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Using Contract Skilled Labor Can Reduce Workers’ Compensation Risk—Here’s How

Pro Builder

Using Contract Skilled Labor Can Reduce Workers’ Compensation Risk—Here’s How. Using a staffing company can help employers lower workers' compensation risk while still meeting project workload demands and customer deadlines. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 10:44. Jobsite Safety. Labor + Trade Relations. Jobsite Safety.

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Best Practices for Developing a Contractor’s Request for Compensation

Best Practices Construction Law

Recently, Cordell sent me a list of items that all contractors should review when developing a request for additional compensation. Identify any trends and determine whether there is a causal event for any loss of productivity that may be compensable. Identify whether there was loss of productivity. Prove legal entitlement.

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American Standard celebrates plumber know-how in contest seeking the Ultimate Plumbing Expert

Contractor Magazine

Winner will serve as spokesperson on videos, social media, and at special events; receives compensation and publicity to grow own business. Are you a plumbing expert who likes to share your know-how and help improve your customers’ lives? You may be just the plumber American Standard is seeking. read more.

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No Longer in the Dark: A Primer on the Distinction between Delay and Disruption Damages in a Construction Dispute

Best Practices Construction Law

The contract allowed for “delay damages” if the Contractor’s request for those damages “is determined to be compensable.”. Disruption damages can also be caused by an “event [that] both disrupts and delays a critical path activity….” Owner-Related Delays. The Court’s Decision.

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American Standard celebrates pumber know-how in contest seeking the Ultimate Plumbing Expert

Contractor Magazine

Winner will serve as spokesperson on videos, social media, and at special events; receives compensation and publicity to grow own business. Are you a plumbing expert who likes to share your know-how and help improve your customers’ lives? You may be just the plumber American Standard is seeking. read more.

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Business Interruption Insurance in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

It can also be a lifesaver, as it will provide additional support to your business through the length of time it shuts down due to an event like a fire or theft. Additionally, it also can help protect against downtime caused by extreme weather events or other disruptive conditions.

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Federal Construction Contractors Are Faced with the Double Whammy of the Pandemic and Price Escalation: What Can Be Done?

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

Delays to projects were frequent, but contractors were told that although they would be granted time extensions, these extensions would be non-compensable. The government recognized the financial impact to individuals who could not work and literally printed money to fund financial stimulus and extended unemployment compensation.