There are 5 disciplines with are essential to the construction business: Planning & Getting the Job, Estimating, Cost Tracking, Field Operations and Client Relations. Every construction business performs them in some manner. What differentiates construction companies is how well they perform in these 5 disciplines. I worked with a project manager who used to say: “Any contractor could build this job. Every project I’ve been on has been finished. What separates projects and what separates contractors is how much pain and suffering they put themselves and their clients through to build them.”