Bryan McLain, 37

Sardone Construction / Dallas

  Bid process:   I’m a believer in having a dedicated estimator who communicates with sales, design, production, and accounting. Our process works like this: 1) Sales Call 2) Design (paid for) 3) “Guesstimate.” For this, the estimator comes up with a number within a $12K range. 4) Walk through bid day with subs. I show them a set of plans and scope of work. This produces the true estimate.