Build America Podcast

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/

Air Entrainment

There are basic differences between cash and accrual accounting.  Here’s a quick review...

http://sjcivil.net/news/cash-v-accrual-accounting-whatchu-talkin-about-willis/

Grouser

Let’s run through an example. Let’s do an example so you see some of the challenges. Let’s take one cost code in your budget – let’s look at roadway subgrade. Below we have the budget for this cost. You can see the cost code is “1001” and there are five cost components of this cost code: labor, equipment, consumable material, permanent material, and subcontractor cost. This can be viewed in the columns from “Cost Code” to “Budget($)”.

http://sjcivil.net/news/how-to-do-a-job-cost-projection-cutting-through-the-fog-part-2/

Escalation

Executive summary. An accurate job cost projection is vital to Company survival. And it’s not too complicated if you know the budget, the timing of your costs, and can do a little bit of estimating. It’s NOT about blindly relying on quantities completed!

http://sjcivil.net/news/how-to-do-a-job-cost-projection-cutting-through-the-fog-part-1/