More and more contractors are finding themselves caught in the wave of Minnesota’s new Independent Contractor law (Minn. Stat. § 181.723) which took full effect this year.
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The biggest problem facing many contractors today isn’t securing the necessary materials for projects or landing enough bids—it’s finding skilled workers that want to do the job.
In October of 2019, a Boston judge sentenced the owner of an excavating company to two years in jail after two of his employees were killed while working in a trench.
Turn the tables on tariffs and other market disruptions The recent announcement of aluminum and steel tariffs is […]
Most contractors do not want to submit claims. Sometimes, the job that should have been highly profitable threatens […]
After being awarded a contract to remove silt and debris from an empty lakebed, the contractor was ready […]
Under a new Minnesota law, contractors with even a single violation of wage, labor, or contracting laws can […]
Do good walls really make good neighbors? I don’t know, but in low-bid construction, good privacy rules really […]
Most people know to “call before you dig.” Underground contractors, in particular, need to be familiar with One-Call […]