Build your own historical cost database in 90 days

Stop guessing what last year's slab actually cost. A 90-day plan for capturing real numbers from real jobs and turning them into estimates you can defend.

Walk into any estimator's office and ask them: what does a 6" slab on grade with #4 @ 16" OC EW actually cost you, per square foot, including labor, this year?

Most can give you a number. Almost none can show you where it came from.

That number lives in their head. Which means it lives nowhere — because when that estimator leaves, retires, or just has a bad week, the number leaves with them.

A historical cost database is the antidote. It is, hands-down, the highest-leverage thing a small or mid-size contractor can build. And contrary to what most people think, you don't need a year of data and a database admin to start. You need 90 days and a habit.

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