Trenchbox

As a general contractor you can rely on your subcontractor’s bid on bid day as a binding agreement.  But not in all states. Listen on to learn about protection granted by the Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel...

http://sjcivil.net/law/you-better-honor-your-bid-on-bid-day-mr-subcontractor/

Parapet

There are differences in an hour: a manhour, a crew hour, a 50-minute hour. And an hour’s not a day, so there is another calculation for a manday. Here is a quick explanation of these estimating terms...

http://sjcivil.net/news/an-hours-not-an-hour-and-its-certainly-not-a-day/

Order of Precedence

Construction changes are generally handled in a similar way in most contracts. As a contractor you can develop good habits and controls to ensure you capture time and cost impacts.

http://sjcivil.net/news/anatomy-of-a-change/

PK nail

Just three random important things for contractors that didn’t make up an article all on their own: the legality of audio recording, running one man short, the golden rule of bid forms.

http://sjcivil.net/news/shhh-youre-being-recorded-and-two-other-tips/

EROPS / ROPS

There are very few “court-accepted” ways a contractor can quantify his or her loss as a result of labor productivity, or lack thereof. MCAA’s (Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc.) document PD 2 Factors Affecting Labor Productivity is one of the most widely used methods in practice.

http://sjcivil.net/claims/quantifying-the-loss-in-labor-productivity-the-mcaa-factors/