Construction Secrets

Why Scope Creep Can Make You More Money [#ThrowbackThursday] | Ep. 175


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This episode is a re-run. It was originally published on July 2022.

What is a “scope creep” and how does it help your business to make more money? Listen here!

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Timestamps:

(1:39) - The biggest issue that we always see with like trying to put claims is the incident surrounding the claim has already happened

(2:49) - They were giving so much additional work, they weren't, actually making much progress on the original scope

(4:39) - The lesson really to learn from this is you can look at scope creep and doing additional work in two ways

(5:59) - We underbid in the front end to win the work because we're so confident with our contracts that in the back end we're gonna make all the money on variations

(6:22) - As long as we're good doing our paperwork, then we're gonna make an absolute fortune on that project.

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