Construction Payment Blog

When unpaid on a construction project, filing a mechanics lien or bond claim will put your company in the best position to get paid. Those contemplating a mechanics lien filing, however, almost...

Everybody has the same question when a debtor files for bankruptcy protection: Will I get paid?  In order to determine the likelihood of a creditor receiving payment from a bankrupt...

“What if you never had to worry about getting paid on a construction project again?” That’s the question that starts off a new video released by levelset this week, and...

In the last couple posts we determined that a mechanics lien may be perfected during bankruptcy’s automatic stay, and that the time period to enforce a mechanics lien may be...

When we last left off we had determined that the Bankruptcy Code allows for the perfection of a mechanics’ lien during the automatic stay, if the lien arose prior to the...

In order for a mechanics lien to be valid, the property that is to be liened must be identified.  How that property must be identified can vary between states.  Some...

I’ve heard this story a lot. After you file a mechanics lien, the property owner or prime contractor comes back to you in a rage threatening to torch the earth if...

If you’re unpaid on a construction project in Washington state, there is no better solution for you other than the mechanics lien instrument. Filing a mechanics lien is hands-down the...

Hanley Wood’s Professional Deck Builder magazine published an article I wrote in this month’s issue, and of course, I highly recommend reading it :).  The article appears in the Deck...

Hillside Lumber, Inc. is an Illinois material supplier, who furnished $141,000 of lumber materials to a property owner in 2008, and didn’t get paid for more than $65,000 of the...