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Understanding Design Defect Legal Liability

Construction Business Owner

Owners, contractors and designers must understand their potential liability for design issues on a project before the project starts. This affects the management of the project, insurance, bonds and, ultimately, profit on a project.'

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How Heavy Equipment Rental Companies Profitably Ensure Uptime

Construction Business Owner

For heavy equipment rental companies, business is only as good as their equipment uptime because assets can quickly turn into costly liabilities when they fail in the field. Without proper care, faulty equipment will also turn good customers into ex-customers, as well as decrease service life and resale value.

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Key Financial & Safety Metrics for Subcontractor Qualification 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Formula: (Cash and Cash Equivalents + Marketable Securities + Accounts Receivables) / Current Liabilities . Like the Quick Ratio, Current Ratio measures a company’s ability to pay off its short-term liabilities with its current assets. Formula: Current Assets / Liabilities . Formula: Total Liabilities / Total Assets .

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#92:  Lost Profits and Waivers of Consequential Damages

NH Construction Law

This mutual waiver includes: 1 damages incurred by the Owner for rental expenses, for losses of use, income, profit, financing, business and reputation, and for loss of management or employee productivity or of the services of such persons; and.2 A commercial owner's lost profits will always be of the latter type. 3d 799, 808, 11 N.E.3d

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Sensitivity analysis is a study of

Learn Civil Engineering

Options: Comparison of profit and loss Comparison of assets and liabilities Change in output due to change in input Economics of cost and benefits of the

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2020 Guide to Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

liability insurance and allowance for small tools and consumables. Liability insurance based upon local contractor rates is also added as a percentage. Liability insurance based upon local contractor rates is also added as a percentage. The base rate does not include overhead and profit, however, can be added if needed.

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Say What? The Rise of Criminal Liability for Construction Accidents

Best Practices Construction Law

Safe projects are more likely to be profitable projects due to lack of delays and prevention of claims for jobsite injuries. For employers, criminal liability for job site construction accidents is more and more a concern. In addition, time is money in this business.