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Contractor Management and Prequalification: Why Are They Necessary?

Safety Services Company

For contractors, these come in the form of a process known as prequalification and contractor management. What is Contractor Management? Contractor management is a series of checks ensuring that the contractors follow up-to-date safety practices and conform to health and regulatory standards.

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Rising Construction Costs Lead to Higher Risks

Construction Business Owner

Essential to protecting general contractors and developers are insurance products like builders' risk, owner-controlled insurance programs (OCIP), and contractor-controlled insurance programs (CCIP). Regional challenges, such as wildfire exclusions impacting project liability in California, require specific attention.

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Activities and liabilities of Quantity Surveyor and Quality Manager

Construction Cost Estimating

Quality Manager: The purpose of the quality managers is to make sure that the product or service that an organization renders is suitable for purpose, reliable and satisfies both external and internal requirements. Read more ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Published By Rajib Dey www.constructioncost.co ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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9 Types of Insurance You Need to Protect Your Contractor Business

Construction Marketing

General Liability Insurance. This type of coverage will protect your company from various liabilities , including injury claims, and cover medical expenses. General liability also protects businesses if they cause damage to a customer’s property or if any product installations go awry, like faulty plumbing that causes leaking.

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#91:  Liability Insurance for a Subcontractor's Defective Work

NH Construction Law

“May unintentionally faulty subcontractor work that damages an insured’s work product constitute an ‘accident’ under a commercial general liability insurance policy?” Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 2020 WL 3527909 (June 29, 2020).

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HRECs in a Phase l are Not Recognized Environmental Conditions

Green Building Law Update

By way of background, a Phase I environmental site assessment is the process of evaluating a property’s environmental conditions and assessing potential liability for contamination. History says, ‘see you later.’”. while a poorly worded report can imperil the deal. Some context is useful.

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5 Safety Precautions For Multi-Level Construction Sites

Construction Marketing

Doing so promotes workers’ health and can increase your firm’s overall productivity. It also ensures you’re not spending money on hospital bills, treating injured workers, and legal liabilities. . They help simplify the work, thus enabling your workers to be more productive. Inspect Your Machines Regularly.

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