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In the Eyes of the Customer, How Competitive is Your Bid?

September 26, 2017

In this guide, you will learn what you can you do to improve both the quantity AND the quality of your bids, so that you’re able to keep consistently bringing in business for the firm.

The MEP trades — and the construction trade in general — have certainly come a long way in the last several decades. Many of the experienced tradespeople considering retirement soon can look back and remember the days before computer-aided design (CAD), building information management (BIM), and widespread use of offsite fabrication or modular construction, and most will simply smile and shake their heads realizing just how much time, effort, and money has been saved or reallocated thanks to these construction innovations.

However, despite vast improvements in technology, materials, and the construction project workflow, some things haven’t changed at all.

In this guide you will learn:

What the customer is looking for in your bid
Where your bids have room for improvement
How technology can help

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