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Key Financial & Safety Metrics for Subcontractor Qualification 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Formula: (Cash and Cash Equivalents + Marketable Securities + Accounts Receivables) / Current Liabilities . Like the Quick Ratio, Current Ratio measures a company’s ability to pay off its short-term liabilities with its current assets. Formula: Current Assets / Liabilities . Formula: Total Liabilities / Total Assets .

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Green Buildings are Subsidizing Conventional Buildings Stymying Climate Progress

Green Building Law Update

Green buildings are less risky, more profitable, with higher appraised value than conventional buildings that results in higher company creditworthiness, measuring the reduced likelihood of it defaulting on its debt, but today, green building does not receive a commensurate lower interest rate on its debt. It is time to dare and endure.”.

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#92:  Lost Profits and Waivers of Consequential Damages

NH Construction Law

This mutual waiver includes: 1 damages incurred by the Owner for rental expenses, for losses of use, income, profit, financing, business and reputation, and for loss of management or employee productivity or of the services of such persons; and.2 A commercial owner's lost profits will always be of the latter type.

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How NAHB Members Can Benefit From Biden’s New Infrastructure Measure

Pro Builder

The new law ends a tax liability for builders installing new water or sewer infrastructure to support additional housing in areas served by a corporate, for-profit water utility. In some states, affected utilities were required to pass this tax liability to the developer, resulting in CIAC surcharges as high as 40%.

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The Startup Construction Business Checklist: 3 Important Documents You Need to Have

Construction Marketing

This article outlines three important documents that you’ll need in order to start and run a profitable business. A construction business needs need public liability insurance , and employers’ liability insurance if you employ staff. Insurance is perhaps the most important thing to arrange before starting a construction company.

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Selling a House with Solar Panels is Not for the Faint of Heart

Green Building Law Update

but not all) file a UCC-1 financing statement in the real estate records that puts third parties on notice to their rights in the system. The solar lease, as well as any power purchase agreement need to be considered in light of federal and state law (including tax laws) that stimulate new possibilities including create profit.

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Highly Profitable Small Contractors Use OPM For Working Capital Needs

Contractor Bookkeeping

Construction Companies - Need short term liquid working capital such as cash, lines of credit, loans, owner financing, credit cards, supplier accounts and other forms of money to conduct daily operations. Compare the success and profitability of a McDonalds franchise to most restaurants.