G Hyatt Construction: funding the work after the win

The SBA's profile of G Hyatt Construction describes founder Justin Hyatt's move to Austin and the role of the Texas State University Small Business Development Center. The account identifies bonding capacity and SBA 7(a) working capital as parts of the company's growth path. It explains that pursuing larger projects required resources for labor and materials as well as the ability to meet contract-related requirements.

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A contractor can win work and still lack the cash needed to perform it. Payroll, materials, mobilization, insurance, and subcontractor payments may occur before a customer approves a progress payment. Bonding and working capital address different problems. A financing proposal should identify the conditions for participating in the contract and the cash required until payment arrives.

For an individual project, map milestones, invoice timing, approval delays, and retention where applicable. Confirm whether supplier and subcontractor terms match those dates. Evaluate the contract's margin after financing costs and a reserve for execution setbacks. A large contract value should not be confused with freely available operating cash.

Ask whether the business has management capacity as well as financing capacity. More concurrent jobs may increase scheduling, staffing, and quality-control demands. Build a combined cash forecast across projects so receipts expected from one job are not committed twice. Identify the project with the most adverse payment delay and test its effect on payroll.

Read the working-capital guide to distinguish a timing gap from a recurring deficit. Review the business-loan requirements guide to prepare a consistent debt schedule and document room. A resource partner may help a contractor prepare, but the final lender and bonding decisions remain transaction-specific. The practical takeaway is to plan performance funding before committing to the work, using the actual contract and proposal rather than another company's growth story as a forecast.