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Accounting for Retention Receivable & Payable: A Contractor’s Guide

Levelset

In an attempt to hold contractors accountable, many projects use retention holdbacks, also known as retainage. These holdbacks need to be accounted for by every party to a project: owner, general contractor, and subcontractor. Retention receivable and payable is different from accounts receivable and payable. Fariba Mehdian.

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Navigating Construction Cash Flow Challenges, Myths, And Facts

Contractor Bookkeeping

The driving force keeps your business engine running smoothly, covering all your liabilities. However, careful planning and smart accounting practices can cushion or even avoid these financial blows. In the world of small businesses, positive cash flow is king. But what happens when outflow exceeds inflow?

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Public Procurement of Construction Services

Job Order Contracting

How Organizational integration and alignment of cultural, professional, management, and commercial interests is also required, both internally and with construction services providers. References: AIA (2007).

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Subcontractor Insurance: 7 Policies Subs Should Consider for Their Business

Levelset

“If something goes wrong, liability could hit the GC’s policy, which dilutes liability insurance limits, negatively impacts their claims history, and forces them to deal with a claim that’s not really their fault.”. General liability insurance. For example, assume you paint residential structures of all types.

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Contractor Accounting Vs. Regular Accounting

Contractor Bookkeeping

All Accounting Methods Share The Same Accounting Equations. Assets - Liabilities) = Equity. Regular Accounting - Is roughly 80% of all accounting and Accounting for businesses in the world. Regular Accounting - Is roughly 80% of all accounting and Accounting for businesses in the world.

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Construction quality management: Everything you need to know

Lets Build

From a builder’s perspective, many potential risk factors can be anticipated and pre-emptively resolved by developing a construction quality management plan. Creating a plan. A construction quality management plan should be drafted as a standard document, to be applied to all future projects. A game of risk.

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Construction Law: March 2024

Construction Law

Editor Nick Barrett says a Public Accounts Committee report on HS2 provides little cheer to anyone hoping that the UK could somehow successfully deliver infrastructure investment on the scale highlighted recently as essential by the National Infrastructure Commission. Speed might however introduce commercial and legal risks, they warn.