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A Plumbing Contractor’s Guide to Insurance Coverage

Levelset

Plumbing contractors should include business insurance as an integral part of their financial strategy. When you tackle the jobs you’ve secured, it’s also important to plan for the unexpected. What is plumber’s insurance? Each field of subcontracting work has its own area of focus in insurance matters.

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Preparing and protecting facilities from flood risks

Construction Specifier

Whether the motivation is building code compliance, building protection and performance, or insurance premium reductions, it is necessary for facility owners and managers to address flood risk and determine how to protect their facilities. Zones B, C, and X are areas of low to moderate flood risk. Zone A has a high risk of flooding.

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Nearly Two-Thirds of Homebuyers Are Hesitant to Move to Housing Markets Hit by Extreme Weather

Pro Builder

Nearly two-thirds of all Americans planning to buy or sell a home in the next year are reluctant to move to an area prone to extreme weather emergencies like natural disasters, record temperatures, and rising sea levels, Redfin reports. Homebuyers should always purchase flood insurance and invest in impact windows if they can.”.

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*ISNetworld® Client Additions May 2024: Tips to Stay Compliant

Safety Services Company

Their initial letter also states, “Your company’s agent or broker can submit insurance and experience modifier documents on your behalf via *ISN®’s Agent/Broker Tool.” Now they plan to invest in technologies that are similar to those used in their European plant, but tailored to Wisconsin’s strengths.

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

The master plan for One Hundred Oaks Mall. Located in a federally designated opportunity zone, the project seeks to create much-needed, cost-effective office and research space to support expanding innovation, technology and manufacturing needs across Tampa. Before and after shot taken of our work at One Hundred Oaks Mall.

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7 Ways to Improve Construction Site Safety

Levelset

Because this line of work has a greater chance of injury or death than others, contractors must take great care to make sure work zones are safe and workers are protected. . Create a comprehensive site safety plan. A comprehensive and actionable safety plan will help meet compliance standards and reduce risk on the jobsite.

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Some useful tips on quality control and safety in construction

Construction Cost Estimating

Indirect costs related to insurance, inspection and regulation are also raised significantly because of these inflated direct costs. As with cost control, the most vital decisions concerning the quality of a completed facility are taken throughout the design and planning phases in spite of construction.

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