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Using Contract Skilled Labor Can Reduce Workers’ Compensation Risk—Here’s How

Pro Builder

Using Contract Skilled Labor Can Reduce Workers’ Compensation Risk—Here’s How. Using a staffing company can help employers lower workers' compensation risk while still meeting project workload demands and customer deadlines. Thu, 11/10/2022 - 10:44. Jobsite Safety. Labor + Trade Relations. Jobsite Safety.

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American Standard celebrates plumber know-how in contest seeking the Ultimate Plumbing Expert

Contractor Magazine

Winner will serve as spokesperson on videos, social media, and at special events; receives compensation and publicity to grow own business. Are you a plumbing expert who likes to share your know-how and help improve your customers’ lives? You may be just the plumber American Standard is seeking. read more.

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Best Practices for Developing a Contractor’s Request for Compensation

Best Practices Construction Law

Recently, Cordell sent me a list of items that all contractors should review when developing a request for additional compensation. Identify any trends and determine whether there is a causal event for any loss of productivity that may be compensable. Identify whether there was loss of productivity. Prove legal entitlement.

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Advancing Construction Safety Leadership 2024: Key Contractor Insights

Safety Services Company

Let’s reflect on what attendees experienced and the valuable takeaways contractors gained from the event. The Advancing Construction Safety Leadership Conference is an annual event for anyone serious about safety in the construction industry. Reduced Human Cost Construction is a vital industry but also one of the most dangerous.

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No Longer in the Dark: A Primer on the Distinction between Delay and Disruption Damages in a Construction Dispute

Best Practices Construction Law

The contract allowed for “delay damages” if the Contractor’s request for those damages “is determined to be compensable.”. Disruption damages can also be caused by an “event [that] both disrupts and delays a critical path activity….” Owner-Related Delays. The Court’s Decision.

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Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund), 42 U.S.C. The Consolidated Appropriations Act signed on March 23, 2018 included in Division N, the ‘‘Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2018’’ (the BUILD Act). 9601 et seq.,

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Don’t Overlook the Engineer in Engineering – A Recruiter’s Guide

Construction Marketing

You can equally go to engineering events and get involved. Develop relationships through these events and don’t hesitate to ask for referrals from this network. With a strong compensation package, you will definitely tip the scale in your favour when recruiting engineers.