1. Our advertisers
help to make our website possible...
2. The ULTIMATE gift for the construction
worker in your life!!
3. Lower your overhead and increase your
profit margin!
4. SecurityCosmos.com
5. Communicate in Spanish with
your workers
6. What you don't know about General
Conditions CAN hurt you
7. Find out if you can "write-off"
100% of your medical expenses
8. Announcements
9. AB2890 opens the door to more small business
contractors
1. Our advertisers
support us and you!
*
Southern California Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (aka SCIB)
SCIB is not only our advertiser,
they are also our insurance provider. Should you need liability
insurance or bonding, or even just have questions, Gary
and Gabriel will be happy to help you out. If you don't have
need for an insurance agent right now, then why not print
their business card and hang on to it until you're ready!
*
Levy - Von Beck & Associates, Inc.
As is the case with SCIB, not only does Levy &
Associates advertise with us, we also use them for our preliminary
notice and mechanic's lien claim needs. They perfect and protect
our mechanic's lien rights better than we can and for less money
than it costs us to do it ourselves! They cover all 50 states and
DC!! Print
their business card
2. The ULTIMATE
gift for the construction worker in your life...
Check this out!! The latest in action figures, Construction Jack,
is a perfect stocking stuffer! 12" poseable and fully articulating,
these action-figures are a MUST-HAVE for the construction worker(s)
in your life! There's Jack the Carpenter, Jack the Painter, Jack
the Electrician, and Jack the Plumber! Each of the Jacks comes outfitted
in high quality, trade-specific gear and safety equipment. Click
Here to place your order
before December 14, and you'll have Jack
in time for Christmas!
3. Lower your overhead
costs and increase your profit margin!
Last issue, I profiled Data Emporium and their eReports.
Due to the positive response they received from you folks, they
have graciously decided to extend the two very special offers that
they made available, to give more of you an opportunity to try them
out. These special offers are exclusive to readers of our newsletter
and users of our website!
Here's the names of a few companies that use Data Emporium and
their eReports: Bank of America; Wells Fargo; Washington Mutual
Bank; Jones Lang LaSalle; CB Richard Ellis.
Manage your projects in a whole new way, lower
your overhead costs and increase your
profit margin! Please follow this link to read more, this
is too good of a deal to pass up:
http://www.thecontractorsgroup.com/data-emporium.htm
4. SecurityCosmos.com
SecurityCosmos.com is the number one online resource
support site for security products and furnishings. Even if you
didn't purchase your items from SecurityCosmos, you can still use
their online resource guide, for free! They've got a page dedicated
to "Renovations
and Retro-fit Applications" and another dedicated to "Maintenance
Guides". If you work with security products in your business,
take a look at SecurityCosmos.com.
Some of their products include locks, doors, controls, fasteners
and hardware. Many items are available for quick delivery. Free
information on retro-fitting, installation, and maintenance is available
on their website. In addition to their website, you can also obtain
free support by phone! Call 1-800-308-3627 with any questions you
may have. Keep up to date by going
to their website today, and signing up for their free internet
newsletter.
5. Communicate
with your Spanish speaking employees
Wow! In my last newsletter I told you about this
little English to Spanish translation book, a soft cover which fits
nicely in your back pocket, that will have you speaking in Spanish
to your construction workers in no time. This book has become quite
popular, with new orders every day. Lots of folks are purchasing
several copies to hand out to their English speaking employees,
to enable them to communicate with the Spanish speaking employees.
If you need to communicate
in Spanish with your workers, then
you need this book. Please click
here to read more, including sample phrases, and/or to place
your order.
Already purchased the book? We'd love to get your
input on what you think about it. Please send
us an email and let us know what you like about the book, and
if there's anything you'd like to see done differently. Thank you
for your help! :)
6. Contracts
- General Conditions
What you don't know CAN hurt you!
What you don't know about General Conditions can hurt you. Without
actual knowledge of the general conditions on each project, subcontractors
are playing different types of poker without knowing the game rules.
You cant win high-low poker with a royal flush.
Every project manager should be intimately aware of the general
conditions contained within the contract, as part of his/her project
administration effort. If you don't read it, absorb it and know
those general conditions, you put your project, and maybe even your
job/company, at risk.
Follow
this link to read more about General Conditions and how they
can directly affect the outcome of your project(s).
7. Do you "write-off"
100% of your medical expenses? We do!
Want to write off 100% of your medical expenses?
Want the government to reimburse you for your health insurance?
Click Here!
8. Announcements
** We have a Yahoo Store now!
This means that people don't have to sign up with PayPal to purchase
our forms. Our Yahoo store accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express
and Discover. Please click here!
No worries PayPal'ers, I've kept the PayPal payment option open
also. :)
In addition to the above, soon
all of our forms will be available in several formats, including
most Windows and Mac formats! This means you'll be able to save
your forms filled in, without needing the free Acrobat Reader or
having to purchase the $39 Acrobat Approval program!
** Quantumss introduces their latest
construction industry software creation, the Quantumss Project Manager.
This program was created to manage and track all of your project
needs with ease. It can produce estimates for a project, complete
contract documents, generate billings, print certified payroll reports
and track all of your communications along the way. You can purchase
one or more modules as needed.
Use code TCG when checking out and you'll get
up to 40% off of every item you purchase! This special offer
is made exclusively to our readers!
9. AB2890 opens the
door to small businesses
In case you haven't heard yet, relatively new AB2890 allows California
agencies to contract with certified small businesses, in amounts
up to $100,000, without following the normal requirements for advertising,
bidding and protests, so long as two price quotes have been received
from certified small businesses and the contract is awarded to a
small business. This applies to contracts for services, consulting
services, commodities and goods, and IT contracts. (Government Code
Section 14838.5 amended by AB 2890, SB 1049 Statutes of 2000)
Please
click here if you'd like to read more [Once you get there, type
AB2890 into the search box on the upper right of the page]
Well, that's about it for now. Have an outstanding day!!
Take care, Diane
--
Diane Dennis
TheContractorsGroup.com
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