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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

A safe work environment is one of the most straight forward ways to decrease workers compensation expenses. The more accidents and safety violations you have on a job, the more the job is going to cost; and the last time I checked you can’t submit a change order just because your team got hurt on the job! change orders.

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Unique Tips To Reduce Construction Company Start Up Stress

Contractor Bookkeeping

We strongly recommend a Subchapter S Corp (a Sub S) for tax advantages, protecting your personal assets in the event of a claim or lawsuit against your company and for future expansion. Your contracts need a well-defined scope of work, clear payment terms, a reasonable schedule and a good change order clause. Or The Hard Way.

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New Contractor Business Start Up

Contractor Bookkeeping

We strongly recommend a Subchapter S Corp (a Sub S) for tax advantages, protecting your personal assets in the event of a claim or lawsuit against your company and for future expansion. Your contracts need a well-defined scope of work, clear payment terms, a reasonable schedule and a good change order clause.

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We Reduce Construction Company Start Up Stress

Contractor Bookkeeping

Get Organized - We strongly recommend a Subchapter S-Corp for tax advantages, protecting your personal assets in the event of a claim or lawsuit against your company and for future expansion. Your contracts need a well-defined scope of work, clear payment terms, a reasonable schedule and a good change order clause. The Hard Way.

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Construction Arbitration

Constructlaw

Parties should understand the key concepts and common types of claims when deciding whether to arbitrate disputes involving construction contracts. Many construction disputes involve aspects that may make them challenging to litigate before US or foreign courts, including: Many individual claims. Numerous individual claims.

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Pennsylvania Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act: What Residential Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

Also, the contract should state that none of the work, materials, or specs can be changed or altered without a written change order signed by both parties. If there is a down payment or any amount advanced for the purchase of special order materials, those amount must also be included, and listed separately.

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Mastering construction project management with 6 key strategies

Fieldwire

The right tools help you create rapid estimates for change orders and keep all parties informed of when they can expect delivery. CHANGE ORDERS SOFTWARE Stay on top of all cost impacts with Fieldwire's change orders app. Compare that to the price of a typical worker’s compensation claim at $41,747.