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15 Tips For Starting Your Own Roof and Guttering Business

Construction Marketing

9) Legality and Taxes. You can also hire a lawyer to help you out with other legal requirements such as service agreements. Overall, starting a roofing and guttering business requires a thorough business plan, legal steps, and marketing. For a sole proprietorship business, you can’t use your name. Corporation .

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

There would have to be some agreement, that does not exist today of what it means to be net zero (e.g., And maybe that includes an agreement that zero is more like the historical absence in the number of columns counted by Sumerian scribes 4,000 years ago than a modern laboratory measure of non-detect? yes, this blog will continue).

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LEED Prerequisite Now Prohibits Smoking Cannabis

Green Building Law Update

In accordance with the GBCI Certification Agreement because “. Beyond the general disclaimer below about the purposes of the blog, this blog post is not intended to give you criminal law advice or for that matter, any legal advice. . Note, the now being piloted but not yet balloted among the members, LEED v4.1

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Obtaining the Proper Bonding for Government Jobs

Construction Business Owner

Home » Blogs. You know, I was thinking about one of my first blog posts, the one called, “Stop Whining! In a way, a surety bond is like insurance; it is a three-part agreement between the contractor, the organization requiring the bond (e.g. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog.

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The Second Best Way to Mitigate Your Risk in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted. In 2012, the sustainable contract provisions from the Guide were incorporated into the A201 family of agreements issued as “SP” Documents. All of this works to allocate the legal risks of the green building project.

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What Contractors Need to Know About Surety Bonds

Construction Marketing

Surety bonds are financial guarantees that are issued to ensure the individual or company who obtains the bond will perform work in a legally compliant manner and will avoid fraud and misconduct. Surety – The bonding company that guarantees the principal’s ethical operations and legal compliance by issuing the bond.

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Presenting At Green Legal Matters This Week in New Orleans

Construction Law Monitor

The unavoidable marriage between the green and construction industries is why our construction law practice has paid very close attention to green legal issues. We operate two topic-specific blogs on the topic ( Louisiana Green Law and Northwest Green Law ), and I’m a LEED AP. Friday, 11am – 12pm.

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