Home About Us Your Authors Our Services Resources Blog Directory Avvo Legal Guides Avvo Answers Forms & Documents Webinars Other Publications Contact Us Speaking Engagements Press Contacts Oct 2010 21 Scott Wolfe Jr 2 Examples of Things That Can Go Wrong on a Green Building Project Green Building is all the rage in the United States.   When bidding, contracting and working on these projects, it’s important to know what might go wrong.   After all, if you have no idea what things can go wrong, you have no way to prepare for them (or charge for the extra risk). The downside?   MORE >>

Whenever a state requires preliminary notices, those notices must be sent within a certain time frame (see our color coded map of preliminary notice requirements throughout the United States ).  Normally, the period for sending notice is calculated from the first day your company furnishes labor or materials to the project, with some states requiring notice within just 8 days (Oregon) and others allowing as long as 60 days (Washington). Likewise, in California, notice is required within 20 days of first furnishing labor or material.  MORE >>

hourly labor rate. in labor costs saved per week. Add up the gas savings ($532/yr) and money saved on labor ($4,875/yr), and GPS would save a field service company $5,407 per year. In fairness to Electric Compass, gas/diesel prices as low as $2.66/gallon don’t exist in the United States these days, and they did round down the amount of labor time saved from 54 minutes to 45. Bring up GPS to a field service decision maker, and another 3-letter acronym is certain to follow in that conversation: ROI. Gas Savings. 400 miles traveled per week. 4,875.00 MORE >>

Here is a few things that are happening to help PACE stage a comeback, and a glimpse at how this might affect the PACE Programs: 1)   California is Fighting It :   First, Sonoma County and the California Attorney General have both separately filed suit against the FHFA claiming that the determination is wrong, or that FHFA lacks jurisdiction to make the determination on behalf of states and counties. 3)  Re-Thinking PACE: States may be ready to re-think the way they structure these PACE programs, and provide some protections for mortgage companies.   Why not? Can PACE Be Saved? MORE >>

The general rule all across the country is that a party is entitled to file a lien if they are furnishing labor, materials, services or equipment to an improvement or property. While every state has its own nuances, if you fall within this general definition you’re pretty safely within the lien laws of any state, and spray foam installation falls within the definition of providing “labor, services, material,” etc. First, the answer is yes. to an improvement. However, this is far from the truth. Mechanic Liens Avvo Green Building MORE >>