Overhead costs are difficult enough for a contractor to control when the company is not growing,but in a growing organization they pose two dangers. Because an organization cannot add a halfperson or a half-piece of equipment, they are forced to put on overhead costs during growth inlarger amounts than perhaps they would like. This can cause losses until the company grows intothe overhead. Herein lies the double problem: Reducing profits or losing money for a length oftime because of sudden increase in overhead to accommodate growth is dangerous, and needingadditional volume as an absolute necessity to cover the increased overhead puts the company indouble jeopardy.