Construction Payment Blog

Short Answer: Substantial completion is a legal determination ultimately left up to California courts, but takes into account a variety of factors.  Typically, the most controlling or popular factor is...

Short Answer:  Yes Long Answer:  People get confused when working with churches, charities, co-ops, charter schools, and other non-profit organizations. Since these entities are not organized to make a profit...

Whether maintenance and repair work qualifies for mechanics lien rights will boil down to one primary issue: incorporation. Specifically, lien rights depend on whether the work was incorporated into the property....

  We’ve mentioned several times that, in order to have a valid mechanic’s lien, it is generally imperative the lien claimant not miss his notice deadlines.  Calculating the deadlines can...

We recently received a question from a blog reader inquiring about lien waivers, and specifically, whether signing a contract with a no-lien clause extinguishes that party’s right to claim a...

This morning I came across an article written by Michael Dennis of Covering Credit today titled “It’s A Trap.” It examines a hypothetical scenario when a company’s new CFO approaches the credit...

A recent visitor to Levelset posed an interesting question: What rights does a party have after performing work on (or furnishing materials to) a project on an embassy? This got...

Learn how mechanics liens work in construction, the rules and requirements in each state, and why they are such powerful tools to help contractors and suppliers get paid.

With travel set for a boom in the post-COVID era, major construction projects are already underway at some of the country’s biggest airports. Even a facelift at a major transportation...

In many states, local lien law requires you to send a preliminary notice in order to maintain your lien rights. When you slip your preliminary notice in the mail it...