Tuesday, June 9, 2009

The Benefits of General Construction Firms By Sturat Mitchel

In the greater New York area, there are many contractors who specialize in a single type of construction. They will usually only bid work within their area of expertise. As an example a concrete formwork company would never look at a house framing project. When you have a variety of projects or a single project with many types of building specialties, you are probably better served looking to a general construction company. Let's suppose that you had a couple of projects requiring a contractor, such as a new deck Queens or some PVC fence Staten Island. You could hire a contractor specializing in decking and another that was a fencing company. Or you could simplify the matter and find one company that could handle both projects.

In this scenario, a general construction firm would be able to submit either a single proposal covering both projects or could bid them individually. The advantage of having one company working both jobs is having a single point of contact for all of your projects. You wouldn't need to duplicate your efforts by talking to one project superintendent about the new deck Queens and then having to call the company working the PVC fence Staten Island project. By having a single company on both projects, you'd essentially be consolidating the time you need to spend tracking progress. This saves you time to devote to other business items and generating company revenue.

It accomplishes the same time management result for the administrative person who handles your accounts payable. They will be processing a one vendor account for the combined projects to the general construction company instead of two. The general contractor can consolidate both projects on a single invoicing statement for the total percentage of work completed. That means you only have to review a single invoice for approving the payment, or discuss discrepancies with a single source. By consolidating the new deck Queens project and the PVC fence Staten Island project with one contractor, you save time, decrease paperwork and also have a source for supplying bids and completing multiple projects in the future.

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