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Mobilization Costs: How Contractors Should Bill Them (and How Owners Should Review)

Mobilization is the work done before production starts — moving equipment, setting up the site, bonding, permits, insurance. Contractors need the cash front-loaded because they're spending it. Owners worry about paying for unearned work. The schedule of values line for mobilization is where this tension gets negotiated, and the billing mechanics determine whose cash flow wins.