Maximize your construction client portal for better communication, change orders, and client satisfaction.
Most builders use contracts they inherited or downloaded years ago. The gaps in those documents are costing them money on every disputed job. Here are the seven clauses that prevent the most expensive arguments in construction.
The 60 minutes you spend on a pre-construction meeting before the first tool hits the ground is worth more than any contract clause. Builders who run a structured pre-construction meeting have fewer disputes, faster change order approvals, and clients who stop calling with questions your portal already answers. Here's the exact agenda — and what to document before you leave the room.
Most builders choose cost-plus when they get burned on fixed-price jobs — but that trade-off is based on a false assumption. Fixed-price contracts protect your margin when your estimates are accurate. Cost-plus transfers your estimation risk to the client, which sounds like protection but creates a different set of problems. Here's how to choose correctly.
Scope creep doesn't start on-site. It starts in the proposal, when scope language is vague enough that both parties hear what they want. Here's the pre-construction conversation and real-time tracking system that keeps projects inside contract — and clients off your back when they ask for extras.
The JobTread client portal is one of the most underused features in the platform. When configured correctly, it eliminates daily status calls, gets change orders approved faster, and keeps clients off your phone. Here's the exact setup.
Every undocumented scope change is money you worked for and didn't get paid for. Builders lose 8-15% of gross profit to informal change orders and verbal agreements every year. Here's the workflow that closes it.
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