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Job Costing at Scale: How 1,100 Homes Stay Profitable

What does it actually take to manage a 1,100-home, multi-year construction program—and keep cash flow, labor, and job costs under control? In this episode of Finance at the Jobsite, I sit down with Charles Britt, a construction leader with nearly 18 years in the Air National Guard who now oversees large-scale reconstruction at Keesler Air Force Base. Charles explains why every house should be treated like its own investment, how field decisions roll up into real financial outcomes, and where most construction teams lose money without realizing it. 🎯 Topics covered: Why cash flow is the oxygen of construction Managing 1,100 homes as a house-by-house portfolio Labor efficiency, materials, and rework as margin killers Job costing with Dash, QuickBooks, Excel, and bill.com Where invoice approvals and subcontractor workflows break Why walking the jobsite beats relying on reports alone Text messages vs structured systems for field communication How voice-to-text could transform subcontractor coordination Leadership habits for managing large, multi-year programs This episode is for project managers, controllers, CFOs, and construction leaders who want to understand how field reality connects to financial performance. 📬 Subscribe to the Finance at the Jobsite newsletter: https://beiinghuman.com/newsletter-si... 🎧 Listen on audio: Spotify Apple Podcasts #FinanceAtTheJobsite #ConstructionFinance #JobCosting #CashFlow #ConstructionLeadership #ProjectManagement #FieldOperations #ConstructionTechnology ⏱ YouTube Chapters 00:00 – Introduction & guest welcome 00:48 – Career background: military, construction, and accountability 02:16 – Treating every house like an investment 03:11 – Scaling teams, subs, and cash flow risk 04:36 – Government contracting: pricing, bids, and change orders 06:19 – The biggest financial levers: labor, materials, rework 07:55 – Dashboards, QuickBooks, and spotting red flags 09:43 – Job-level visibility and accountability 10:33 – Invoice processing, approvals, and workflow friction 12:46 – Running projects through text messages: pros & cons 14:57 – Lean thinking: spotting waste on the jobsite 16:27 – Translating field reality into executive reporting 17:49 – Forecasting, contingencies, and weather risk 19:15 – Risk management and emergency-response mindset 20:14 – Where construction voice-to-text would help first 21:49 – Leadership advice for managing large programs 23:27 – Final thoughts & wrap-up