Category: Construction Payment
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Why Can’t I Find the Property Owner on my California Construction Project?
If you’re a subcontractor, a material supplier, or are in the equipment rental business, by definition, you are a “lower-tiered” participant on a project (see graphic, below left). This means that you probably don’t have a direct relationship with the property owner on the project since there are other participants on the project – such…
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Retainage: What It Means For Your Mechanics Lien Deadline
Even thought the practice of retainage is widespread in the construction industry, successfully navigating the burden of retainage can be challenging and confusing. It really doesn’t matter if your company’s construction projects always include retainage, or if you’re just encountering retainage for the first time on a project, we are constantly getting questions about retainage from…
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The 5 Trickiest States for Lien Waivers
While every state has specific and defined requirements for what information must appear on particular notice or lien documents (and even statutes that set forth the actual form of those documents themselves), lien waivers exist in a kind of purgatory: few states mandate the form or content, but some do; some states recognize the four…
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The Equipment Rental Company’s Checklist for Using Mechanics Liens
Keeping track of notice and lien deadlines throughout multiple projects in multiple states can be difficult, and in many cases it makes sense to enlist outside assistance in notice compliance. In addition to, or in replacement of, the traditional notice deadlines and requirements, some states have specific requirements for equipment lessors which may mandate sending multiple…
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Common Pay Application Templates – AIA and ConsensusDocs
While the standardized pay-apps are relatively similar no matter where they come from – the references to and requirements regarding pay applications in the standardized construction contracts can still be different. The actual pay-app itself is just one part of the application for payment process, and certain requirements can be set by the original contract.…