projects using fixed price contracts.

Industry Insights

Number of bid requests used in new homes decreased in 2021

In analyzing over 6,000 projects that utilize our bid request feature we have identified common usage trends in the residential construction industry.

Industry Insights

Volume of change orders in construction declined in 2020

Compared to 2019, the volume of change orders in construction decreased for both home building and smaller construction projects in 2020.

Industry Insights

Residential construction trends: back to business as usual in 2021

The residential construction trends prevalent so far in 2021 are clear: after a drop in monthly project volume in 2020, home builders are back.

Industry Insights

Residential Construction Industry Report Q2 2021

In Q2 of 2021 homes built in the US took an average of 10.5 business days longer to complete and had flat profit margins compared to last quarter.

Industry Insights

Fixed Price Projects Have 28% Higher Average Profit Margins

Projects with fixed price construction contracts on average have 28% higher profit margins than projects using open book contracts.

Industry Insights

Survey: 20% of builders are using alternative building materials

Higher lumber prices forced a majority of residential construction businesses to consider, investigate, or switch to alternative building materials.

Industry Insights

Builders Use Fixed Price Construction Contracts 80% of the Time

Contractors overwhelmingly use fixed price contracts and are more likely to use them on smaller projects or when they have higher project volume.

Industry Insights

Residential construction in 2020: longer projects, more small projects

Residential construction projects in the United States took on average 64 more business days to complete in 2020 than the previous two years.

Industry Insights

Survey: What 100+ home builders and remodelers envision for 2021

US home builders and remodelers are ready to grow in 2021. Over 70% of respondents expect to do more projects this year than last year.

Industry Insights

[Updated 2022] Despite turbulent 2020 home builder profit margins rose

Over the last two years home builders in the US and Canada grew their profit margins by taking advantage of unprecedented demand.