Bidding and estimation
Your pricing methods, margin consistency, and how you account for contingencies and change orders.
Services
A complete review of your construction business, from the office to the jobsites: a structured questionnaire and analysis of every department — bidding, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, invoicing and per-project profitability. The engagement includes at least 8 hours of on-site analysis and, when needed, travel anywhere in Québec. You receive an observation report with a summary and concrete solutions for every issue identified.
Starting at $2,500
Prices in Canadian dollars, before taxes (GST/QST extra).
Scope
The diagnostic reviews every link in your value chain, from the first bid to final collection.
Your pricing methods, margin consistency, and how you account for contingencies and change orders.
Timelines, work sequencing, and whether your deadlines are realistic given your actual resources.
Selecting, supervising and following up with your subcontractors: who does what, and who checks.
Progress billing, follow-ups, holdbacks and your real collection timelines.
Tracking actuals against estimates, project by project: do you know which ones really make you money?
How your office runs: roles, tools, filing, and how smoothly information flows between the office and the field.
Process
Together we define your pain points, priorities and the diagnostic's scope.
A structured questionnaire and at least 8 hours of analysis inside your business, at the office and on the jobsites.
You receive a written report with a summary and concrete solutions for every issue identified.
We walk through the findings and prioritize the actions to take, together.
Deliverables
A faithful picture of your operations, no jargon.
The essentials in a few pages: key findings and priorities.
For every pain point identified, a realistic, prioritized course of action.
Who it's for
The diagnostic is relevant if you recognize at least one of these situations:
FAQ
Plan for at least 8 hours of analysis inside your business, scheduled around your availability, plus report writing time. The exact timeline is agreed at the scoping meeting.
No. The analysis runs alongside your operations, at the office and on the jobsites, without interrupting your crews. Travel anywhere in Québec is possible when needed.
You leave with concrete, prioritized solutions. If you want help implementing them, part-time operations leadership or specific hourly mandates can take over.
Yes. The questionnaire and analysis adapt to your company's size, from a crew of a few employees to an SME with dozens of people.