I have a contractor that has been paid for specific phases of a rehab project home in Grand Rapids. The bulk of these phases are either incomplete or not even started and no one has been on the job for a couple weeks. What can I do? Thanks for your help! Mike Robins 775-833-1228...Read More
Why in many contracts, they seperating the advanced payment bond and the performance bond? Isn't it more handy to have one bond to cover all advanced payment and performance if the term set both guaranty finishes at the same time?...Read More
Are performance bonds typically capped at the value of contract? Who pays the delta if a subcontractor defaults and it takes $100000 more to complete the work by others....Read More
I have a subcontractor requesting payment for their performance bond. The project is for DOT, just this week we completed precon meeting and finalized a start date. No work has been done to date. We normally pay our subs once work has been completed, we have been paid then we pay our subs. ...Read More...Read More
I'm a subcontractor working on a public works project and we have been referred to a surety bond company to obtain a bond for this job. We noticed there is an indemnity agreement that binds both our company and owners in the event the bond is enforced. Is this common practice? Is there any other...Read More...Read More
hello, what is it called when you request data from a company to confirm they can perform the work being asked to perform? thank you! Trying to confirm the proposed contractors are actually qualified to perform the work....Read More
If the principal of a construction company has a felony conviction, will that prevent his company from obtaining performance and payment bond?...Read More
I have hired a GC and we are currently negotiating a lump sum price for the project. The owner plans on procuring a Payment and Performance bond on the GC but the GC is also including the cost for procuring P&P bonds for each of the subs (to protect themselves) and then wants to pass this cost alo...Read More...Read More
My company worked on a project and we were not paid. I file a claim against the performance bond but they denied the claim. So I file a mechanic's lien on the building. Now, the attorney for the owner/building is trying to bond-off the lien by claiming that the lien is illegal. They are stating that the per...Read More...Read More
I had a small specialty contracting business, Finish Carpentry. I had a performance bond issued by an insurance company, upon my making a one-time payment to the insurance company. I can't remember the name of the insurance company. I think I made a one-time payment to secure the bo...Read More...Read More
I submitted a bid for a prevailing wage project however the scope of work ended up being more than anticipated. We notified the General Contractor that our company would be unable to perform. No contract had been signed. That same General Contractor has reached out asking for money for liq...Read More...Read More