Sample analysis
What the numbers can reveal.
The gap between estimated and actual margin is margin fade. We quantify it across the job portfolio to show sustainable earnings — not optimistic ones.
Senior financial leadership built for contractors — WIP discipline, cash-flow and bonding strategy, and clean, defensible numbers. And when it's time to buy, sell, or recapitalize, the same team runs the deal.
Even well-run contractors net only about 5–8 cents on the dollar. At those margins, a few points of fade, a slow-paying owner, or an over-billed job that catches up with you is the difference between a good year and a scramble.
As a contractor scales past a few million in revenue, the old way of running finance — a bookkeeper, a tax CPA, and gut feel — stops keeping up. Cash flow starts to mask profitability. The WIP schedule drifts from reality. Bonding capacity caps the backlog you can chase. And nobody in the building is translating the numbers into decisions.
That's the gap we fill.
Construction accounting runs on its own rules. The advisor you want has lived in them — not learned them on your dime.
Revenue recognized as you build — where over- and under-billings quietly distort what you've really earned.
Cash held back for months and pay-when-paid cycles that strain working capital even on profitable jobs.
Your balance sheet and WIP decide the backlog you can carry. Sureties want debt-to-equity under 1.0.
Company margins hide the story. The money is won or lost one job, one change order, one estimate at a time.
Most firms do one or the other. We carry you through both — the years of building the business, and the moment you transact.
Senior financial leadership without the full-time hire — translating the numbers into decisions you can act on.
A WIP schedule you and your surety can trust — reviewed monthly, tied to real job cost.
Forward-looking cash visibility so growth never outruns the bank balance.
Get deal-ready and control the narrative — a clean, defensible earnings picture before a buyer's diligence tests it.
Buying a competitor or a complementary trade? Know exactly what you're acquiring before you sign.
Independent, defensible valuations — for a sale, a buy-in, estate planning, or a recapitalization.
A senior-led process with a predictable rhythm — so you always know what's happening and what's next.
A working session on your business, your backlog, and what a win looks like for you.
We rebuild the WIP, job costing, and cash picture to establish the real baseline.
Reporting, forecast, and the cadence that keep the numbers current and decision-ready.
Monthly reviews and a standing line to your CFO — margin, cash, and bonding, on repeat.
When a buy, sell, or recap appears, your numbers are already deal-ready — and we run it.
We do our best work with owner-led construction businesses serious about margin, cash, and what the company is worth. We're candid when we're not the right call.
The gap between estimated and actual margin is margin fade. We quantify it across the job portfolio to show sustainable earnings — not optimistic ones.
An owner planning an exit engaged us to get deal-ready. We rebuilt the WIP schedule, normalized over- and under-billings, tested backlog durability, and produced a clean, defensible earnings picture — so the owner controlled the narrative and protected value through diligence.
Whether you're scaling the backlog or eyeing a transaction, a short conversation is often all it takes to see the path clearly.
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