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A $500,000 project can lose profitability because of a $400 paint touch-up.

Sounds crazy, but it's a reality many builders face when small issues delay approvals, invoices and final payments.

By June, many construction businesses are seeing the true financial performance of projects started earlier in the year. And that's often when profit leaks become impossible to ignore. The good news? Margin loss rarely comes from one big mistake. It's usually the result of small process gaps that compound over time.

We break down the 5 biggest reasons builders start losing money mid-project and the systems top-performing builders use to stay profitable:

5 Reasons Profitable Jobs Start Losing Money in June and What to Do About It Here’s a scenario all too common for builders: A job that seemed perfectly estimated in early spring starts hemorrhaging margins by June. Why? That’s typically when builders first see real profitability data from spring starts—and because they don’t have systems in place to properly track jo...