Hi zliener,
This week’s Construction Financial Manager Review (CFM Review) features a selection of interesting articles from across the industry this week.
Our goal is to make it easy for all construction financial professionals to stay informed about what matters to them.
Enjoy your weekend!
Peter Menge | zlien Content Manager
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Industry Spotlight
Key articles from across the web on a variety of construction industry topics
AGC + NAM = New Acronym TBD
AGC of America, Manufacturing Group New Infrastructure Coalition via ENR Mountain States
Infrastructure is still in the news, though the news is more about the planning around infrastructure, and less about the actual building of it. Nevertheless, industries remain “optimistic” about the federal government’s infrastructure plans, according to this article announcing the creation of a new infrastructure coalition between the AGC and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).
An Indisputably Good Article on Construction Disputes
Construction Disputes: What You Need to Know via GenieBelt
Our friends at GenieBelt have a brand new, well-written article all about construction disputes, a topic of interest that we share. Check out their article along with the entire GenieBelt Blog – it’s good stuff!
Payment, Credit, and Lien Rights
More construction industry content, but more about specific issues around payment, credit, and lien law updates
What if the Hinge is Stuck?
Mechanics Liens and Bankruptcy: Recovery Hinges on State Laws via the zlien Construction Payment & Policy News Blog
The complexity of lien laws is a common theme for us here at zlien. Laws, requirements, deadlines, even the document templates themselves, all vary from state-to-state. As this article point out, you can add “the relationship between mechanics liens and bankruptcy” to that list!
Lien on Me
Here Are the [NYC] Real Estate Developers With the Most Lien Activity via therealdeal.com
Want to know who the 10 NYC developers with the most lien activity since 2012 are? We thought you might. Click the link above to find out!
Congratulations, Matt!
“It is with passion, courage of conviction, and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world”
~ Elle Woods, Legally Blonde
zlien‘s legal intern nonpareil, Matt Viator, just graduated this month from Tulane Law School. Matt has been a prolific contributor to our Lien Law & Policy Alerts Blog (follow the link to check out Matt’s work), writing new articles at a torrid pace all while successfully managing his “day job” of crushing it in law school. We’re very happy for him and wanted to take this opportunity to not only congratulate him, but also, to acknowledge and thank him for his excellent work on behalf of zlien.
Construction Tech
zlien is a technology company after all!
News and other tidbits about the fast-growing construction technology space
Prefab More Than a Fad
A Push for Prefab: Why Offisite Construction Methods Are Moving to the Mainstream via ConstructionDive
A big announcement earlier this month from hotel giant Marriott International that it plans to pursue a program of offsite construction for some of it’s brands. The massive lodging company has used at least some prefabrication construction methods on about 13% of their North American hotel deals this year – about 50 hotels in all.
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