Books about Subcontractors from Amazon.com

Written by a general contractor of 25 years, Construction Business Management offers the lessons learned from both good and not-so-good decisions Read what it takes to build all aspects of a business that’s profitable, enjoyable, and enduring:

a.. Contract Terms & Conditions (to include and to avoid) b.. Fair Allocation of Risk Between Contractor and Owner c.. How to Make Sure You’re Paid What You're Owed d.. Critical Dos and Don'ts of Mechanics Liens e.. How to Select, Hire, and Keep Golden Employees f.. How to Choose Accountants, Lawyers & Insurance Agents g.. How to Target, Check out, Land, & Retain Profitable Customers h.. Effective Marketing Even the Smallest Contractor Can Afford i.. The Required Success Characteristics of a Contractor j.. Avoiding the 57% Four-Year Contractor Failure Rate k.. Opportunities & Requirements of Retail Construction l.. The Importance of the “Human Factor” And much more that will pay off now and throughout your career.
Written for contractors, key employees, subcontractors, students, and facility executives. Check out the Table of Contents for more detail. .
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This master reference, now in its 3rd edition, puts everything you need to know about government pricing rules and regulations in one easy-to-use volume. Guide to Contract Pricing will help you learn how the government does business and help you perform every step of the contracting process successfully. You'll...

Master the steps of the sealed bid process

Improve your skills at evaluating bids, proposals, and quotations

Perfect your ability to analyze direct and indirect labor costs

Grasp the fine points of GSA's structured profits guidelines

Discover how to determine the current cost-of-money rate

... to improve your chances for securing a fair and reasonable price...or profit!

Take the worry and guesswork out of the contracting process. This practical reference offers valuable insight and specific guidelines so you'll know:

How to forecast the likely price of an acquisition

How to calculate semi-variable costs

How to allocate direct costs

When cost accounting standards do - and don't - apply

How to certify cost or pricing data

How to estimate labor hours based on standards

What factors to consider in analyzing an engineering labor proposal

How to validate unit prices

When to allocate overhead cost on material rather than labor

How different allocation bases affect cost

The two-step method for analyzing G&A rates

Principles of structured profit guidelines

Allowable profit adjustments for cost-reimbursement and fixed-price contracts.
Price: $99.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Navigating Contract Terms and Conditions Just Got Easier!

Organizations are at risk when contract terms and conditions are not fully understood The Government Subcontractor s Guide to Terms and Conditions quickly guides you through the process of reviewing and negotiating contracts, identifying terms and conditions of concern, and mitigating potential risks. Author Kenneth Segel tapped over 20 years of contract experience to write a handbook that walks even the most junior contracts administrator through the daunting task of reviewing and negotiating a government contractor's terms and conditions.

This critical resource will help you:

-Determine what specific terms and conditions to address

-Decipher a favorable provision from an unfavorable one

-Address potentially damaging provisions

-Understand the potential economic impact of indemnification provisions

-Apply risk management to address indemnification provisions

The Government Subcontractor s Guide to Terms and Conditions will guide you through the inevitable challenges of the negotiation process. Put this updated resource to work in your organization today!

Table of Contents:

Payment Terms
Acceptance of Products, Services, or Data
Arbitration/Alternate Dispute Resolution
Assignment of Contract
Audit Rights
Limitation of Liability
Non-Disclosure Agreement
Elements of a Properly Worded Non-Disclosure Agreement
Set-Off Offset
Changes
Cost Reporting Fee Payment (CPFF Government Contracts)
Force Majeure (Excusable Delay)
Formation of Contract
Government Federal Acquisition Regulations
Governing Law and Venue of Jurisdiction
Key Personnel
Liquidated Damages
Record Retention for Future Audit
Shipping Terms of Sale--Free on Board
Rights in Data
State and Local Taxes
Termination for Convenience
Termination for Default
Time is of the Essence
Warranty
Insurance and Its Relationship to Indemnification
Indemnification
Evaluation of a Patent/Copyright Indemnification Provision and Standard Indemnification Language
Buyer's Indemnification of Seller
Government's Indemnification of Seller
Wrapping Up the Indemnification Provision.
Price: $49.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Only 43 per cent of U.S. construction firms remain in business after four years. Why? Inadequate management, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. This is surprising because most construction firms are formed by ambitious construction project managers, executives and tradesmen who have excelled at what they have been doing. But as experienced as these entrepreneurs may be, they are not likely prepared to take on the full range of responsibilities forced on them in managing the business of construction in its entirety.

While this business failure rate and its causes are based on U.S. experience, available data from a number of other industrialized countries shows they are similar.

This book describes in detail what the business side of the construction equation requires of the construction firm owner. The contractor who quickly learns these requirements can identify and avoid or manage around the pitfalls that cause the high failure rate in our industry and put his or her construction firm on a level playing field with the best-run companies in the business. The detailed duties of the owner, whether in the U.S., U.K., Australia or Canada, are a common theme throughout the book.

The author, Nick Ganaway, speaks peer-to-peer, and the book is sprinkled with supporting examples from his own experience. He is immersed in the industry and this book is "based on the things I've learned, used, and refined as a light-commercial general contractor in the course of starting and operating my own construction firm for 25 years." The contractor doing $5 million or $50 million or more in annual sales or the equivalent amount in other countries, or the entrepreneur who is just starting up, can use the tried and proven material in this book to build a business that is profitable, enjoyable, and enduring.

Additionally, the book devotes a chapter to specializing in chain-store construction.

* Learn what you need to succeed in the construction sector
* How to target, land and retain profitable customers
* Avoid the pitfalls of running your own construction business.
Price: $44.44 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Youre planning to start your dream home but-you dont have the time to act as your own general contractor. How do you determine which contractor to work with? What questions do you ask to make sure you really know whats happening at the site? The answers to these questions and more can be found in the pages of Home Building Process..
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