Build America Podcast

Builders Risk Insurance

Many video conferencing softwares are in existence. Which one suits you best? Which ones are easiest to use? Here’s one users’ opinions. http://sjcivil.net/sjcc/video-conferencing-softwares-a-quick-review/

Pawl brake

Most Project Owners are convinced that Contractors thrive on change orders. The truth is that most would prefer to have none. Read below a sort of open letter to Owners. http://sjcivil.net/sjcc/dear-owner-no-change-orders-thank-you/

Entrapped air vs. air entrainment

Extra work on a construction project must be delivered at fair and reasonable prices. Owners should know they have this right in their Contract, and Contractors should know the owners have this right too. http://sjcivil.net/change-orders/i-didnt-ask-for-a-lamborghini/

Notice to proceed

Most contractors use letters to communicate significant events in a project. Use letters to tell. Use RFIs to ask... http://sjcivil.net/news/letters-to-the-owner-need-to-tell-not-ask/

Pressure

Whether in a bid situation or a change order negotiation, there is a way to boost your profit on paper by not “job costing” your equipment. Let’s talk depreciation. http://sjcivil.net/equipment/boosting-job-profits-on-equipment-purchase-on-paper/

Plastic hinge

Scott Jennings, P.E. facilitated a live 2-hour webinar and Q&A with attorney Scott Batterman, Esq. of Clay Chapman Iwamura Pulice & Nervell, Attorneys at Law from Honolulu, Hawaii to address one of the hottest topics now in the construction industry: Force Majeure due to COVID-19 This is the audio only. For full presentation and resources, please visit: http://sjcivil.net/fm...

Hoptoe

Field experience is necessary to be a best of class construction and engineering professional. Can you or your employee relate to today’s article? Can you write your own article with similar anecdotes to these below? If you cannot, schedule some time in the field. http://sjcivil.net/news/but-what-does-it-smell-like/

Well graded material

The management structure of sizable projects usually involves four major parties:  the owner, the construction manager, the designer, and the contractor.  Here’s how project management is structured and what the parties’ responsibilities are in two common project delivery methods. http://sjcivil.net/sjcc/project-parties-who-does-what/

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Ensure that before you sign a change order, all of the necessary components of your negotiation are included. Here’s what to look for in a change order before you sign it. And don’t forget – you don’t have to sign it. http://sjcivil.net/contracts/signing-a-change-order-what-to-look-for/

Constructive Acceleration

As a construction professional in the field, when information conflicts between plans and specifications, you should immediately seek the order of precedence section of your contract for guidance. http://sjcivil.net/contracts/what-information-governs-order-of-precedence/

Retention Bond

There’s almost nothing more important than notifying your client, in accordance with the Contract, of a time and/or cost impact. Learn how to do it here. http://sjcivil.net/communication/notice-writing-the-letter/

Arbitration

In a construction matter, the quality of evidence can be as important as the evidence itself. Using contemporaneous information can be invaluable in your legal matter against an opposing party. http://sjcivil.net/news/legal-word-of-the-day-contemporaneous/

Unexcused delay