Enforcement Agencies Find Millions Of Dollars In Construction Underground
California Contractors Believe Findings are the Tip of the Iceberg
SAFETY NEWS: In Case of Fire
from the State Compensation Insurance Fund, October 2012
The most effective way to fight a fire is to keep one from occurring through awareness and correcting potential fire hazards. If a fire does occur, workers must be prepared to keep themselves safe from injury.
Housekeeping
A major cause of a fire in the workplace is due to improper or lack of housekeeping on the jobsite.
DOT Extends Comment Period for DBE Program
DOT Extends the Period for Comments of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of November 5, 2012
By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.
Can an old CA contractor’s license be brought back to life again when it ‘died’ a decade ago? The ‘mettle’ of a framing contractor is tested and we finish by helping readers learn what it takes to pull together to form a ‘joint venture’ effort…
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of Oct. 29, 2012
By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.
When something sounds too good to be true you know the likely results. We ‘strip the cover off’ rules on who can and can’t do electrical work with- or without- the proper license. A ‘swift’ review of an unlicensed contractor’s recent bid for work…
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of October 22, 2012
By Shauna Krause & David Kalb, Capitol Services, Inc.
While we often share answers offering good news to contractors in a jam sometimes it’s ‘un- possible’. Common wisdom says most rules have an ‘exception’ but you shouldn’t ever count on getting a second, and sometimes you just can’t fix what is ‘brokered’…