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Security in Your Construction Software

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Always a priority of any IT platform, security and data privacy is just as important in the construction industry as they are in banking. Integrated security. Integration of these solutions is critical, along with a common security vision and model. Security and data privacy is critical to construction management software.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

The new federal Tax Bill has many provisions that impact employers with respect to their employees. The Tax Bill has many provisions that impact employers with respect to their employees. Drizner and Michael Lobie. Editor’s note : This blog was originally published as a Client Alert by Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

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15 Tips For Starting Your Own Roof and Guttering Business

Construction Marketing

12) Licenses and permits. Protect your business by securing permits and licenses. Roofing isn’t a one-person job; you’ll need, at least, two roofing contractors to work on a single site. If you have more projects, you’ll need to hire more workers to go to various working sites. 8) Brand name.

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Davis-Bacon Wage Rates and Construction

Job Order Contracting

The principal contractor (also referred to as the prime or general contractor) is responsible for the full compliance of all employers (the contractor, subcontractors and any lower-tier subcontractors) with the labor standards provisions applicable to the project. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR. – Pre-apprentice.

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Using masonry for wet flood-proofing

Construction Specifier

The design intent is to permit flood waters to enter and exit the structure freely and enable the flood waters to rise and fall evenly inside the building in the same rate and manner as on the outside. This also implies the flood-resistant materials are a permanent part of the structure. Images © FEMA.

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OSHA Safety

Safety Services Company

There are circumstances when OSHA may give less than 24 hours’ notice to the employer. Employers who receive advance notice of an inspection must inform their employees’ representative, or arrange for OSHA to do so. Employers should always ask to see the credentials and verify by calling the nearest OSHA office. Walkthrough.

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Should you take the business (and construction marketing) risk?

Construction Marketing Ideas

” — about the choice between freedom and superficial security — touched plenty of emotional nerves, though more accurately earlier in life I exchanged a “walk on-part in the war” for a “walk-on role in the cage” — a rather painful adjustment, which took quite a while to resolve.

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