Is your small business prepared if a natural disaster, equipment malfunction or other unforeseen event disrupts daily operation? A Continuity of Operation Plan or COOP analyzes your business, identifies critical resources, personnel and weaknesses, a...
Warranties provide an assurance to the owner that the contractor's completed work will remain up to a specific standard for a defined period of time. The court system has set this time frame typically as one year in the absence of a written extension...
An accounting firm on a building's top floor accused the roofing contractor of ruining its computer network equipment, even though the contractor wasn't working on the building at the time. The contractor had finished replacing the roof in September....
The construction business evolved over the past many years to a more brokered business. Thirty years ago a general contractor landed on a site with a dozen workers to build most of a building. Now, specialists combine to do everything from site cl...
Consider sending in submittals which
are slightly different than the plans require. Today's energy requirements
limit wattage for lights in new buildings, for example.
A fixture or a bulb can cause the energy plan to go over budget. Is the
imp...