Notes.
Things worth knowing about the paperwork side of a contracting business. Written so they are useful even if you never speak to us. No sign up, no gated download, no email address at the bottom of a form.
- 01
Follow one job through your own office
This is the job we normally get paid to do, written out so you can run it yourself with a pen and a finished job. It takes about an hour and the answer is yours either way.
Read it - 02
Quotes that go quiet, and how to see one coming
Typing the same job in twice costs you hours. A quote that goes quiet costs you the job. Here is how to make a late one visible before you automate anything.
Read it
Why we are not worried about AI taking the jobs in this industry, and what has to be true for that to hold. It is the longest argument we have with ourselves, so it is taking the longest to write. It goes up here when the numbers in it are all sourced.
Or skip the reading and get your own number.
The hours tool runs on your figures and shows its working. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you press the button, and if you do, your numbers come with it.
Work out your hoursHow we write these
- Every claim carries a number or a name, or it gets cut
- Plain English first, the technical word second
- We say when the evidence cuts against us
- Nothing here is gated behind an email address