The blueprint for profitable growth in your construction business

If you run a construction business, you know that no project is getting off the ground without a blueprint. Without one, it’s difficult to plan or execute any construction. Similarly, it’s just as difficult to plan and execute your goal to grow and scale your construction business without some kind of blueprint. 

A blueprint for growth isn’t just important when you’re starting out. It’s even more crucial as your business grows and generates millions or more in annual revenue.

Nick Schiffer’s new webinar,  The Blueprint for Profitable Growth: How to Scale Your Construction Business with Clarity, Systems, and Margin Protection—brought to you by Intuit Enterprise Suite—goes over not just how to create this blueprint, but ways to leverage key digital solutions like Intuit Enterprise Suite to make it happen. 

Schiffer is an accomplished builder, entrepreneur, industry leader, and host of the influential podcast The Modern Craftsman, which has over 4 million downloads. He has more than 15 years of experience in the construction industry and is the founder of NS Builders, a premier Boston-based firm specializing in architecturally driven custom homes.

Lessons about growing a construction business Nick Schiffer wishes he knew two years ago

During the webinar, Schiffer revealed the hard-earned lessons gleaned from growing his business from $3 million to $10 million in annual revenue. He focused on six key things he learned over the last two years—processes, reports, and tools he wished he had implemented earlier in order to protect margin, increase productivity, and create predictability for his business.

The six strategies he shared are based on a powerful truth that leaders of construction businesses sometimes forget in their quest to scale: Growing and scaling isn't just about more work. It's about more profitable work.

Schiffer’s good friends scaled back their business by reducing the amount of projects they were doing, while still increasing their profitability. That’s why he warned webinar attendees not to be fooled by the illusion that more work equals more profit. That’s not necessarily true. 

Why leaders of growing businesses experience burnout—and what to do about it

Schiffer went on to say, “Without systems, growth really leads to burnout. And for myself specifically, about two years ago, that's exactly where I was. I was doing more revenue than I am today. But I was burnt out and, frankly, just wasn't making the profit that we should have been. The number one reason was visibility into my business, and I completely lost that visibility.”

Schiffer’s team was pushing to get work done, but they didn’t have a holistic understanding of where the business really stood. He knew they needed to pause and take stock if they wanted to continue scaling, growing, and focusing on increasing revenue.

Schiffer was essentially building NS Builders as he was going. He never took the time to reflect and understand if what he was building was for good for himself—or even the business.

A successful construction business owner’s framework for success

That was two years ago. The lessons Schiffer learned during that time became the framework used today at NS Builders. The blueprint for success is based on the six strategies he shared in the webinar. 

It’s not too late to learn Schiffer’s six strategies for success. You can register to get access to the replay right now. Setting aside time to learn Schiffer’s strategies might help you to reevaluate or improve your own blueprint for growth. 

What you can learn from the webinar replay

Here are some more specialized tips you’ll learn from the webinar:

• Master job costing & financial clarity:
• The key to profitable growth is knowing your numbers.
• When you know the numbers, you can improve your numbers with strategic cost management.
• Build systems that scale
• Scaling isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing it better.
• Sometimes it’s adding more people, or more revenue, but it should always be about adding more profit.
• Avoid the growth traps that kill margins:
• From mismanaging labor to over-promising clients, these common mistakes can turn growth into a nightmare.
• Mistakes are bound to happen, but it’s even more important to correct them as you scale or you risk compounding them.
• Bonus: When you register, you’ll get access to an exclusive 20% discount on one of the Modern Craftsman courses, a one time offer.

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend a second exclusive webinar with Nick Schiffer

The replay also includes an exclusive opportunity to attend Nick Schiffer’s second Intuit webinar called “From Planning to Profit: How to Execute Projects with Precision and Protect Your Margins” on June 12th at 11 am PT.

Watch the replay now to find out how you can get an exclusive invite to this additional free webinar with Nick. (Offer ends May 22, 2025.)