Articles

From the Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman Newsletter Jan / Feb 2012

By David Kalb & Shauna Krause, Capitol Services, Inc.
 
Despite what a contractor may believe is the right direction, misinformation about their contractor’s license can often lead to a ‘dead end’. Like the ‘GPS’ of contractor’s licensing law we can help you get to your destination. Another contractor needs expert ‘directions’ to Nevada…
 

By David Kalb & Shauna Krause, Capitol Services, Inc.

You have to walk before you can run, as some younger aspiring contractors must learn. Apprentice is only the first step towards a license.  Winning contracts in the market is always hard work, but on those bids involving government or special districts there are additional challenges. For our first contractor there is little room to maneuver between a ‘rock and a hard place’…

from Scott P Leary, Executive Director

As a free added-value membership service, the Builders Exchange of Alameda County in partnership with Employers Advocate Services (EAS) is providing your company with a seasoned personal Workers Compensation Claims Specialist, Lori Wolf. 

On February 8, 2012, Cal/OSHA launched a statewide Confined Space Special Emphasis Initiative to focus attention on preventing worker deaths and injuries in confined spaces.  The press release can be found at https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2012/IR2012-05.html.  For your convenience, content of the release is included below.   A copy of the Alert is also attached.
 

by John McGill, Special Counsel at Archer Norris

By David Kalb & Shauna Krause, Capitol Services, Inc.

While the complex regulations governing contractors in California are largely written in law, some of the ‘rules’ guiding licensing remain ‘unwritten’. These are not actual statutes, but practices derived from CSLB interpreting the ‘black and white’ legislation. We ‘dial in’ a low voltage answer, and also as strange as it may sound, a Qualifier learns he has been promoted to replace himself…