QuickBooks is among the most popular accounting software for construction companies, with built-in tools that allow users to create custom reports. Accurate job costing is essential use historical experience to forecast job expenses and minimize any potential cost overruns.
Continue Reading How to Use QuickBooks for Construction Job Costing: A Step-by-Step Guide
by Robert C. Herr and Allan Van Vliet
Our Bay Area COVID-19 Rules Tracker summarizes the face-masking requirements currently in effect around the San Francisco Bay Area that apply to business and office settings. Though many of the Bay Area
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Construction projects are complex and often experience delays. The party responsible for the delay can find itself subject to potentially severe consequences. There are various ways project owners and contractors can cause project delays, and each party wants to “own”
Continue Reading ‘Project Float’: Who Owns it and What Should Be Done About It?
by Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team
Laura LoBue, a Litigation partner in Pillsbury’s Construction Counseling & Dispute Resolution practice, was featured in Building for Good (B4G)’s attorney spotlight series ‘Spotlight for Good,’ which was recently showcased
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In heavy-civil, excavation, and infrastructure work, the risk of encountering differing, unknown, or concealed conditions is significant, as it is nearly impossible to document or predict everything that the contractor will encounter below the surface when performing its operations. Although
Continue Reading Construction Site Disclaimers: Navigating Risk Allocation for Differing, Concealed and Unknown Conditions in Heavy-Civil, Excavation, and Infrastructure Work
Facts
In May of 2016 the Association implemented a rule that allowed owners to bring furniture to the pool area for their use “but they must remove these items daily when they leave the pool area.” Unit Owner claimed he
Continue Reading Residents are Not Owed Preferred Accommodations for Disability
Sending lien notices is an important — and in some cases required — part of securing receivables for subcontractors and suppliers.
Unfortunately, the process for creating and sending these notices is extremely nuanced and frustrating — especially if everything is
Continue Reading 3 Challenges When Using a Manual or In-House Process for Your Notices
by Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team
Partner Caroline Harcourt recently moderated Bisnow’s panel, “High Risk, High Reward: Finding Investment Opportunities in Pandemic-Challenged Sectors” panel on Tuesday, October 5. Topics covered identifying the key components to maximize
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It happens more often than you might suspect. A friend asks if you can pull a permit for him. He even offers to pay you. Why not, you think. You know the fellow, and the work, he tells you, is an easy
Continue Reading Renting Your License: A No Go
Environmental Justice, as an urgent policy priority of the Federal Government, dates back to 1994, and President Clinton’s issuance of Executive Order 12898. This order directed federal agencies to identify and address, as appropriate, “the disproportionately high
Continue Reading Environmental Justice: A Legislative and Regulatory Update
