If your maintenance budget for the current year has taken a big hit operating, you may wonder how to get a commercial painting project conducted together with everything else. Two possible solutions to project budgeting purposes are driven spending and changing the hiring process.

Object spending Driven
The most common view of a commercial painting project is simple maintenance and facilities MAINTENANCE. Justify your painting and coating projects as preventive maintenance is relatively easy because the surface treatment can prevent damage to the underlying structure. If the budget separates maintenance funds Preventive operating costs, could combine the package and the painting project according to their true purpose for the funding of its management team.

However, the paint and coating can be much more than simple maintenance. In an environment of retailing, the emergence of a structure can a have a direct impact on the turnover of the facility is able to attract. If the current maintenance budget could not support a painting project, perhaps the budget marketing could.

Change The recruitment process
As a commercial solution of paint budget, changing the hiring process can Apparently using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. However, saving a new way to manage contracts can be significant, particularly if your facility has a lot outsourcing.
Many large organizations adapt a system of job order contracting (JOC) to manage their recruitment process. A JOC system is a type indefinite demand and the system of permanent contracts, which is based the amount of pre-defined basic prices for services. Contractors bid price multiplied basis of efficient cooperation selected.

JOC systems are often used by schools, government agencies and other organizations to streamline their processes recruitment. The real savings come from reduced advertising costs, reduced administrative requirements, and a faster turnaround time of the project RFP. According to a White Paper published by Centennial Contractors Enterprise, Inc., the savings associated with a JOC system can be up to 21 percent of standard costs.

The advantage of a JOC system is that once in place to cover a painting project, the system is equally applicable to virtually all aspects of services outsourced from other budgets. However, if you are currently using a JOC system, you should seriously consider hiring an expert consultant to help to implement the program.

Final words
Fund budgets is unlikely to increase in the short term, creative solutions are needed to find room in the budget for commercial painting, construction projects and maintenance. Finally, if your company decides Purpose of expenditure or change the recruitment process, the company's ability to establish a logical decision-making and get management buy-in is essential for successful the company in managing its budget commercial painting.

Steve Parker, Sr. Estimator, RaiderPainting.com – the preferred painting contractor for building owners and facility managers of commercial and industrial properties nationwide. Call 877-724.3371 for a free Estimate. And check out the Raider Painting Blog.

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