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Revenue per pier. Cost per foot of perimeter. See what each job type keeps.
Pier installation, crack injection, drainage, crawl space encapsulation. Each one has a different cost structure and a different margin range. When they all land in one income account, the winners hide the losers.
Where foundation repair companys leak money
Pier material overruns buried in supplies
Helical pier material costs drift job by job but rarely get tracked per pier. When the actual cost per pier exceeds the bid rate by 15%, the loss shows up as compressed gross margin across all pier jobs, not as a named line item. The books have the data, but it requires pulling it out by job type.
Crack repair carrying the business while pier work bleeds
Crack injection runs 50-65% margin. Pier installation runs 35-45% on a good day. When they land in the same income account, the blended number looks acceptable. Split them and the pier segment may be running at break-even on volume the owner thinks is profitable.
Site mobilization absorbed into job cost
Multiple site visits, equipment setup, inspection returns — all real costs — get absorbed into the labor line of the closest job. The result is that complex, multi-visit jobs look worse than they are and simple one-visit jobs look better. The books show it by job if the data is set up right.
Inspection callbacks treated as warranty
When homeowners request re-inspection after settlement work, many crews go back at no charge. Tracked across the year, this can represent $30K-60K in uncompensated labor on a mid-size foundation company. The pattern shows up in the ratio of visits to invoiced jobs.
What the readout looks like
Margin by job type on a sample foundation repair P&L:
| Segment | Gross margin | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Crack injection / epoxy repair | 58% | material-light, high-margin |
| Drainage & grading | 46% | |
| Crawl space encapsulation | 38% | |
| Helical pier installation | 34% | |
| Slab jack / void fill | 22% | equipment cost drags margin |
Sample data from a seeded demo company.