The Ledge Blog

If you are estimating labor at wage rate, you are underpricing every job. Here is how to calculate the fully burdened rate you should be using.

Production rates are the foundation of every accurate landscape bid. Here are the real SF-per-day numbers by scope and crew experience.

A poorly trained crew member costs you money on every paver job. Here is the training sequence that gets new hires producing correctly.

Too many crew members on a residential job loses margin. Too few loses days. Here is how to right-size your crew by scope and timeline.

The jump from one crew to two breaks most landscape companies. Here is the system that lets both crews run without you supervising each one.

The difference between a foreman and a crew lead is authority, not seniority. Here is how to define each role so jobs run without you.