Subcontractors play a pivotal role in construction projects, providing specialized skills and services essential for bringing projects to fruition. However, with this collaboration comes inherent ...

Subcontractors are crucial for efficient, specialized, and sustainable project completion but introduce significant supply chain risks related to qualifications, safety, and financial health. Almost ...

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When you sign a home improvement contract, you probably picture one company showing up, doing the work, and sending a bill.

In a typical construction contract, the project owner pays the prime contractor, and the prime contractor in turn pays the subcontractor, and so on down the line. The question then arises, what ...

Knowing how contracts and liens work can help subcontractors grow and protect their business. Karalynn Cromeens, an attorney specializing in the construction industry, owner and managing partner of ...

Homeowners are increasingly discovering that the check they wrote to a general contractor was only the beginning of the bill.

A general contractor is like the head coach of a football team: the buck stops here. When there are problems on a construction project, the owner expects the contractor to fix them. Sometimes a ...

The federal government’s effort in mobilizing more government contractors in recent years to help the nation move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic sets a favorable precedent for the professionals in ...

Contractors bid on large construction projects, and then they farm out 80 to 90 percent of the work to subcontractors, who specialize in certain aspects of projects, such as carpentry or electrical ...