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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

Between the potential for accidents and injuries on the job site and the risk of lawsuits, it’s important to have insurance to protect yourself from financial losses, but what kind of insurance do you need? Here’s an overview of the most important types of insurance for contractors. General Liability Insurance.

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What Is an Insurance Endorsement? A Contractor’s Guide

Levelset

When working in construction, your insurance policy gets issued as a fairly standard contract. Like a basic construction agreement, you can upgrade or downgrade your insurance policy just as a customer might do with the fit and finish of a building. What is an insurance endorsement? How insurance endorsements work.

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A Practical Guide to Construction Accounting Software

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction accounting software is a must-have, but may seem daunting to implement new solutions if your accounting technology hasn’t kept up with the complexities of your growing business. Purpose-built construction accounting software can help to automate this process and meet the need for multiple service or product categories.

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The Role of Construction Software Technology in Mitigating Risk

Viewpoint Construction Technology

It can range from planning and estimates to time-line issues; poor organisation of manpower and processes; inefficient project management tools (such as field management software ); lack of contingency plans for bottlenecks and project disruption; and perhaps most worrying, the use of undocumented or unsanctioned methodologies between teams.

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Top 2023 Security Trends For Construction Site Security

Construction Marketing

Less than 25% of stolen construction materials are returned to the company. In addition to allowing for remote operation, cloud-based surveillance has open API integrations that allow you to integrate video analytics software. Suppose the software spots anomalous data or a potential security threat.

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What is a Construction Takeoff?

Chianelli Estimating

An estimator will use a project’s blueprints to determine the materials and quantities required to complete the project as depicted during takeoff. This is why a construction estimating takeoff is also known as a material takeoff or a quantity takeoff. The takeoff will also note what type of these materials are required.

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8 essential steps for effective project cost estimation and budgeting

Fieldwire

For example, focusing on green projects in your county where recycled and carbon-neutral materials are paramount can make you the local authority in sustainability. CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING SOFTWARE Easy construction project scheduling with Fieldwire Learn more → 2. Biting off more than you can chew can put you in a bad light.