Construction Payment Blog

When filing an Arizona mechanics lien, you’ll come upon a blank in the form asking you to fill in the amount of your lien claim.  This may seem like a...

On private projects in Arizona, anyone who furnished “labor, materials, professional services, fixtures, or tools, in the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any building, or other structure pursuant to...

From years of working with companies to establish great mechanics lien policies, I’ve come to understand that when it comes to preserving lien rights, many companies get shaky in the...

Levelset just finished exhibiting at the 2012 CFMA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, and where there are trade shows, there is a gluttony of industry software exhibitors. That was the case in...

Short Answer:  No, there’s no reason to. Long Answer:  This question is asked a surprising amount. After someone gets paid on a construction project they may be interested in “canceling”...

A typical construction job is set in motion by the property owner. It may be the homeowner of a residential property, or the developer of a commercial property. But in...

We’re at the CFMA 2012 Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, and there was a great session yesterday titled “The ‘Gotchas’ of Subcontractor Expansion.” This was a great presentation by Lisa...

In Oregon, the statutory language used in regard to condominium assessment liens, and HOA assessment liens is nearly a word-for-word match in most respects.  One place where the controlling law...

In Oregon, a condominium association or homeowner’s association lien for past-due assessments attaches when the assessed amount becomes delinquent.  Also, in both cases, no notice or recordation is required to...

Arbitration clauses in a construction contract are commonplace, but what effect do these clauses have when litigating a Miller Act Claim, which may entitle you to a cause of action...