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Restoration: How to Manage Cash Flow While Waiting for an Insurance Check

Levelset

To cover these expenses, restoration contractors need to manage their cash flow to ensure they have enough money in the bank — especially when the insurance company is dragging their feet. Poor cash flow management is the number one reason why construction businesses fail. Plan out your cash flow.

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What is Retainage in Construction?

Lets Build

Almost every construction professional faces the same problem – cash flow. Large upfront costs and long waiting periods between payments are a normal occurrence; retainage adds to this cash flow problem for contractors and project managers. However, even though retainage is commonplace, it’s not always used fairly.

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Contractors Need KPI Not Get-Me-By

Contractor Bookkeeping

No one starts a business, especially a contracting business, and have it rolling perfectly with a profit every step of the way. Between regulations, economic uncertainty, and other outside forces; always a learning curve. Being in your own business can be the best time in your life. Alternatively, the worst time!

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Construction Law: May 2024

Construction Law

Guest editor JCT 2024 ducks the difficult issues JCT’s Design and Build contract has been updated for the first time in eight years. Legislation state of play table Our regular update on the progress of regulations and legislation affecting construction and procurement compiled by Alignment Media. billion A9 Dualling programme.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Compliance/Regulations. Data Security in the Cloud » Collaborating on Cash flow. The topic of cash flow never seems to get old – after all, sustained negative cash flow often results in slashing budgets, personnel, and in the worst cases shutting down of a company. General Management.

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Business Intelligence for Construction is On the Rise & It’s Obvious Why Contractors are Loving It

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Each project carries a significant amount of risk including countless safety issues, stringent regulations or contractual obligations, weather delays, lack of qualified labor, subcontractor performance and inconsistent cash flows, just to name a few. Patti Smith, Business Process Manager, Ideal Contracting.

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Prevailing Wages in Pennsylvania: What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

Federally funded projects in Pennsylvania are governed by the Davis-Bacon Act and its rules and regulations. The contracting authority provides bidders with the prevailing wage rates within the bid and contract documents. Higher labor costs can put a real crunch on your cash flow during a prevailing wage job.