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How Small Contractors Can Build a Defensible Workplace Safety System.
A practical framework for documenting hazard assessments, safe work procedures, training, inspections, incident reporting and supervisor accountability before an injury occurs.
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How Construction Businesses Can Manage Risks Around Elevated Work Platforms
A Victorian prosecution involving a worker’s death shows why elevated work platform safety cannot be treated as the responsibility of one business alone. This practical checklist covers risk assessments, training, supervision, maintenance, and coordination between contractors and equipment suppliers.
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Public Contracts Over £5 Million: How Contractors Can Prepare for the New Skills and Local Jobs Requirements
Public contracts worth £5 million or more will place greater weight on community benefits, including local employment, skills and training. Contractors can prepare by turning those commitments into a delivery plan with clear records and evidence.
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The Golden Thread for Subcontractors: What Site Evidence Should You Capture Every Day?
The golden thread is not only a principal contractor responsibility. Subcontractors on higher-risk building projects should build accurate, location-specific evidence into their daily site workflow, from worker assignments and installation records to inspections, changes, and handover documents.
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Ontario’s New Road Construction Standards: A Practical Compliance Checklist for Contractors
Ontario’s Regulation 283/26 introduces mandatory provincial standards for the design and construction of certain municipal road projects. Use this practical checklist to review specifications, contracts, schedules, and project records against the applicable OPSS requirements.
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How To Use The Critical Path Method For Construction Projects
In most industries, scheduling is needed to keep things in order and this is especially true when it comes to construction. Without a proper plan, even the simplest of projects can fail (and no project manager wants failure on their resumé). Luckily, there’s a well-established system in place that many successful project managers are using to ensure that their construction projects run smoothly.
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Everything You Need to Know About Mechanic's Liens
In this article, we’re going to review liens in general and the Mechanic’s Lien in detail. We’ll show you the steps to take to initiate a lien and foreclose on a property, how to have a lien removed, and most importantly, we’ll give some recommendations on how to avoid a lien in the first place. Finally, we’ll provide a list of lien filing regulations state by state.
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Everything You Need to Know About Construction Bidding
The construction bidding process can be time-consuming and expensive but if done correctly, it can help stimulate any business not only by increasing profits but by strengthening its professional network of construction managers and other general contractors. In short, done well, the bidding process will ultimately lead to new future growth, one way or the other.
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Creating And Interpreting Subcontractor Agreements
Back in the ‘good old days’, you could rely on a handshake deal and be reasonably confident the job would get done right. If there were bumps in the road, you knew they’d get taken care of amicably. Indeed, in some tight communities, contractors still work on a handshake basis, but that’s quickly changing.
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Balance Sheets For Construction Accounting
Balance sheets are one of the most important aspects of construction accounting, so it is naturally best practice to make sure they are current and accurate. However, some small business owners or operators may not necessarily understand what a balance sheet is, let alone how to keep and maintain one.
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Change Orders For Contracting Projects
Change orders are often required during an ongoing contracting project. This post will help you understand why they are required, how to implement them correctly, and some common gotchas to look out for along the way.
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Using WIP For Over And Under Billing - Avoid Construction Cashflow Problems!
I think we’d all agree that managing project finances is one of the biggest headaches of the job. From task value estimation and cost allocation, to invoicing and handling change requests, dealing with the money side of the business is no walk in the park. And if you’re running several projects consecutively, it’s very easy to lose track of billings and wind up in a serious cash-flow mess.
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