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Contract Provisions for Roofers
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Free e-Book from Cotney Construction Law provides important information about project contracts. Hilary Morgan, Partner at Cotney Construction Law, has authored a new e-book that details contract provisions that can make or break a roofing contractor’s business. Often contracts are long, boring and several pages long. ...
Make-A-Wish® Receives $125,000 Donation from RCASF to Grant Wishes to Children with Critical Illnesses
40th Annual Fishing Tournament Raises $125,000 to Grant 25 ‘Wishes’ for Make-A-Wish Foundation and also raises $20,000 for the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) Junior Angler’s Educational Program. The roofing community is making a splash in South Florida with the largest non-corporate donation to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida as ...
Construction Law: Contract Clauses, Part One
By Cotney Construction Law. Construction clauses are more than a legal formality. Signing on the dotted line is more than a legal formality. It is an acceptance of, and submission to, the rights and responsibilities detailed in a contract. Every contract should be the product of conscious deliberations between the contracting parties, ...
Review and Purchase Your Legal Subscription Plan
Cotney Construction Law took cues from the software industry, a legal subscription model helps contractors leverage legal services that are necessary to protect their interests and businesses. See How it Works and Purchase Your Subscription
Trent Cotney to Speak at this Year’s NRLRC 40th Anniversary Seminar
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Register today for National Roofing Legal Resource Center (NRLRC) 40th Anniversary Seminar in New York City, September 18-21, 2019. Legal issues are a fact of life in the roofing industry, and roofing contractors need to make the most of every resource available. Learning from construction ...
Cotney Construction Lobbying Advocates for the Construction Industry
Trent Cotney of Cotney Construction Law, the leading national law firm for construction, specialty trades and OSHA law, is pleased to announce the launch of a lobbying arm for the Construction Industry, Cotney Construction Lobbying. Employing professionals with backgrounds in law, business, politics and construction, Cotney Construction Lobbying will provide comprehensive ...
Big Brother in the Workplace
By Cotney Construction Law. So, your employees are using workplace technology for personal reasons, can you monitor their activities? Is their social media use subject to scrutiny when using the employer’s work phone or computer? The answer is unclear, but worth delving into as there may be some tricky employment ...
How OSHA is Trying to Reduce the Burden on Employers
By Cotney Construction Law for WSRCA. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is instituting a handful of new rules that took effect on July 15, 2019. The overarching goal of these updates is to streamline processes, decrease paperwork, and preserve funds. The final rule will lead to fourteen standards revisions related ...
Podcast: Non-Traditional Plan Helps Contractors Manage Legal Costs
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Taking a cue from the software industry, legal subscription model helps contractors leverage legal services that are necessary to protect their interests and businesses. I had the chance to speak with Ken Kelly, President of Kelly Roofing and RCS Influencer, at the AEC BuildTech conference held ...
June Was All About People and Projects and New Offerings
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Here’s what’s trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® this past month. Stories about people are always interesting to the readers here at RoofersCoffeeShop and that proved to be the case once again as we took a look at our most-read stories from the month of June. Coming in a ...
