Less than a month after signing a partnering agreement with the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) in the interest of improving professionalism in the contracting industry, the ...

I recently received a call from a general contractor and client with an all-too-common question: “I just had a subcontractor show up on site and tell me, ‘I’m going out of business and won’t finish ...

A union-backed bill introduced at the state Capitol this week would take construction wage protections to another level, expanding on a 2019 law that was touted at the time as the toughest wage theft ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - When a construction subcontractor agrees to perform work on a time-and-material basis, it makes a promise to commit its work force and furnish materials to a project, and submits ...

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The pandemic and its many side effects continue to disrupt the construction industry, with supply chain and labor shortages delaying projects nationwide. Despite strong buyer demand, with an estimated ...

T.D. Farrell Construction, the general contractor heading up construction of the Costco Wholesale at Interstate 10 at Carrollton Avenue, is holding an information session for disadvantaged ...

Many trade contractors do not understand how general contractors (GC) choose who they award trade work to. Understanding their practices and using that knowledge effectively will lead to far more, and ...

Like what we are now seeing with Obamacare, the deception continues in our beloved industry. Try getting a schedule from the GC as a subcontractor. When you ask for a schedule at the beginning of a ...

General contractors in Maryland will be held liable for the failure of subcontractors to pay their employees in accordance with the state’s wage and hour law. The new law will go into effect on ...