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The Role of Construction Software Technology in Mitigating Risk

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Ironically, many of these issues can be avoided if all project stakeholders are given clear guidelines, communicated to clearly and given the project tools they need to undertake their roles efficiently. Technical and Legal and Compliance Issues. Project Issues. The Effect of On-Site Disputes.

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Top OSHA Violations in Construction (2021)

Levelset

OSHA Standard 1926.1053 sets load limits, clearance guidelines, and other safety requirements for ladders on a jobsite. The much bigger cause for financial concern is workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation insurance. Learn more about insurance – General Contractor Insurance: What You Need and Why.

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From Zero to Hero: Construction Risk Management

Safety Services Company

Also known as management risks, project risks involve hazards like mismanagement of funds, inefficiency, and lack of proper operational guidelines. Legal Risks. These legal binding documents detail how long the project would last and how much contractors would be paid. This includes taking out insurance on the project.

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From Zero to Hero: Construction Risk Management

Safety Services Company

Also known as management risks, project risks involve hazards like mismanagement of funds, inefficiency, and lack of proper operational guidelines. . Legal Risks. These legal binding documents detail how long the project would last and how much contractors would be paid. This includes taking out insurance on the project.

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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. Never write an email you would not want to be seen in public and/or used in legal action.

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Contracts: What to Look Out for

Help Everybody Everyday

Attempts to make you indemnify the entire project or insure the upstream party for its own acts. A combination of your knowledge of and business history with the “upstream” party and these guidelines will help to assure that you get the best combination of protection and profit. Deal Breakers.

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Is The Nailed! Blog “Nailing” Companies Before A Fair Investigation?

Construction Law Monitor

According to L&I: That’s when we discovered his employer had not paid for the insurance that would entitle his family to death benefits. Even though the man was insured by the company and drove company-owned trucks, the owner insists the man killed met the guidelines to qualify him as an independent contractor.