Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of April 13, 2015
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
‘Work-arounds’, loopholes, or gray areas can sometimes be exceptions to the rules. But they are often looked for to avoid doing what is ‘business as usual’ as in our first question. Nice try but let me count the ways it’s not going to work. We finish with raising a contractor’s ‘suspended’ corporation…
CSLB Reminds Contractors to Register with DIR Before Bidding on Public Works Projects
SACRAMENTO — The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) reminds all licensees who work on public works projects to register with the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Beginning March 1, 2015, all contractors were required to register with DIR in order to bid on public works projects. On April 1, 2015, all contractors will be required to be registered with DIR to be awarded a public works contract, even if the project did not go out to bid.
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of April 6, 2015
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
Important updates you don’t want to miss, but first losing a family member is never easy, but our second question shows that losing their loved one was only the beginning for this contractor family. Although it’s not much, we do find a small silver lining to the dark clouds…
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of March 30, 2015
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
What can you do in Arizona that you can’t do here? We also help contractors with questions on LLC and foreign corporations, and we ‘raise’ the spirits of a Nevada company looking for work in California…
Contractors & Insurance
By Kenneth S. Grossbart, Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman
Insurance is defined as coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril; a means of guaranteeing protection or safety. Some insurance is optional and some is required. Contractors have many options and we thought that we would take the time to highlight some of the insurance that is required and other available options in the construction industry - keep in mind this does not cover everything.