06/02/2026
The “Invisible” Profit Leak on Your Jobsites
Most construction owners track materials and labor. But almost no one tracks rework in a meaningful way, which can account for 5% to 15% of total project costs.
Not delays. Not change orders. Actual profit quietly disappearing.
And it rarely shows up clearly on your financials.
It hides in:
• Extra labor hours that “just happen.”
• Materials ordered twice.
• Subcontractor callbacks.
• Schedule compression costs.
The firms pulling ahead right now are doing one thing differently. They’re tying job costing to root cause tracking.
Because once you can measure it, you can fix it.
Curious how much rework is quietly eating into your margins?