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7 Contractor Tips for Dealing With Insurance Adjusters & Owners

Levelset

In turn, the owner is relying on the insurance company to pay their claim. After all, the faster the insurance company pays the owner, the quicker you can get paid ! Dig deeper: What contractors need to know about the insurance claims process. You don’t work for the insurance company or the adjuster, and they don’t work for you.

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How to Manage Compliance for Construction Success

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Insurance and bonding requirements. Lien requirements. Building codes , insurance requirements and bonding requirements can vary by location, though. Disseminating compliance information and collecting data via paper often leads to delays, lost information and outdated documents. Building codes. Safety regulations.

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Litigation Topics for Prime / Subcontractor Contracts

Construction Law Monitor

The information is very helpful to contractors and can be used a resource when a contractor begins the contracting phase of a construction project to help get a better understanding of what is going on within the contract documents. A good subcontractor will have his attorney review any agreement to make sure that the deal is an even one.

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Louisiana Contractors & State Licensing – Home Improvement

Construction Law Monitor

I deal with these rules daily but this client’s issue helped to refresh me. Finally the owner needs a copy of the contract documents before any work can start. Bottom line: if you are a contractor who deals in home improvement, it is easy to get your home improvement license with the state. See La R.S. for complete list.

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Communications rules: The negative or dangerous story

Construction Marketing Ideas

My reaction: In an email to our contract writer and the publication’s advertising representative, I told both of them to be cautious in dealing with the individual, and I set out the guidelines for the sort of material we could publish. So if we really have negative information about someone and can document it, we would win in court.

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Contracts: What to Look Out for

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Deal Breakers. Attempts to make you indemnify the entire project or insure the upstream party for its own acts. Better to Avoid, but Don’t Lose a Good Deal. Incorporating documents that are not plans and specifications, including the contract between the Owner and the General/Prime Contractor.

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Watch for Bank Shield Laws in Dealing with Lenders

Construction Lawyer

His book, Legal Guide to AIA Documents, published by Aspen Publishing, is in its fifth edition. Watch for Bank Shield Laws in Dealing with Lenders. According to the plaintiff, the general contractor wound up with the money while the subcontractors were stiffed, resulting in substantial mechanics liens filed against the property.

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