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What Is a Certificate of Insurance (COI) for Contractors — and When Do You Need One?

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To help your business remain viable, contractor’s insurance should be a crucial part of your financial strategy. Insurance also puts other parties’ minds at ease when they want to hire you as a specialty contractor. A certificate of insurance (COI) is a valid form used to prove that you carry the appropriate insurance policy.

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Some Lenders Now Offer Bargain Mortgages, but Experts Say They May Not Be a Good Idea

Pro Builder

Fellow lender Rocket Mortgage soon followed in its footsteps, announcing this week the launch of a similar program called One+, which doesn’t require borrowers to pay private mortgage insurance, or PMI that traditionally kicks in with down payments of less than 20%, Realtor.com reports.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

For CONUS, the JOCPB shall be developed using commercially available pricing tools to ensure consistent and comprehensive pricing of tasks unless the contracting officer determines the use of a commercially available pricing tool is not in the best interest of the government. Appointments of ordering officers under each JOC must be minimized.

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Job Order Contracting Training Note – JOC Coefficient

Job Order Contracting

The following is a list of items that are generally considered when a contractor is developing a JOC coefficient.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: XL Insurance Enters Collaborative.

PSMJ Resources

XL Insurance Enters Collaborative Agreement With PSMJ Resources, Inc. XL Insurance’s Design Professional group, specializing in professional liability insurance for architects and engineers and a part of the global underwriting operations of XL Group (NYSE: XL), and PSMJ, Resources, Inc., Corporate Finance Associates blog.

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CFMA 2013 Annual Conference: What’s In It for Me?

Carol Hagen

To quote Fast Company in their article “ Why you should work from a coffee shop, even when you have an office “, A change of environment stimulates creativity. Even in the most awesome of offices we can fall into a routine, and a routine is the enemy of creativity.

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Common Types of Construction Contracts And Their Use

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The different types of construction projects include: Lump Sum Construction Management (Cost Plus / Guaranteed Maximum Price) Design Build Design Build Finance Maintain. For the examples I’ll be using a 10 storey office tower as the example building. Utilizing the office tower example, an owner may have a vision for an office tower.