{"id":28041,"date":"2017-09-12T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=28041"},"modified":"2017-09-12T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T21:35:46","slug":"starting-a-construction-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills, you get the work and you complete it. But while the formula may sound simple to introduce, there is so much more to construction work that requires your focus and time, if you are serious of starting up a business in this industry. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nIs Your Startup Truly Ready For Growth?<\/em><\/p>\n

I thought it would be a good time to share with you the essentials for starting up your own construction business. While you may have all the basics in play, I hope that some of these suggestions and tips help steer your business in the right direction. <\/p>\n

Have a plan<\/h3>\n

\"The<\/a>
\n7 Reasons Why You Are Not Ready To Be An Entrepreneur<\/em><\/p>\n

Planning is everything. In any sort of business, with any sort of project, a plan can stand you in good stead for preparing what might be to come in day one, day thirty, or month twelve. However, some entrepreneurs still fail to spend an ample amount of time on this stage of the process. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nA Solid Base: Getting Your Construction Company Out There And Making Big Business<\/em><\/p>\n

Especially in construction I feel that the thinking and paper part of business can often be overlooked because you may be more concerned about using your skills. But a plan can help in areas such as growth and finances, so it is well worth your time to sit down and generate a well thought out business plan. <\/p>\n

Do you have the right equipment for the jobs<\/h3>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nYour Company Is Ready To Start Manufacturing \u2013 Now What?<\/em><\/p>\n

From the smaller tools to transport, you need to ensure that you have the right equipment for the jobs you want to take on. Or certainly what you will be advertising to do.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nA Solid Base: Getting Your Construction Company Out There And Making Big Business<\/em><\/p>\n

This is when speaking with the right people and getting in touch with places like a construction trailer specialists<\/a> could serve you well. Having the right equipment and attitude from the start instills confidence in your customers and your potential clients in the future. <\/p>\n

Use social media to market your new business<\/h3>\n

\"The<\/a>
\n5 Top Tips That Will Better Your Social Media Marketing Strategy<\/em><\/p>\n

A new business just starting out may not have much budget for huge advertising campaigns, so this is when social media could really do you a service. From being able to update your page with offers and what your business is all about, for a small amount you could then promote those updates<\/a> to a demographic of your choosing. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nLooking to the Future of Digital Marketing<\/em><\/p>\n

Websites and a digital footprint still matter<\/h3>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nFour Reasons Your Company Website Needs To Be On Point<\/em><\/p>\n

Websites and a digital footprint<\/a> still matter, even in the construction business. Everyone goes online these days to find things they want or need, so don\u2019t let the lack of website or online presence deter you from obtaining sales. <\/p>\n

Do you have the right levels of insurance in place<\/h3>\n

\"The_Essentials_For_Starting_A_Construction_Business_9\"<\/a>
\nTech Is Changing Your Insurance! Here\u2019s How\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Construction means that you need a hefty amount of insurances in place to make sure that you cover all bases. You are dealing with the general public so make sure you cover your business. <\/p>\n

What about health and safety?<\/h3>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nEverything You Need To Know About Health And Safety Compliance<\/em><\/p>\n

Finally, the health and safety of your employees and your business is vitally important. So take the time to analyse the risk involved and put in procedures to ensure all involved are working in a safe environment. There are articles online<\/a> that can help with this if you find yourself unsure. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nAre You Neglecting The Safety Of Your Business?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills, you get the work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[5904,1416,7421,5891,5973,7417,7416,5066,7415,7425,7423,7426,7256,6216,5368,988,1067,6577,578,1021,7420,1520,7310,7427,686,1994,4051,5491,730,5942,7424,3863,533,5800,520,7422,2143,5088,7428,1514,3199,1205,5901,115,117,6092,220,7419,7418],"yoast_head":"\nThe Essentials For Starting A Construction Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-12T21:34:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-12T21:35:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/\",\"name\":\"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-12T21:34:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-12T21:35:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\"},\"description\":\"On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards\",\"description\":\"Design Inspiration & Business Resources for Creatives\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\",\"name\":\"Andy Sowards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Andy Sowards\"},\"description\":\"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business","description":"On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business","og_description":"On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/","og_site_name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan","article_published_time":"2017-09-12T21:34:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-09-12T21:35:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andy Sowards","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@andysowards","twitter_site":"@andysowards","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Sowards","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/","name":"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-12T21:34:57+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-12T21:35:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415"},"description":"On the surface of things, starting up some sort of construction business may seem relatively simple. You have a mode of transport, you have your skills,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/The-Essentials-For-Starting-A-Construction-Business-6.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/starting-a-construction-business\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Essentials For Starting A Construction Business"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/","name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, & Creatives by Andy Sowards","description":"Design Inspiration & Business Resources for Creatives","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415","name":"Andy Sowards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","caption":"Andy Sowards"},"description":"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28069,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28041\/revisions\/28069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}