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3 articles on profitability.

Three people at a table with papers in a traffic control company office, a hard hat on the wall and barricades outside the window

Running the business

Cash or Accrual: Which Profit and Loss to Run a Traffic Control Company On

What cash and accrual profit and loss each tell a traffic control owner, why they disagree so often in a business with slow receivables and retainage, what the IRS says about the two methods, and how to read both without confusing your management view with your tax method.

Nov 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Warehouse shelving full of white paint pails, with bundles of steel sign posts and orange traffic cones on the floor

Running the business

Your Real Margin on Sold Materials: Paint, Posts and Cones When Prices Change

How to read the margin on materials a traffic control company sells outright: cost of goods sold, what happens to margin when purchase prices change, margin versus markup with a worked example, and why a line with no cost on file shows a fake 100% margin.

Nov 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Running the business

Job Costing for Traffic Control Companies

How to build a job cost that actually reflects a traffic control job — the four cost buckets, why equipment-days are the one most companies get wrong, how to allocate the overhead that does not attach to any job, and the reports worth running weekly.

Jul 26, 2026 · 11 min read

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