
CFO's for Hire | Is a Fractional CFO Right For You? | Ascent Consulting
As the construction industry continues to grow, many construction companies are looking for ways to become more efficient and profitable. One way to do this is by hiring a fractional CFO—a...

Social Media Ideas For General Contractors | The Ultimate Guide
Let's be honest, you're a general contractor - not a social media marketer, and you probably want nothing to do with social media but someone in your marketing department or your gen-z kid told you...

System Implementation Vs. System Integration
Construction companies are becoming more and more complex these days, and some of the most important and complex aspects of any business are its software systems. Construction companies use their...

Q1 2022 Newsletter Updates
Q1 - 2022 We've been busy this quarter 😅 ! We have a new hire, plenty of new clients, and a new outlook for 2022! We can't wait to see what the rest of the year holds. In the meantime, read about...

Preparing for a Loan or Line of Credit
One of the biggest decisions that a small construction business owner makes is when to consider a business loan or a line of credit. Sometimes the decision will be made from necessity and sometimes...

5 Reasons Construction Projects Fail
This article was originally written by Kendall Jones. Kendall Jones is the Editor in Chief at ConstructConnect. He has been writing about the construction industry for years, covering a wide range of...

How To Succeed In A Tight Labor Market
The construction industry has been blessed with an abundance of available work for the past decade. With that seemingly endless opportunity comes some challenges. Namely, difficulty in finding...

What Contractors Should Know About Workers Compensation Insurance
In this interview, we do a deep dive into the world of Worker’s Compensation for construction companies with an insurance industry insider. Kenan Knight has been in commercial insurance since...

What’s So Great About Procore?
There is a lot of buzz in the construction industry these days about Procore. As Certified Procore Consultants (we currently have four of our team certified), we receive calls every week from...

Q3 2021 Newsletter Updates
Celebrating 7 Years Wow, how time flies. It's been seven years since we started this journey and we're excited to see what the future has in store for us. We want to say thank you to all our friends,...

Top 5 Essentials for Construction Marketing
It’s easy to hear the words “Construction Marketing” and become overwhelmed with all of the ideas, suggestions, and nonsense out there. "Marketing" has so much variety and it’s difficult to know what...

Q2 2021 Newsletter Updates
Seven-Year Milestone! July marks seven years on our mission to "Build Better Construction Companies", and the relationships we've built continue to be our greatest reward. Thank you to all our...

Q1 2021 Newsletter Updates
2021 and Beyond New year, new clients! We are happy to have added the following companies to our client list. Click on their logos below to learn more about what they do.

Technology in Construction
Technology in construction is here to stay. Apps, wearable technology, augmented reality, and A.I. is commonplace on most projects these days. These once futuristic applications are now proliferating...

Adam Cooper featured on The Competitive Contractor Podcast
Listen Now In this episode of The Competitive Contractor Podcast, Hosted by Shivendra Kumar, Adam discusses the topic of incentives in the construction industry. Incentives and paying staff for...

Q4 2020 Newsletter Updates
2021 and Beyond In the beginning of last year, we never could've imagined the challenges 2020 would present. Like many of our clients, we closed the year on a high note and are grateful to begin 2021...

Acceleration Change Orders
I recently received an email from a friend at a large industrial general contracting firm asking for assistance reviewing and evaluating an electrical subcontractor’s change order for Acceleration...

Q3 2020 Newsletter Updates
New Website Launch We are happy to announce the launch of our new website and hope that you enjoy it. With our new design and expanded content, we've taken a deep dive into the many challenges and...

Digital Advertising Basics for Contractors
For contractors and construction companies, digital (online) advertising presents a wide world of opportunities if leveraged properly, or can be a waste of time and money if not.

Ascent Consulting Receives 2017 Best of Atlanta Award
Ascent Consulting is thrilled to announce that we have been selected as one of 2017's 'Best of Atlanta' Award recipients in the Marketing category for Construction & Real Estate by the Atlanta Award...

Adam Cooper featured on Unstoppable Talk Podcast
The latest episode of Unstoppable Talkhosted by Sam Schutte, features our very own Adam Cooper. The discussion centered around how Ascent Consulting works with construction companies to make them...

The Ethics of Construction Estimating
Acquiring work is arguably one of the most important functions in a construction business. Without a consistent source of revenue, there is no company. If the Estimating Department is not set up to...