Business Management Draft

In this Contracts Bulletin, you receive a general overview of the remedies available to subcontractors in these "contractor theft" situations.

Part 3 of this SMACNA Contracts Bulletin covers the risks involved in accepting partial payment on a project and how cashing certain checks could result in a subcontractor unwittingly giving up their rights to full payment.

A bankruptcy filed by a general contractor jeopardizes a subcontractor’s right to payment. When this happens, the subcontractor should be ready to act. This Contracts Bulletin provides insight into bankruptcy and presents the steps that a subcontractor might take to protect its interests.

This recently revised SMACNA Contracts Bulletin alerts members to payment and retainage issues they need to be especially mindful of when signing any future contracts.

Many subcontractors have faced additional costs associated with performing work at jobsites during the COVID-19 outbreak. These additional COVID-19-related costs come in many forms, including extra hand-washing stations, before-shift health checks, and larger quantities of personal protective equipment such as gloves, masks, and goggles. Learn more about several common construction contract provisions that could allow subcontractors to recover costs incurred as a result of COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the main organization addressing the 2020 pandemic and COVID-19. 

In Consulting-Specifying Engineer, Mike McCullion, SMACNA’s Director of Market Sectors and Safety, summarizes a technical report on a “life cycle” approach to Prevention through Design (PtD) in construction.

A list of federal agencies and tools of interest. It will be continually updated with resources as they are available. While the economic climate can quickly and drastically change, impacting the private marketplace, that is not the case when it comes to the federal marketplace. There is no reason why your company cannot use the federal government as a vehicle for success.

FMI research in 2018 surveying owners offers a high-level snapshot of U.S. offsite construction environment at the time.

This 2017 white paper offers insight into the growing use of virtual design and construction on construction projects. It describes the opportunities and challenges of VDC including three projects conducted by a leading architectural metal firm, A. Zahner and Company, where VDC played an important role.