About Building Contractor Support

Building Contractor Support was established to help sub-contractors and tradesmen understand the requirements and expectations of potential clients. We provide assistance to small building companies enabling them to maximise business opportunities in a competitive industry.

We can help you to promote your company more effectively without spending a fortune, tender for more public and private sector projects, and show you how to submit estimates, valuations and final accounts etc.

First impressions count, and if a small company or sole trader does not present and maintain a professional image then that company will be considered a bad risk even if their rates are lowest.

For example take two small building companies offering the same service. Both are sole traders and actively looking for work.

The first company posts 30 letters to main building contractors throughout Ireland. The letters are handwritten on plain white paper with a list of previous experience attached. The letters contain a number of spelling mistakes, poor grammar and are generally difficult to read.

The second company emails a letter to the directors, contracts managers and surveyors in the same 30 companies and offers the same service as the first company. The letter is typewritten on headed paper and refers to a website detailing previous experience with photographs and contact details for each project included. A business email address is also listed.

The first company spent more time and money sending out the letters than the second company but which company do you think received more enquiries? Yes, the second company because it presented a more professional image and therefore appeared to be more capable of carrying out the job. In truth both companies were just as capable but image is everything and first impressions do count.