Imagine you and your builder standing over a kitchen counter with blueprints. You’ve estimated your dream house cost, but when the contractor hands you a quote, it’s shockingly higher. This is common ...

From 2021 to 2023, the construction industry faced a tumultuous economic climate, marked by a confluence of challenging trends that have tested the resilience of industry executives. This period saw a ...

When negotiating a complex change order or preparing to litigate a claim, calculating actual recoverable costs incurred can be a difficult exercise. You will want to first review your contract to ...

Zlien, a leader in lien law software and services space, has released a new tool giving construction professionals the power to calculate lien and notice deadlines on projects nationwide. The Lien ...

Last month, we discussed how you could get better control of the equipment you own and rent. This month, we’re going a step further by offering up a couple of ways to collect and analyze the data.

Few work-related issues divide workers and management more than overtime pay: workers love it; management loathes it. Federal labor law mandates minimum compensation of 1.5 times a construction worker ...

The rate calculation has not changed much over the years. I remember the days when we estimated the cost of gasoline for the pony engine to the penny and used the crazy assumption that “repairs, ...

The Excel-based calculator can help companies working on large, multiyear construction or manufacturing projects compute the ...