It is a faithful old saying that “What you can measure, you can manage”. That truth spurs us all to be sure we can measure the important numbers dear to us like job cost, overhead expense, revenues and the like. Often, the quality of our measuring tools determines the quality of our management. Measuring past […]
For many years, if you wanted to do work over $250,0000 for the Florida Department of Transportation, you had to submit a CPA audit within four months of your fiscal year end. An audit can be a very expensive and time consuming endeavor. The FDOT has revised their requirements. More of their work can now […]
Florida’s Growth rate will hit 2.5% in 2013, and maybe exceed 3.4% in 2014. Why? A major factor will be housing. Construction jobs will account for 30 percent of the new jobs created during the coming three to five year cyle of growth, according to Beata Caranci, VP and deputy chief economist of TD Bank […]
Please click here to view the PDF in regards to the 2012 revisions to lien laws.
Unfortunately, in the past few years, we have heard of several cases where a General Contractor has made claim on a subcontractor bond after the sub defaults, and the surety is very slow to respond. As the GC sits and waits for the surety to respond, the job needs to be completed. If the GC […]
Congress will be voting on a 100 billion dollar transportation bill in July. As their approval indicates, this congress can rarely get anything done. Unfortunately, a stalemate in Washington could bring construction in Florida grinding to a halt. Included in that transportation bill are Federal projects like the construction on the I-4 corridor connecting Tampa […]