Construction Payment Blog

Here is a secret:  If you have a joint check agreement, the paying party may not be obligated to issue a joint check. The joint check agreement you signed may instead...

If unpaid on a construction project, filing a mechanics lien is a best-practice. Mechanic liens are usually successful at getting construction debts paid. In fact, based on a contractor survey,...

Calculating mechanics lien deadlines should be straight forward… You start with your last day of furnishing or the completion date for the project (as the case may be), and you...

The name of these documents should give away most of the answer, but still it can be confusing to distinguish these two documents and figure out which is the best...

Yesterday we published an article about Whether Maintenance Companies Have Mechanics Lien Rights.  The article focused on whether the work performed by such companies qualified for a mechanics lien filing....

Want to be the best at your job? We are going to start off this course by looking at what separates good credit professionals from the great. I’ve learned a...

Everyone knows about Hurricane Sandy, which is all over the news and a somewhat shocking reminder that the Hurricane Season ends in November (not September).  Nevertheless, in the wake of...

In most circumstances, it’s easy to determine your role and tier in a construction project. It is possible, however, to encounter confusion and difficulties with this simple question.  Since the...

Although I typically write from the claimant’s perspective on this Construction Payment Blog, every now and again I run into a case or article about the bond and lien claim...

Thanks to a reader who requested a blog article about the assignability of mechanics lien rights in Louisiana, as it inspired this post.  You can post a question to us...