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Practical weekly scorecard for protecting project margin, cash flow, & business health. When you’re approaching $3 million in annual revenue, looking at five key performance indicators on a Monday morning may be enough to determine if your business is on track. When you’re at $10 million to $70 million, it’s not. Projects are larger. Financing is more complex. A single underperforming job can materially affect overall profitability. The challenge is knowing which financial signals require...

Many construction owners think: “I’ll bring in a CFO when we get bigger.” We understand the instinct. But in almost every case, the financial problems we find when we start working together, the margin erosion, the cash gaps, the underpriced jobs were building for years before we arrived. The cost of waiting is larger than the cost of the service itself. The question is not whether your company can afford a CFO. The question is how much the absence of one has already cost you…. WHAT A CFO...

Week 7: What Rising Material Costs and Labour Shortages Mean for Your Canadian Contracts Lumber volatility, softwood tariffs exceeding 35%, a structural skilled trade shortage, and ongoing US Canada trade tensions are compressing margins on signed contracts across the country. Here’s how Canadian CFOs are protecting them. A fixed-price contract signed today and delivered 12 to 18 months from now is carrying material price risk for the entire duration. Most Canadian contractors have no...