6 Ways To Improve Productivity In Construction Using Technology
- Improving Productivity, TECHNOLOGY
- November 28, 2023
August 2018 DOL Releases Videos Providing Guidance on Wage Laws The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has released a series of instructional videos that provide assistance to employers about their responsibilities to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act. The brief, plain-language videos are intended to help employers who simply want to
READ MOREby James Palecek, Palecek & Palecek, PLLC It has been noted that a majority of states in America allow a general contractor and a subcontractor to enter into a construction contract which “shifts the risk” of non-payment from the owner to the subcontractor. See “PAY IF PAID” CONTRACT PROVISIONS, Providing Some Enforcement Consistency and Predictability
READ MOREMarch 2018 Senate Committee Approves Bill Banning Reverse Auctions in Construction On Feb. 14, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs approved a bill that would prohibit federal agencies from using reverse auctions to procure construction and design services. S. 2113, the “Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act,” introduced by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
READ MOREFebruary 2018 ASA Introduces New White Paper on Contingent Payment Observers of the construction industry have seen companies go bankrupt, or go through torturous downsizings, layoffs and disputes, because of slow payment and nonpayment by customers. One cause of such difficulties is the contingent payment clause. In addition to the economic damage pay-if-paid clauses cause,
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