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The pros and cons of becoming a subcontractor

Fieldwire

If you decide to start your own subcontracting business, you’ll be able to reap many of the most significant benefits of working as a general contractor — like greater flexibility in job hours and scheduling. You may need to pay quarterly estimated taxes, depending on how much you make from your subcontracting work.

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What Is an Installation Floater?

Levelset

” You may already have an insurance policy that offers coverage for business property and general liability. An installation floater is a form of insurance coverage that protects the value of building materials that will become a permanent part of a commercial or residential structure. What is an installation floater?

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Top OSHA Violations in Construction (2021)

Levelset

Of course, on a small residential job, it could mean the difference between making a profit and ending up in the red. The much bigger cause for financial concern is workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation insurance. Learn more about insurance – General Contractor Insurance: What You Need and Why.

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Latest electrical estimating software can smooth the work process of

Construction Cost Estimating

The software also makes the electrical contractors bidding process faster as it can easily find out labor costs, material costs, equipment and subcontract expense precisely equal to the particular system to appear at a bidding amount and make faster electrical pricing and estimating calculation of the job cost.

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Patented Precast Shaves Costs on Korean Highway | ENR.

ENR Construction

Survey Schedule. A French subcontractor is using a patented precast technique to build one of the worlds longest precast-concrete arch-tunnel sections at the site of a residential complex along South Koreas new Suwon-Kwangmyeong Expressway. Freyssinet’s $30-million subcontract entails building the tunnel in an open trench.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

Residential construction workers also are far more prone than their commercial counterparts to incur nonfatal injuries , such as cuts, strains, bruises, and fractures, many of which require days away from work (usually without pay) to recover. Scott Smith, Selective Insurance Group. Falls are the most common jobsite accidents.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

Just the bare labor component includes adders such as fringe benefits, unemployment insurances (federal and state), social security taxes, public liability costs, and builders risk insurance. With general contractors subcontracting the bulk of their projects this is a reasonable place to start the marking up.