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By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

“Measure twice and cut once” is a good rule carpenters use to get a cut right.

Getting the right information in the highly complex license regulations that ‘rule’a contractor’s world is also essential. We ‘take-off’ with a mix of ‘half and half’ questions that help illustrate why contractors should consider expert assistance in following the rules different states require…

by John McGill

When you work on a public works project, which is any project that involves contribution of public funds, you need to pay prevailing wage.  There are some exceptions, the most important being when the project is undertaken by a charter city that has opted out of requiring prevailing wage for projects funded by the charter city and that are not of statewide concern.  All other projects require that contractors pay their workers the prevailing wage.

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

The introduction of Limited Liability Company, or LLC licensing in CA has opened a relative ‘floodgate’ as contractors explore this new way to organize their companies. However, like all things, unexpected consequences come with this new way of doing business. We also touch on judgments in bankruptcy, license reciprocity state-to-state and wrap up with an interesting twist on qualifying more than one license…