Construction Company

Hi,

Like some feedback from experienced business people here.

I’m intending to take over a 20 year-old small-medium size construction company. I understand there’s such a thing as goodwill money to give to get the contacts list, etc. Therefore I’d like to know how much should I pay for that…I don’t want to end up paying more than needed.

Thanks in advance.

Mann
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Henry Ford got it right. Walt Disney nailed it. So did the guys at Google. They had the right business plan at the right time, so why can’t we? On the one hand, despite an absurd amount of facts and figures, we remain ravenous for real wisdom. Then there is another daunting dilemma: getting it right takes time, but who has that luxury? Getting the business plan done is good, but getting it right is better. It is like the words of Robert Frost, “Two roads diverged in a wood and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

A Humble Mindset

“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are”, according to Max De Pree in his book Leadership is an Art. Let’s face it. All too often we think we have it right with the way we are. However, at times the exact opposite attitude will set our feet on the better path. The business plan is an action-oriented blueprint CEOs can use to hold ourselves accountable and “become what we need to be.”

The Seven Second Window

We have one brief moment – perhaps only seven seconds – to ignite the interest and imagination of the reader. What’s said may not be read, if it’s on page two. Like a trumpet call, the voice from page one needs to spotlight the company’s key strategic edge. Then – with chess-like precision – the first page should articulate a complete and bullet-proof case for commercial success by highlighting the company’s unique factors of competitive advantage. For the investor, a five to ten page executive summary of the business plan is enough for their initial review. For the CEO, a one-page summary of purpose, priorities, and financials is sufficient for day to day operations.

A Complete Talent Pool

Great people are rare. We think we have them but we often don’t. Investors pay far more attention to the people behind the business plan than the written plan itself. All the bases need to be covered with tried-and-true talent: vision, operations, quality, sales & marketing, finance, and human resources.

In addition, threading its way through the team should be a relentless passion for improvement and a tenacious customer care philosophy. No CEO can do it all. By recognizing latent deficiencies, it is a wise CEO that builds a surrounding team with off-setting strengths.

Priorities before the Prize

Alarming problems can develop when the CEO or other leaders have their eyes on the prize, rather than on the priorities. “Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” said Vince Lombardi, one of history’s greatest motivators. Potential stakeholders love to see the CEO and the team having a passion for the business itself, rather than a thinly veiled pursuit of the quick buck. It’s a deal-breaker if they don’t. Ongoing advances come with a constant focus by the whole team on top priorities.

Doorway to Discipline

It happens. Great growth. Crazy hours. Low hanging fruit everywhere. But along the road is an ever-widening wake of exhausted employees, headaches with quality and incessant customer complaints. At some point we face the doorway to discipline. Is our organization going to get serious about adding discipline to balance the entrepreneurial free-wheeling flair that propelled the firm to its early successes? If we ignore this priority it will be like the mouse that sees the cheese but is blind to the trap. Taking the doorway to discipline helps companies stay clear of pitfalls and build the kind of consistency craved by customers. “At the core of every great customer service organization is a package of systems and a training program to inculcate those systems into the soul of that company. That’s what guarantees consistency.” (Blanchard & Bowles; “Raving Fans”, Morrow; New York; 1993)

Honesty and Values

Back in the early seventies when oil prices were rocketing to $12 a barrel, President Nixon became embroiled in the Watergate affair. A convicting factor was the smoking gun tapes that came out at the climax of the investigation. At this time, an Indiana congressman and one of the last remaining Nixon defenders, when confronted with this new evidence, said, “I have made up my mind; don’t confuse me with the facts.” A common failing – and it comes out in our business plans – is not being honest with ourselves. Frequently this can be avoided by having a brutally honest advisory board or some other outside check on our optimistic or arrogant assumptions and attitudes. The very life of our business is in the hands of an honest analysis of ourselves and our markets, customers, competitors, and suppliers.

An Early Entrant

History has shown that being an early entrant in a new market is a key to gaining a dominant market share, whether it is a company’s initial product or a brand new product or service. The business plan can’t fail to overlook documenting this crucial contribution to our strategic edge.

De-Risking

Consider the words of Peter Drucker, “People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.” While investors are quite prepared to accept ongoing market risks, they fully expect management to have action plans within their business plans to eliminate or diversify from all major risks which are specific to our individual companies. A common example is relying too heavily on one customer or one supplier. A more subtle example is found with our personnel hiring habits.

We have a tendency to look for people just like us, potentially resulting in a management team that is skewed one way or another. Making a point to find managers with opposite viewpoints often brings a healthier balance and potentially fresher problem solving skills.

Elegance on the Inside

A business plan that looks good, or even great, is one thing, but it is elegance on the inside that counts. This becomes the proof of success that investors, partners and key employees are looking for. Elegance on the Inside means having an uncommon quality from the inside out, including a great team of committed people with proven track records, an honest, accurate understanding of the key success factors for the industry and clear evidence, including testimonials, that our company’s products and services are a superb solution for the needs of our customers.

Perseverance, Not Perfection

“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” These are wise words of warning for CEOs from the eighteenth century philosopher, Georg Hegel. However, if one is willing to pay attention, history can teach us perseverance as we construct and implement our business plans. For instance, Henry Ford’s first car company actually went broke. So did his second one. Once upon a time, Walt Disney was turned down over 300 times before Disneyland found financing. Even Walt’s older brother Roy was opposed to the plan. Turning to the guys at Google, apparently their initial business plan didn’t even include paid search revenues. With a closer look into history, we see that the leaders of yesterday had to stare down the same dilemmas that confront CEO’s today.

In reality, getting it right with our business plan is not about perfection. It is more about having the right people, principles, and priorities in place. Then we put pen to paper and get it done.

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Corporate Profile: Abcott Construction, a Butler Builder of Green LEED Buildings across Ontario including Brantford, Cambridge, Hamilton, Ancaster, Milton, Unionville, Markham, Stoney Creek, London, Woodstock, Burlington, and Toronto!

Abcott Construction is a professional and experienced ICI building contractor. Abcott Construction’s current project list includes many different aspects of buildings from design build of new ICI buildings, plants, office buildings, stores automotive dealerships to exterior renovations. With over 38 years experience in the general contracting, construction management and design build industries, we understand the requirement of each process and provide construction delivery options tailor made for your project

“We build strong partnerships.” Since 1972 Abcott Construction has been a successful Design Build General Contractor and an awarded Butler Builder of quality commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.

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“With over 38 years experience in the general contracting, construction management and design build industries, we understand the requirement of each process and provide construction delivery options tailor made for your project,” states Don Bremner, President of Abcott.

At Abcott, we believe the process should be simple by creating options for you and solutions for your business. Our success depends on your success. Repeat clients, a solid reputation and relationships built on trust have become the cornerstone of our business. Each project is unique and we assemble a team of construction professionals that will bring innovative solutions to your project and exceed your expectations. We have the vision to deliver quality construction services to meet your business needs.

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Your vision is to erect or add on an immaculate showroom or auto repair shop building that is as solid and reliable as the reputation you hope to establish or uphold. With all the factors to consider, from the initial design build to energy efficiency to interior and exterior finishes, you’re looking for an experienced automotive building contractor who’s not only committed to the highest standards of quality, but will ensure that no detail of your car dealership construction is overlooked.

Since 1972, Abcott Construction knows how to design and deliver automotive dealership shop plans that will give your new car dealership a competitive edge.

Abcott is a Butler Builder of pre-engineered steel buildings for over 30 years. Contact us today to talk about your next construction project at 1-877-558-5584 or 519-756-4350. We look forward to working with you soon.

CORPORATE PROFILE: Since 1989: Restoration Environmental, one of Canada’s leading GREEN specialty contractors in Asbestos Removal, Demolition and Disaster Recovery,

Restoration Environmental Contractors-REC Demolition announced their 20th anniversary of being GREEN. Established in 1989, the company has completed over 9,000 environmental restoration and demolition projects throughout Canada specializing in demolition, asbestos removal, lead abatement and industrial plant cleaning, plant decommissioning & closures, site remediation, disaster recovery and emergency response in the industrial, commercial, governmental and institutional sectors.

Restoration Environmental prides themselves on their outstanding safety record, their commitment to environmental stewardship, the high level of productivity of their skilled unionized workforce and by enforcing the Three R’s – Reduce, Re-use and Recycle, the company’s “Green LEED Philosophy” and market strategy.

Restoration Environmental’s senior project management and site supervisory team has accumulated more than one million hours of on-site contracting experience, whether they are small or large projects, from emergency service response calls, or maintenance calls, or multi-million dollar demolition, disaster recovery, and environmental remediation projects.

REC believes the process should be simple, while at the same time creating options for their clients that offer sound environmental solutions in plant decommissioning, site decontamination, soil remediation and demolition.

The company’s commitment to meet the needs of their clients with experienced, highly skilled unionized workers, well-planned project planning and an assurance to quality means that Restoration Environmental can help with a disaster recovery emergency response readiness plan, plant decommissioning or closure, an asbestos removal, an environmental remediation, demolition or historic restoration project.

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Corporate Profile Background:

Restoration Environmental REC Demolition REC Disaster Recovery is a turnkey, full-service, emergency response contractor and environmental contractor, a recognized leader in the environmental, demolition, restoration and construction industry. Their exceptional reputation, aggressive health & safety program and quality client services make them one of Canada’s leading environmental and government emergency response contractors.

The Passion Campaign.ca; Don Bremner and David Bremner are the founders of The Passion Campaign.ca an awareness campaign bringing together local food banks and thirteen charities that help the poor, homeless and less fortunate every day in Brantford, Hamilton, Markham and Toronto-GTA www.thepassioncampaign.ca;

Markham Waxers Junior “A” Hockey Club; Don Bremner and Restoration Environmental Contractors – REC Demolition – REC Disaster Recovery were the Proud Owners of The Markham Waxers Junior “A” Hockey Club for 11 years, from 1994-2005 Web: markhamwaxersarchives.ca; Over 100 Waxers made to NHL/WHA

Abcott Construction Ltd; Don Bremner is the President and majority owner of Abcott Construction Ltd. a Design Build General Contractors (Est. 1972), an awarded Butler Builders, Project Managers and Construction Managers. Builders specializing in manufacturing, industrial, commercial, institutional, government (schools), steel, stores and automotive dealerships / ICI industries.

Press Contact: Don Bremner REC and Abcott

P.O. Box 746, 10 Stalwart industrial Drive Unit 5
Gormley, Ontario, Canada, L0H 1G0 tel:1-905-888-0066 fax: 905-888-0071
donbremner ( @ ) restorationenvironmental dot com
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Construction In Dubai And Abu Dhabi Has A Great Potential For The Ones Who Are Gravely Willing To Double Their Money Overnight. Plenty of ongoing constructions reveal the growth and stability of property business in a country and the world witnessed a huge construction projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi mainly. These constructions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi attracted a lot of builders and real estate investors and other type of investors. Special emphasis was laid to the make the laws pertaining to construction and property’s sell, purchase and rent better. This step also boosted construction in Dubai and construction in Abu Dhabi. One more interesting fact is that 16% of the world’s cranes are engaged in Dubai’s construction works.

There are certain reasons which have played a key role in growing construction business in UAE, especially in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. One of the most significant reasons is the on-time completion of all the construction projects. Many construction companies are well-known for their ability to meet the project deadline and assigned budget such as Arabian Construction Company, Dubai Contracting Company, ACTCO, Nakeel Group and Dutco Group. These construction companies in Dubai top the list of the best construction companies all over Middle East.

The reason behind the quick completion of projects is the abundant exploitation of laborers in construction in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They employ higher number of laborers as compare to the other countries, especially western ones. They are capable of employing excessive laborers since they get them at cheaper rates from the third world countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc. Same is the case with technical staff like architects and engineers. They hire good architects and engineers at much lower fees and salaries from the same countries so as to designs and monitor construction in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

In construction falsework designs are very significant since they are required to give the needed shape of the building being constructed. Falsework designs are also available on ready-made basis in the market, but it is not necessary that the construction companies in Abu Dhabi always select the ready-made falsework designs. Normally falsework designs are constructed according to the architecture of the building. Falsework designs are availed from the construction material dealers. There are also firms having business in Dubai who only deal in falsework designs in Dubai, therefore, these firms excel at making falsework designs.

If we focus on the ongoing and complete projects, we can deduce that all the construction in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are focused to attract the visitors which lead to promotion of tourism and business. These construction projects include luxury residential apartments, big shopping malls, and 7-star hotels, especially near the beaches; and adding to the elegance is world’s current tallest building, Burj Khalifa.

It is obvious that one can see a great potential in all these finished and unfinished and upcoming constructions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. There is no doubt that investment in Dubai will open the gates of fortunes to the investors.

Me and 3 of my friends have dreamed about setting our own company up for the past few years…Property Development, now we all know abit more about construction, building and how a company works, and now have some money in the bank (not a great deal at this stage), but basically we want some more information as to how to go about it, and how to approach people, i have been told that what we need is a mentor, where will i find a person that is going to be willing to help me really. Legal costs/planning, i am quite confident i can put together a really good business plan as i have looked at lots of outstanding examples, has anybody any advice. I know the market isn’t exactly holding a strong structure at the moment, does that mean we should back off or what?
Thanks a lot, can anybody advise please?

I want to start my own garbage company, how would I do it. I know I would need a business plan. But what kids of serivces do garbge companies offer. I always see the waste containers on the back which big trucks come and pick up.

As a startup would I have to just work picking up garbage from small construction sites and what not?