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I did some work at a Naval yard for a first tier sub contractor. As the work progressed the sub contractor said that I was working for the General contractor and to get my contract from them. The General said that the change orders would be coming in and the contract would be worked out. After three months we finished our work without a contract from either party. Both contractor and sub contractor refused to pay for or furnish a contract for the work that was completed satisfactory. We filed a lien in 2018 and supplied all the data to the GC. The GC, sub contractor or bonding company did not pay us any of the $69,000.00 owed. Because of not having a contract my attorney said I had no case. Now it looks like the statute of limitation has run out. Do I have any options left?
TexasI need an attorney in the Riverside area familiar with Miller claim .
CaliforniaWe were a subcontractor on a federal project, our client (the general contractor) hadn't paid us our final payment in now over 120 days. We just received a partial payment from them as well as a "deductive MOD" to our contract in which the deductions they are stating are not plausible. How do we proceed in getting paid? Should we file a miller act on payment bond or what legal options do we have? Thanks
CaliforniaAre subcontractors required to provide a payment bond performing work on a federal government construction project costing $80,000.00??
New JerseyI was sent Bond of affidavit claim form from a surtey company. Do i need to still file a complaint with the courts? Can i get assistance even though ive already completed the administrative process and never got response? Or can i just fill out bond then deposit it with the court? If there a maximum i can seek for damages? Non judicial administrative process do i just go get judgement? Any and all help is appreciated..
TexasI'm a subcontractor that worked on a federal building project. Our last day on the project was 10/4/2019 but we still have not been fully paid. I used Levelset to send in a Miller Act Claim on 9/24/2020. What are the next steps we need to take to enforce our Miller Act Lien Rights?
Californiawe are a small electrical company doing work for a General contractor working on a Federal job at Offutt air force base.
We are about 75% done with the job but are having trouble getting paid for the last couple pay apps we’ve sent in.
We are waiting for 1/2 of Feb, all of March and now we’ve billed for April.
The General contractor keeps making excuses and we have paid out for labor and materials out of pocket.
The General contractor does not have a bond on this job but the Main contractor Dyncorp out of Texas does have a bond and they are the ones that pay the general we are working with.
NebraskaI am working on a Federal Project in Texas. We had to leave the project on May 14, 2020 due to covid. We have no idea when we can return. I have not been paid since March. My question is, does my 90 days for the Miller Act start from the last day I was there, on from when I complete the project?
TexasI need to file a lien on a car for work I did . Will I be able to get a title to the car
North CarolinaI am new here and I see that in the past they didn't send notice to bonding company. I'm thinking they should know as well that we are a contractor potentially requesting their assistance. Am I correct?
California
I'm a construction contractor and I have a customer that owed me $49,000 for work performed on a project. My customer received an email from a scammer pretending to be a representative of my company and asked the customer to ACH the payment to a fraudulent bank account. My customer ACH'd the payment to the fraudster. Does the customer still have to pay me? A few more related bullet points:
• A conditional waiver was signed by one of my employees related to the payment
• We never received the payment
• My AR employee didn't follow up on payment status until 4 months later. That's when the fraud was discovered.
Texasour customer is withholding retention on 2 federal projects because it was in a contract we doc u signed and did not catch, but we also have 2 additional contracts with them were retention is not be held. I am asking them to release our retention, just need the link-proof to send to them to prove my point.
CaliforniaOn this project site located in Columbus, OH we supplied equipment to a general contractor on a federal project. At the point which (the subcontractor) had gone unpaid by the GC for 3 months, we sent in a affidavit claiming our amount against the bonding company in December 2019. We (the subcontractor) received a response that the claim was denied on 3/5/20 and put together a rebuttal with proof against the reasons given for claim denial and submitted this to the bonding company on 3/31/20; it was acknowledged on 4/4/20. this is the 7th week now and we have received small excuses from the bonding company like "we are getting to it" or "the bonded GC has outstanding questions to send back to us". I am concerned the bonding company is buying time. I am wondering how much longer (as the subcontractor) should wait before we begin a lawsuit process.
OhioElectrical sub- Our company filed a mechanics lien, they "bonded" it off. What is my next step to get paid? Do I have to go to the bond company? Do I need a lawyer? We are in Virginia. Thank you
VirginiaWe are an Electrical contractor and have not been paid for completed work. We filed a mechanics lien, and they bonded it off... I guess, if that is the right word. We received mail that they submitted the bond to the court in VA beach to have the lien removed. Still haven't been paid. I need help in the next step. Do I get in touch with the bond company? Do I look up to see if the lien still stands in VA beach? We are looking for around 64K. Thank you!
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