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Avoiding common OSHA recordkeeping mistakes

FDR Safety

3) Not reporting work-related injuries from employees who are working from home or traveling for business related events. If your employee is on an airplane on a business trip out of town and injures his or her shoulder while lifting a bag into the overhead compartment, then it would be a recordable injury on your log.

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Why Hiring a Non-Local Commercial Construction Contractor is Crazy…Like a Fox

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The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t economical. 1. By hiring a general commercial contractor with national reach, but no satellite offices, you can actually keep costs down. Well, it’s not like that.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

coefficient (reference table of allowable overhead). ORGANIZATION NAME Technical Staff / Facilities Management Department Representative(s) and authorized ORGANIZATION NAME Procurement Authority review the Contractor’s Proposal. The UPB costs should NOT include contractor overhead and profit. Field Office Expense.

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Proposal Pricing Strategies: How Much are You Selling that Watermelon For?

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Each weekend they travel to the country and buy watermelons from the local farmers at 50 cents per melon. Depending on your client, travel may be considered a reimbursable expense. Your loaded rate is the (Actual Rate + (Actual Rate * Overhead %) + Fee. Most clients will pay all or a portion of your audited overhead costs.

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Electrical Utility Construction Estimator

Construction Cost Estimating

Estimating experience on electrical utility projects in the following construction and maintenance areas is preferred: Distribution, Overhead Distribution, Underground Substation Transmission We are looking for a project estimator with strong time management skills and who is team-oriented. Overnight travel may be required.

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New And Restarting Contractors

Contractor Bookkeeping

As their business grows they like to take time off and enjoy travel and vacations. Maybe you began your company with a few friends and relatives and thought your overhead expenses would be low since you worked out of your home. This Means You Have Overhead - Not just office overhead, you have field overhead too.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A New Year in.

Rory Woolsey

For all those that think traveling is glamorous … not! There was one great result to all this travel in that I made about 8,000 new friends across the country that also have an interest in construction estimating (sick, sick individuals). I remember there was actually a Hughes Airlines that was yellow like a banana.