Construction Dive

MAY 28, 2020

The CEO of one of the country's top electrical subcontracting firms sees U.S. construction slowing, but only temporarily.

Subcontracting 174

Subcontracting Industrial Electrical Construction 174

Construction Enquirer

APRIL 24, 2023

HS2 has revealed that tier two subcontracts totalling £7.9bn have been awarded to over 2,000 UK-based companies since the project started. Latest figures show SMEs securing £3.6bn worth of orders – a 45% share of work on the route.

Subcontracting 89

Subcontracting Security Contract US 89

Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 16, 2023

After nominations are closed, we will select finalists who will be featured in Construction Business Owner Magazine's print magazine and online.

Construction 294

Construction Subcontracting United States Industrial 294

Construction Business Owner

JULY 5, 2021

Must work in construction (general contracting, subcontracting, specialty trades, and others allied to the field) in the United States. After nominations are closed, we will select finalists who will be featured in Construction Business Owner Magazine's print magazine and online later this year.

Construction 285

Construction Subcontracting United States Industrial 285

Construction Business Owner

MARCH 27, 2014

You priced estimates yourself, presented bids in person, signed every contract, made all the important decisions, negotiated subcontracts, ordered materials needed, supervised most jobs, handled all the paperwork, created invoices, paid the bills, met with customers and handled all the problems.

Subcontracting 189

Subcontracting Negotiation Bidding Estimating 189

Construction Business Owner

APRIL 30, 2013

These policies are designed for the “at risk” construction manager (CM), general building contractor and design-build firm with an annual subcontract volume of $75 million or more. For some construction management firms, subcontractor default insurance policies offer a viable alternative to performance bonds.

Insurance 185

Insurance Subcontracting Procurement Risk 185

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Lumps sum bids from contractors or subcontracts, historical costs, or benchmark cost data are reliable forms of cost estimation. Planning, procurement, and project delivery can be accomplished by disparate teams that lack integration through their respective life cycles. … Poor Assumptions Drive Disaster.

Life Cycle 264

Life Cycle Subcontracting Procurement Bidding 264

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Improve work packaging and subcontracting to reduce project complexity. Optimize planning, procurement, and project delivery in terms of quality, compatibility, constructability, cost, risk, and function to meet customer needs. Improve project planning by avoiding, minimizing, or eliminating miscommunications.

Subcontracting 261

Subcontracting Procurement Contract Management 261

Construction Dive

JULY 31, 2020

The company, which has been suspended for the time being, faces an unusually lengthy debarment that would ban it from participating in federally funded projects with the exception of subcontracts valued at less than $30,000.

Subcontracting 145

Subcontracting 145

Construction Dive

MAY 12, 2016

By Bruce Jervis Subcontract formation is a problematic aspect of construction contracting. Prime contractors usually have “standard” subcontract forms, terms and conditions to which a subcontractor may object. It is frequently difficult to determine whether a subcontract has been created, and if so, on what terms?

Subcontracting 48

Subcontracting Agreement Bidding Contract 48

Construction Dive

APRIL 21, 2016

By Bruce Jervis Prime contractors are frequently required to release retained subcontract payments when the project owner releases retained prime contract payments to the contractor. This obligation may be imposed by the terms of the subcontract or it may be imposed by a “prompt payment” statute.

Subcontracting 48

Subcontracting Contractors Contract 48

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 13, 2021

The exclusive use of historical information, subcontract quotes, national average cost data, parametric estimating do not provide the requisites levels of local market cost visibility and transparency. Optimally a locally researched detailed unit price cost book (UPB) is used.

Subcontracting 191

Subcontracting Construction Estimating Procurement 191

Construction Dive

MAY 28, 2024

The California-based contractor will perform demolition and paving work at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Airports 72

Airports Subcontracting Houston California 72

Construction Dive

DECEMBER 15, 2016

By Bruce Jervis Many construction contracts, particularly for public works, include a limitation on subcontracting, effectively requiring the prime contractor to perform a certain percentage of the value of the contract with its own forces. This encourages hands-on management of the project by the prime.

Subcontracting 48

Subcontracting Bidding Contract Contractors 48

Construction Dive

DECEMBER 1, 2016

By Bruce Jervis “Flow-down” clauses in subcontracts are interesting creatures. These broadly written provisions purport to pass through to the subcontractor every obligation the contractor has assumed toward the project owner.

Subcontracting 48

Subcontracting Contractors Construction 48

Constructlaw

MAY 12, 2020

Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America,1 effectively narrowing the scope of enforceable “pay-when-paid” provisions in construction subcontracts to the extent the subcontractor seeks recovery against a general contractor’s payment bond surety.

Subcontracting 52

Subcontracting California Travel America 52

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 17, 2023

Validate Contractor and Subcontractor Quotes Obtaining comparative bids on all subcontracted work will not provide sufficient cost visibility. Both IPD and JOC have been proven for decades and are well evolved. Cost management can only be achieved through the process of owners created independent line item estimates.

Travel 241

Travel Construction Subcontracting CSI 241

Cassell Construction Estimating

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Intorducing The New Sage Estimating To Vista Exporting Tool Quickly convert your sage estimates into a viewpoint vista project management budget Works with the sage estimating versions 9.8

Sage 130

Sage Estimating Subcontracting Viewpoint 130

Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 21, 2013

January 22, 2013) – ConsensusDocs is releasin its first standard agreement for a lead architect or engineer to subcontract certain design work to other design professionals and consultants. WASHINGTON, D.C. The agreement makes it easier for architects, engineers to contract with other consultants providing a portion of design services work.

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Agreement Subcontracting Design Consulting 120

Construction Dive

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The winning bidder for the Richland-area decommissioned Hanford Site plant work, which includes demolition and infrastructure, must award at least 50% of subcontracted work to local businesses.

Subcontracting 112

Subcontracting Site Washington Infrastructure 112

Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 26, 2013

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Subcontracting 120

Subcontracting Virginia Texas Contractors 120

Construction Business Owner

JUNE 29, 2015

Now, most general contracts and subcontracts are awarded based solely on the lowest price for the exact scope of work and terms specified for a project. Twenty years ago, most contractors had a group of repeat customers, and price was not always the determining factor in the majority of projects awarded.

Subcontracting 120

Subcontracting Bidding Contract Contractors 120

Mr Ethics

APRIL 23, 2014

They also argued that as the lowest bidder they are due the subcontract. Is it unethical to deny them the subcontract? I would recommend that you contact counsel regarding the potential legal ramifications of having the subcontractor default during the project if you decide to award them the subcontract. What should we do?

Bidding 100

Bidding Subcontracting Legal Contract 100

Mr Ethics

APRIL 23, 2014

They also argued that as the lowest bidder they are due the subcontract. Is it unethical to deny them the subcontract? I would recommend that you contact counsel regarding the potential legal ramifications of having the subcontractor default during the project if you decide to award them the subcontract. What should we do?

Bidding 100

Bidding Subcontracting Legal Contract 100

Mr Ethics

APRIL 23, 2014

They also argued that as the lowest bidder they are due the subcontract. Is it unethical to deny them the subcontract? I would recommend that you contact counsel regarding the potential legal ramifications of having the subcontractor default during the project if you decide to award them the subcontract. What should we do?

Bidding 100

Bidding Subcontracting Legal Contract 100

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 5, 2018

With all of the projects the company works on, it was having a hard time tracking subcontract compliance data without running into manual processes and duplicate data entry. To solve this, C.W

Viewpoint 200

Viewpoint Innovation Subcontracting San Francisco 200

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Army official with fake subcontracts for a U.S. SK Engineering & Construction staff allegedly disguised kickbacks to a U.S. military project in South Korea.

Subcontracting 96

Subcontracting US Construction Engineering 96

NH Construction Law

JULY 22, 2023

Commercial construction subcontracts frequently incorporate by reference provisions of the prime contract between the owner and the general contractor, often with language requiring the subcontractor to assume toward the general contractor all duties owed by the general contractor to the owner. Turner Construction Co. , 560 F.Supp.

Subcontracting 40

Subcontracting Contract Contractors Insurance 40

NH Construction Law

DECEMBER 19, 2020

If the principal is a general contractor with a “pay-if-paid” clause in its subcontracts, must a subcontractor wait for the general contractor to be paid before it can collect on a payment bond? It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. 267 F.Supp.3d

Subcontracting 40

Subcontracting New Hampshire Liability Defense 40

ENR Construction

JUNE 16, 2017

Did divided responsibility compromise the fire safety of Grenfell Tower?

Subcontracting 51

Subcontracting Safety 51

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 21, 2017

2) Subcontracting support capability and subcontract management, including identification of key subcontractors, purchasing system/level of subcontracting. (3) 5) Price, including completeness, reasonableness.

Contract 100

Contract Plans Subcontracting Life Cycle 100

Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Identify any specific contract clauses contemplated for inclusion in the solicitation and contract, including those covering bonding, response times, operating hours, quality control, subcontracting plan, and progress payments. Subcontracting Plan Regarding Small, Small Disadvantaged and Women-Owned Small Business.

Contract 100

Contract Subcontracting Estimating Engineering 100

Job Order Contracting

JULY 19, 2020

In addition, highly specialized subcontract items may require travel and per-diem expenses for mechanics. Finally, a percentage of labor is added for small tools and consumables based upon the labor category. The base rate does not include overhead and profit, however, can be added if needed.

Estimating 213

Estimating Overhead Construction Liability 213

Fieldwire

AUGUST 31, 2023

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.

Subcontracting 98

Subcontracting Contractors Negotiation Employment 98

ENR Construction

JUNE 15, 2022

agreement resolves claims of subcontracting kickbacks and bid rigging related to firm's past LOGCAP military operations support contract in Iraq Justice Dept.

Contract 69

Contract Subcontracting Agreement Claims 69

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

and its president agreed to settlement resolving alleged disadvantaged business enterprise subcontract claim on a state highway project. Abbonizio Contractors Inc.

New Jersey 69

New Jersey Subcontracting Contractors Claims 69

Construction Enquirer

MAY 16, 2023

cladding subcontract arose when FK issued a £1.69m application for payment which was greeted with a payless notice and then not paid. ISG challenged the adjudicator’s award relating to Project Barberry, a warehouse project at an industrial park in Avonmouth Docks. The payment dispute over the £3.4m

Subcontracting 110

Subcontracting Claims Accounting Contractors 110