On a typical electrical construction project, a project management team's success is measured on gross profit. Cash flow concerns are left to the controller, CFO, or sometimes even the owner. What's ...

In construction, revenue doesn’t always mean liquidity. Projects may look profitable on paper, but when payments lag, costs spike, or delays hit, cash can dry up fast. Without steady cash flow, even ...

Welcome, I am Gary Patterson, the fiscal doctor. I help leaders improve profitably rapidly to so they can become more bankable and stay that way. Today's topic is, how do you treat construction in ...

Late payments and slow cash flow have plagued the construction industry for so long that most of us think of it as the norm. And it’s only getting worse - according to one recent report, 82% of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as an archetypal “black swan” event, i.e. a major phenomenon that could not have been foreseen and “that took the world by complete surprise,” (Deloitte, COVID ...

Grassi Advisors & Accountants has been providing accounting and consulting services to the construction industry for more than 40 years. The Commercial Observer Partner Insights team spoke with Grassi ...

Eyeballing construction activity in and around Knoxville, particularly in homebuilding, can give the false impression that construction contractors are using dump trucks to haul the money they’re ...

The net present value, or NPV, is a figure that project managers use to analyze a project's financial strength. You can find the NPV from a discounted cash flow analysis, which assesses future cash ...

The on Sept. 15 approved the 2026 budget after hearing a presentation from Utilities General Manager Jeron Smith. Smith explained that Willmar Municipal Utilities uses a 10-year cash flow analysis, ...

Free cash flow to equity is one method for assessing a company's financial health and can be used in more complex analyses. Read on to learn more.