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Suggestion: work with
counselors and experts at San Diego Contracting Opportunities Center (www.ptac-sandiego.org/aboutcoc.html)
and/or
San Diego Small Business Development Center (www.sbditc.org)
and/or
Small Business Development Center of North San Diego County (www.sandiegosmallbiz.com)
or other similar groups. Let them help you evaluate your areas of
strength and weakness and develop a training plan to make sure you are
proficient in these “how to” areas:
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Finding bidding
opportunities
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Reading and
understanding a request for bid
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Estimating
principles and techniques including reading plans and specifications
carefully
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Responding
correctly to a request for bid
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Legal requirements
and pitfalls – no sense working for free because of one unknowing
mistake
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Accounting and
bookkeeping requirements including payroll
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Taxes and tax
filings
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Recruiting and
managing good employees
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Critical path
method scheduling
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Project
documentation – daily, weekly, monthly
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Billing
requirements and techniques
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Collection of
monies owed
Mentors may available through the City of San Diego Mentor-Protégé
program and through the Minor Construction Program mentor program (for
example, through the Engineering & General Contractors Association and
several other Construction Industry Coalition partners). Your mentor
just might be the difference between success and failure (or a lot of
agony and uncertainty), because the mentor has been where you are and
can help you avoid the pitfalls and dangers. One phone call to your
mentor may make the difference in a key decision.
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