Construction Payment Blog

Understanding the type of project you’re working on is an important first step to securing your rights to payment. Your rights and requirements can vary depending on if it is...

You filed a mechanics lien, and it cost you money. Everything costs money these days it seems.  When you’re spending this money to get your California mechanics lien recorded, you’re...

Refusing to pay for construction services isn’t reserved only to the insolvent. Here and there we hear about well-to-do celebrities who get slapped with a mechanics lien and get involved...

Full disclosure: I’m very much in favor of preliminary notice outsourcing. But really, why wouldn’t I be? Typically, when I speak to potential clients, controllers, CFOs and the like, they...

In Washington state, those unpaid for furnishing labor or materials to a construction project must file their mechanics lien within 90 days of last furnishing to the project. The deadline...

Every state’s mechanics lien form and filing requirements are different, and one simple requirement you want to be clear about whenever filing a lien is whether the lien statement must...

This blog’s focus is traditionally on mechanics lien and bond claim laws. When providing services, materials or labor to a construction project, I feel it’s best to understand and utilize...

If you performed construction work or furnished materials or equipment to a construction project commissioned by a tenant in New York, you may have the right to file a mechanics...

When filing a mechanics lien, there is a very important yet often overlooked question you must answer:  Where do I file the lien? Each state has different rules as to...

Things looking up in the New Orleans economy?  Perhaps, according to a report from the New Orleans City Business Newsroom that the New Orleans area saw a near 10% drop...