I recently pulled a permit in a Texas city, as an electrical sub-contractor. Two days from finishing the work for the entire project. my company was fired because my supply house delivered some equipment missing two critical components. when notified the manufacturer explained that there had ...Read More...Read More
I am a home owner who hired a project manager to oversee the rebuild of my home damaged by fire. The project manager exceeded the contracted completion date and did not manage the flooring contractor and allowed engineering floor installation without proper floor prep and room acclim...Read More...Read More
I am a subcontractor who has not been paid on several projects that we have past the normal deadline to send a registered letter to the contractor for the unpaid balance and also past the 15th day of the third month. Is there anything we can do to recover the balance we are owed?...Read More
On the lien template, it asks for labor/materials first delivered date. We wanted to clarify if this is date we ship products out or the date of confirmed delivery at customer’s location. The reason I ask is because our ERP currently is set up with a field to input product ship date but the delivery date is not ...Read More...Read More
We received notice from a supplier stating that my contractor did not pay them and they intend to file a lien. However... 1. It's a homestead, no contract was filed with the county, both spouses did not sign 2. The notice is a month late and not in the proper format with the residential code portion in...Read More...Read More
We have a job that we completed part of the design for, but the project was suspended due to Covid. We sent a billing 3/31/20 at the request of the GC, but have not been paid yet. I never filed the Notice of Specially Fabricated Materials and Requests for Information because the project was suspend...Read More...Read More
When filing a preliminary notice to a general contractor by a sub of a subcontractor. Is it a requirement to have the contract amount of the sub of the subcontractor included on the Preliminary Notice?...Read More
I have started sending preliminary notices at the start of all my jobs in TX. Many of our jobs are service jobs, and a lot of these don't have retainage. If they do have retainage, I may not find out about it until much later, but I want to send the preliminary notice at the beginning. Is there any risk to listi...Read More...Read More
I worked on and insured a job for a Sub Contractor I was working with on a Hotel Renovation Done in Austin, Tx. The General Contractor knew I insured the job and helped in the work on the job but made the check out to the Sub Contractor. Hence the Sub Contractor was paid and didn’t pay me for m...Read More...Read More
We are trying to figure out what should be defined as first delivery date. We start engineering work well in advance of delivering materials to an actual jobsite. Is the first delivery date our first day working on the engineering (which is when we invoice) or the first day we deliver that material to th...Read More...Read More
What is the best way to protect ourselves prior to beginning a large reconstruction project? We are taking on a home reconstruction valued at 300-400k soon. We know the homeowner's intention is to sell the property after the project is complete. How can we preemptively protect ourselves to min...Read More...Read More
I currently have a contract with my GC and we have purchase specially fabricated material for a job in Texas and began billing for the materials. The materials were never delivered to the job sight and work was not completed do to COVID-19. I started to bill the GC back in November for materi...Read More...Read More
I remodeled a home for a property owner who lives in California but is purchasing homes in Texas to make rentals I took care of the project completely meantime communicating daily with the home owner she sent incremental payments throughout the job as I was purchasing all materials and fu...Read More...Read More