Tag: Best Practices
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Collections Best Practices for Office Managers in Construction (Tips and Tricks)
While it may not be the most fun part of the job, making sure you get paid is arguably the most important. Because of this, construction office managers should take care to understand collections best practices, recommended actions to take both proactively as well as when a payment becomes past due, to make sure you get…
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The Top 5 Reasons You Should Love to Receive Preliminary Notices
It’s a well-known fact that payment in the construction industry can be slower than desired for many reasons, and one way that parties attempt to mitigate payment risk is through providing preliminary notices. While a preliminary notice can be a prerequisite for preserving a company’s lien rights on a project, this is not necessarily the…
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These Three Tips Will Get Construction Companies Paid Faster
While there are many ways to combat slow or non-payment once it’s already affecting you on a project, wouldn’t it be better to just avoid it in the first place? Every construction participant wants their invoices prioritized, and wants to get paid on time and without hassle. This article provides a few top tips to…
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‘Managing’ Lien Rights Before zlien: Our Customers’ Top 11 Responses, from “Angry Phone Calls” to “Prayer”
Many of our customers that fall into the “in-house category” simply realize that lien rights management is better left to the experts like zlien, and they could be doing far more valuable work with all of the time spent trying to navigate complex lien laws. For companies lucky enough to be growing, it often doesn’t…
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Customer Story: How an Insulation Contractor Used zlien to Get Paid Faster
When we first got to know this California-based insulation contractor, we saw right away that they were not a newcomer to lien rights management. In fact, quite the opposite was true: they understood the value of lien rights management completely and had a long-standing corporate policy requiring all of their branches to complete the pre-lien…