The “Your Work” Exclusion in a General Commercial Liability Policy
- Best Practices, Contracts, Insurance, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- July 26, 2022
- Construction Subcontractors Need AI Guardrails That Protect Margins and Field Judgment
- Building Resilience: Why Mental Health Belongs in Every Contractor's Safety Culture
- Why Are We Talking About Suicide Prevention in Construction?
- Top 10 Contract Red Flags Every Subcontractor Should Flag Before Signing
- Contract Risk - Four Things You Can Do to Mitigate It
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Construction Subcontractors Need AI Guardrails That Protect Margins and Field Judgment0
- Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- September 1, 2026
By Gleb Tsipursky, Disaster Avoidance Experts Construction subcontractors face a practical AI problem that differs sharply from the one described in most corporate technology advice. A specialty contractor cannot measure success by how many emails, summaries, or estimates an AI tool produces. The work succeeds when a bid reflects the actual scope, a submittal matches
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Building Resilience: Why Mental Health Belongs in Every Contractor’s Safety Culture0
- Best Practices, HEALTH, Improving Productivity, Risk Management
- September 1, 2026
By Cathy Tyler, NCCER Every contractor understands that safety begins long before the first tool comes out. It starts with a culture where everyone takes responsibility for looking out for one another. From daily toolbox talks to job hazard analyses, the industry’s strongest safety programs are built on the belief that every person deserves to
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Why Are We Talking About Suicide Prevention in Construction?0
- HEALTH, Risk Management
- September 1, 2026
By Sonya Bohmann, Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention Recently, I had the opportunity to present to a trade group in the Midwest. During the discussion, someone asked a question that I have heard in various forms many times before: “Are we creating a problem that does not actually exist by talking so much about
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Top 10 Contract Red Flags Every Subcontractor Should Flag Before Signing0
- Contracts, Documentation, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- May 5, 2026
By Christian Fernandez, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Winning the job is only half the battle. For many subcontractors, the real risk—and the real potential for lost profit—starts with the contract. Today’s subcontracts are often written to push as much risk as possible downstream. If you’re not reading carefully or pushing back where it matters, you
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Contract Risk – Four Things You Can Do to Mitigate It0
- Contracts, Documentation, Risk Management
- May 5, 2026
by Doug Reitz – Director, Maxim Consulting Group Over the years, I have seen skilled subcontractors do outstanding work and then not get paid for it. It could be disputes that drag on for months, unforeseen delays, missed contractual deadlines or even a misunderstanding that escalated. For some owners and GCs, holding payment is the
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The Law Is Catching Up to Retainage—and Subs Should Take Notice0
- Best Practices, Cash Management, Contracts, FINANCE, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- May 5, 2026
By Claire Wilson, Siteline The math has never been pretty. A general contractor negotiates 5% retainage with the owner, then turns around and holds 10% from its subcontractors. You absorb twice the financial burden for the same project risk—at margins that typically run 3 to 10%. For most subcontractors, the retainage being withheld is most
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