Construction Payment Blog

To take a project from an idea to a finished building, construction goes through several phases. Each phase has its purpose and is just as important as the next. The...

On construction projects where prevailing wage laws apply, it’s important to abide by those rules. In Pennsylvania, publicly funded projects over $25,000 in costs are subject to prevailing wage requirements....

There are a lot of things that are different about construction accounting, but retainage may be one of the most unique. These amounts withheld from project payments can be a...

Whenever you invoice a property owner, receive a check from a customer, or pay a material supplier, you need to categorize those transactions properly. The Chart of Accounts is the...

The construction industry runs on credit. Contracts are almost never paid up front, so contractors provide labor, materials, and equipment on credit with their customers. As a result, every construction...

Before a construction project can begin, there is a lot of planning, number-crunching, designing, and scheduling that needs to occur. The bulk of all project planning occurs during the preconstruction...

There are many different fields of law for the same reason that there are different fields of medicine. The practice of construction law requires specific knowledge of the building industry...

The construction industry is the sum of its parts—experts from every trade come together on a project to bring it to completion. In many ways, construction law is the same....

No matter the delivery method, contractors and subcontractors spend countless hours (and dollars) interpreting and executing a project’s specifications before and during the construction process. At the conclusion of the...

In an ideal world, contractors would simply sign a contract to perform work, get the job done, and collect payment. Unfortunately, things rarely go this smoothly. Before they can even...