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The phrase overheard and profit,a.k.a O&P as it is more often known, is mistaken and frequently the topic of misunderstandings and disputes. Because of the purported custom and practice in the worker's compensation industry, class action lawsuits against insurance companies have been filed in many jurisdictions.

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Overhead and profit are frequently referred to in the insurance restoration and accident reconstruction industry as a norm from which variation is not permitted. But this is false and goes against economic truth and logic. But first, we must clarify what O&P is and how it is used in practice before exploring the fallacy surrounding this insurance practice and habit.

 

There are just two main cost components that constitute the "Cost of the Work" on any project, in the eyes of a general contractor or construction manager:

 

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To purchase and install the project's permanent components, direct costs are required, such as the building's structure, exterior envelope, interior finishes, vertical transportation, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, etc.

Indirect costs are Basic Circumstances or Operational costs and Markup (Fee or Profit), which are expenses related to the project's Jobsite management and include things like project management personnel, Jobsite previews, and other costs. Indirect costs can also include fees associated with and specified in the General and Supplemental Conditions of the Contract and (usually) Division 1 of the Specification. General Conditions, General Requirements, or Field Office Overhead can also be called General Conditions.

The work regulations and commitments specified and mandated by the Contract are described in these agreements.

Markup, Fee, or Profit is meant to make a profit for the contractor or construction manager while covering a proportion of General and Administrative (G&A or Home Office Overhead) expenses.

G&A costs are charges for the client's business operations unrelated to a specific project, such as estimating and preconstruction services, accountancy, promotion, etc.

 

Overhead:

 

Prevailing circumstances and needs, such as project management personnel and services, are referred to as "overhead" when discussing a general contractor or construction manager.

This is the sum by which a precise estimated cost is elevated to take full responsibility for the Jobsite amenities of a general contractor or construction manager and for goods not particularly aligned with a particular mission of work that may be needed to enable an organized and coordinated setup of in- formation to complete the project.

 

Profit

The term "profit" refers to the markup that the construction manager or contractor applies to the sum amount.

 

The estimated direct cost :

The estimated general conditions and needs as well as certain G&A charges.

 

Expenses & Revenue:

For the main contractor's or construction management's services, overhead and profit are expenses that are applied to the project's direct cost.

 

Costs and Markups for Insurance Repair Projects: In the field of insurance repairs, costs for projects that are calculated and agreed upon often follow a framework where unit expenses are applied to specified scope of work, followed by costs for overhead and profit where appropriate.

 

 

The subcontractor performs the following calculations to determine the unit cost, including some that call for experience-based judgment:

 

 

·    The total amount of materials needed, which includes waste

 

 

·    Amount paid for labor.

 

 

·    The predicted productivity level for installing components can vary from job to job depending on site circumstances, the difficulty of the work, etc.

 

 

·    The dangers of underestimating or not knowing conditions.

 

 

·    The current situation of the construction industry, including the contractor's workload, his need for or desire for the task, etc.

 

Application: Insurance Repair

However, during the preceding twenty years, several software firms have started to create applications that let the user enter a "project scope" into a system using a set of codes.

The software then prices the figure after applying a base price to the purview.

The cost of removing damaged material from the reinstallation is frequently broken out in the pricing information provided with these programs.

The fundamental issue with these tools is that a user might lack the knowledge or skills to "examine beyond" the unit cost to assess whether material prices, waste factors, labor rates, productivity rates, and markups are accurate for the project at hand.

 

 

The risk is that the insurers have no ability to unbiasedly decide what may be appropriate on a liability basis, despite the fact that many so-called "repair contractors" have authorized cost that comes with the program.

So it shouldn't come as a shock that when calculating the expense and financial gains, computer programs would typically "default" to conventional parameters (when required).

 

Insurance companies, claimants, and repair companies frequently add 10% overhead and 10% profit (sometimes cumulatively) to various losses, even though there is no "custom and practice" in the insurance sector about when this is done (and in what percentages).

However, occasionally, contractors will add a significant number of the expenditures for general conditions and needs as line items in their estimate, followed by profit and overhead.

 

 

The overhead and profit might not be acceptable depending on the number and magnitude of prevailing circumstances included in the estimate.

Consider a commercial building fire that causes the destruction of building components worth roughly $100,000.

While one contractor adds general conditions worth $10,000, the other doesn't. There is no question that each contractor should not receive the same amount in expense and profit. The size and duration of the project, the state of the market at the time of loss, and general circumstances, overhead, and profitability must thus be assessed objectively. This needs to be objectively thought about on a "loss by loss" basis.

 

Additionally, like with major commercial building projects, the expense and profit should drop as projects grow in terms of dollar volume. This is primarily due to the fact that the actual cost of General Conditions/Requirements charges, stated as a proportion of the price to install materials, is frequently lower when a bigger dollar volume is put into a project over time.

 

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