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Restoration: How to Manage Cash Flow While Waiting for an Insurance Check

Levelset

Even though the insurance company isn’t your customer, the property owner may be depending on that insurance check to pay for your work. To cover these expenses, restoration contractors need to manage their cash flow to ensure they have enough money in the bank — especially when the insurance company is dragging their feet.

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Assignment of Benefits for Contractors: Pros & Cons of Accepting an AOB

Levelset

When a property owner files an insurance claim to cover a restoration or roofing project, the owner typically deals directly with the insurance company. They may not have the funds available to pay the contractor out of pocket, so they’re counting on that insurance check to cover the construction costs. Setting up an AOB.

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7 Things Contractors Need to Know About Retainage

Fieldwire

BLOG How to Streamline Construction Processes from Planning to Payments Learn more → In addition, the same contract has a provision for negotiating variable retainage. This makes it difficult for all subs and suppliers to plan their cash flow in advance, since a project’s completion date often turns into a moving deadline.

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Design Build Services Add a Construction Department to Your Team

Wolgast Corporation

Phase II Detailed Design Once design elements are agreed upon, your architect finalizes the plans with the necessary detail to build the building. In the meantime, you’ll meet with your new project manager who’ll plan the schedule with you all while having your end date in mind.

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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. Common regulations in the construction industry include: Contractual agreements between owners, contractors and subcontractors. Building codes. Credit and background checks.

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Construction Site Theft: Impact and Prevention

Levelset

Materials, insurances, permits, payroll, and other typical costs are relatively simple to account for. Luckily, there are insurance policies that will replace the cost of the stolen goods, such as builders risk insurance. Insurance claims. Impact of construction site theft. Eventually. How to prevent jobsite theft.

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Construction Forms for excel

Construction Cost Estimating

Construction Forms for Excel include : Estimation Forms for Construction: Bid Plan Log, Time and Materials Log, Estimate Sheet, Job Estimate, Telephone Bid Sheet, Itemized Proposal, Job Cost Report, Take Off Estimate, Time and Materials Estimate, Request for Proposal Log, Overhead Calculation.

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