GSBE Weekly Update 07/25/2018
California and Maryland Have Enacted Legislation Essentially Making The General Contractor the Guarantor for All Wages on the Project – Should Sureties Be Concerned? It’s been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. If so, general contractors throughout the country may soon be … read more
GSBE Weekly Update 08/01/2018
New Proposition 65 Warnings What is Proposition 65? In 1986, California voters approved Proposition 65, an initiative to address their growing concerns about exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative is officially known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. The law requires California … read more
Capitol Connection #1087
I assist contractors with licensing in CA, NV and AZ, including those with ‘foreign’ accents unfamiliar with the American way. And all it takes to provide contractors help on some questions is a little bit of ‘sole’… Q: We are an out-of-country contractor and we have … read more
Capitol Connection #1086
Some of the time it’s an easy contractor licensing answer, some are complex and others just take longer to develop the ‘full-time’ picture. Help arrives for a contractor planning for his road trip to AZ but, first, we start with a General looking for some … read more
GSBE Weekly Update 07/18/2018
What The Construction Industry Says About Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh As construction industry officials pore over the many rulings authored by federal appellate Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, they see a philosophy … read more