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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

General Liability Insurance. This type of coverage will protect your company from various liabilities , including injury claims, and cover medical expenses. General liability also protects businesses if they cause damage to a customer’s property or if any product installations go awry, like faulty plumbing that causes leaking.

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Educators Place the Spotlight on Modular Construction

GCP Applied Technologies

It is no secret that the construction industry, like many industries, is facing challenges such as labor shortages, rising material costs and the need for faster project delivery. The construction team at the Academy has been teaching and emphasizing the important role modular construction will play in the industry for years.

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New Insurance Case: Georgia High Court Rules that Construction Defects Satisfy Commercial General Liability Policy’s ‘Occurrence’ Requirement

Construction Dive

2013) and joined a rapidly snowballing national trend by holding that defective construction work can be covered under the standard commercial general liability (CGL) policy as an “occurrence.” The homeowners alleged that the concrete foundations of their homes were improperly constructed.

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What Is Retention in Construction | What Do You Mean by Retention Money in Construction | What Is the Purpose of Retention Money

CivilJungle

What Is Retention in Construction? The meaning of term Retention in Construction can be described as a percentage of amounts that are certified as due to the contractor on an interim certificate, that is deducted from the amount due and retained by the client in construction related works.

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Lawsuit over First LEED Platinum Building is Over

Green Building Law Update

With an Order Of Judgment, in favor of Permapost Products Company against Weyerhaeuser Company filed on November 17, 2015, resolving the final third party claims, the more than 15 year old disputes and differences over the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Environmental Center, in Annapolis, Maryland, are over.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Construction Law. Construction Safety. Construction Business Owner Magazine. Construction Business Owner E-Newsletter. -->. New Year’s Resolutions for Construction Management » Merry Christmas! Is There No Free Lunch or Construction Software? Top 5 Trends in Construction Software. construction.

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3D Printing in Construction: Growth, Benefits, and Challenges

Autodesk Construction Cloud

3D printing offers big promises for construction. While clearly, 3D printing technology has proven beneficial in the medical, aerospace, and tool-making arenas since its inception, there’s one other field that’s potentially poised to break out: the construction sector. A History of 3D Printing in Construction.