Subcontracting has always been a unique business. There are many extra challenges a subcontractor faces that other businesses do not.

Let’s face it, there are many ways a contractor can get off track during the preconstruction process. 

No matter your trade, it should come as no surprise that email remains the most effective method of delivering your invitations to bid (ITBs). However, subcontractors can’t respond to proposals if they never receive them in the first place. And subcontractors can miss out on ITBs if they don’t set their inboxes correctly to accept those projects.

For many cost estimators, the days of working with full-size plans and a single digitizer are a thing of the past. 

As someone who started in construction almost 40 years ago, there are a few truths that never change.