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Mastering Mechanic’s Liens: Legal Insights for General Contractors

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Mastering Mechanic’s Liens: Legal Insights for General Contractors Everything general contractors need to know about handling mechanic’s liens. Promote to rotator No Main Image Tags GCPay Mechanic Lien general contractor Social Click here to watch this on-demand webinar.

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How General Contractors Work with Commercial Architects to Mitigate Risks and Deliver Superior Commercial Construction Projects

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For Directors of Construction, engaging the right general contractor (GC) who can work seamlessly with commercial architects is essential to mitigate risks and achieve project goals. Successful commercial construction projects hinge on more than just technical expertise; they require a strategic and collaborative approach.

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Preconstruction’s Smartest Move: The AI Advantage Contractors & Subcontractors Can’t Ignore Anymore

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Preconstruction’s Smartest Move: The AI Advantage Contractors & Subcontractors Can’t Ignore Anymore When estimators get their time back, contractors bid faster, win more projects and grow revenue faster. And that’s costing contractors the one thing they don’t have: time. But hard work doesn’t fix broken bid cycles.

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Keeping Up with the Evolving Construction Industry

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In response to market and financial pressures, many contractors are looking for work outside of their proverbial "sandbox," by either diversifying project types or seeking work in new geographic areas. Many contractors have success expanding into new areas by following their clients.

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12 Reasons Specialty Contractors Need a Construction-Specific Software Platform

As a specialty contractor, your success hinges on your ability to manage complex workflows, maintain cost control, and deliver projects on time. But are you still relying on outdated systems or multiple software packages that create data silos and inefficiencies?

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Build Better: Partner with IUPAT Success

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mhodges Wed, 02/05/2025 - 16:09 Elevate Your Business: The Strategic Advantages of Partnering with the IUPAT As a contractor, one of your top priorities is delivering high-quality projects on time and within budget. By becoming a signatory contractor with the IUPAT, you unlock a range of strategic benefits that go far beyond access to labor.

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Smarter Workforce, Stronger Business — Hire IUPAT Apprentices

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Additionally, many large-scale projects, including public infrastructure jobs, now require contractors to demonstrate workforce development initiatives or meet diversity hiring goals. IUPATs dedication to building an inclusive, diverse workforce ensures that contractors benefit from a broader talent pool and a positive jobsite culture.

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Forecasting With Confidence: How Contractors Can Solve Four Common Challenges

At the highest level, contractors understand the importance of accurately predicting and preparing for variances in costs or schedules when delivering a construction project. In fact, leaders know it is essential to the profitability, cash flow and potential viability of projects.

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Stay Ahead in 2024 with Proven Strategies for Success

The specialty contractor space is facing a transformative period, driven by labor shortages, rapid technological advancements, and increasing regulatory requirements. In 2024, contractors must navigate complex challenges like fragmented management systems and delays in payment.

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Guide to Solving Labor, Equipment, and Materials Management Gaps

Specialty contractors operate in a high-pressure environment where labor, equipment, and materials must be managed with precision. It also explains how platforms enable real-time coordination across job functions, giving contractors the tools to act fast, plan better, and deliver stronger results.

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Explore How Generative AI Is Optimizing Every Construction Stage

Learn how contractors are using AI to reduce costs, improve worker safety, and shorten build times. Generative AI is already transforming how the construction industry operates. This concise guide walks you through its real-world impact on design, planning, job site logistics, and sustainability.

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Drive Profitability With a Construction-Specific ERP

For specialty contractors, using a construction software platform helps to lay the technological foundation required to support future growth and improved financial performance.

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How ERPs Are Reshaping Efficiency in the Construction Industry

This in-depth study covers how companies like Bartlett-Cocke General Contractors saw an 83% reduction in cost analysis time and a 62% decrease in vendor payment processing time by adopting a Construction ERP system. Construction companies face daily challenges, from project delays to cost overruns.

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Boost Growth & Efficiency with a Unified Construction Software Platform

It is time to switch to a modern construction software solution designed for specialty contractors. Silos of data and outdated systems can hold your business back. CMiC provides a platform that simplifies operations, improves visibility, and boosts efficiency.

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The Specialty Contractor's Guide to Job Cost Accounting

Supply chain challenges and rising material costs are forcing specialty contractors to pay more for what they need to complete each job. If you are a Specialty Contractor or Self-performing GC, you do not want to miss out on this essential guide!