Zero Punch List
Ep.86: Hindsight is 2020
If you’ve ever wondered what you’d do differently when starting your remodeling business if you only knew then what you know now, you’re not alone.
Tim and Steve do, too.
In this episode, the guys talk about what they’ve learned in their time at Remodelers Advantage and from their podcast guests that they wish they knew when they were running their own businesses.
They each identified the five biggest takeaways that make remodeling businesses stronger, more profitable, and built for growth. Learn what they think is important and why, including:
- The power of job descriptions
- Being financially transparent
- Protecting profit through data
- Making business decisions based on numbers, not feelings
- Learning to sell, not just take orders
- Getting to a zero punch list
- And more …
Including the five states Tim still has to visit, as well as sincere thanks from everyone at the show for giving us your time, ideas, and feedback. If you’ve got an idea for a topic or guest, drop Tim a line at tim@remodelersadvantage.com.
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Ep.83: Secrets of the Final Completion List with Ed Hoksbergen
If you’re getting to your final walk-through and finding work that’s not done, or not done right, your schedule gets fouled up and your budget is busted. To tie up all the loose ends before they can cost you more time and money, you’ve got to be a step or two ahead of the problems.
A final completion list can help. Ed Hoksbergen uses a 100-point system to ensure a project is complete and up to his company’s standards, and to turn over a job with a zero punch list.
In the episode, Ed discusses using a final completion list with Tim and Steve, including how to set one up and what it can do for your jobs and warranties.
Ed has been the production manager at Encore Homes in Middleton, WI, since 2012. He joined the team as an assistant superintendent in March of 2002 in the multi-family division, and was promoted to I superintend in 2004 in single-family division. Since incorporating this quality assurance form and checklist, Encore has seen their 30-day and one-year punch lists greatly reduced and — in some cases — found nothing on the punch list at the one-year walk-through.
The QA score sheet used to grade a project manager on the completed job. Ed says the form is set up to be done six days prior to closing a project. It’s used to ensure all work is up to Encore standards and to turn over a completed job with a zero punch list. A project manager scoring 96 percent or better is awarded a bonus at the end of the job. Ed talks about how to set up your own completion list, including:
- Assessing the quality of the work
- Looking at the details
- How to close out the job
- Educating the client
- How to sell it to your team
- Determining what’s in or out of a PM’s control
- And more …
A completion list can help you boost the quality of your work while helping you deliver jobs on time.
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