Should this person get the original contract price or the new higher price?

My friend recently entered into a written contract with a city to build a road in the city. He started the project however a few weeks later a hurricane struck the area and damaged the construction. My friend went to the city and said that he was going to need more money to finish the [...]

is this something you ask someone you talk to a lot?

A girl my boyfriend use to be friends with in high school facebook chats him and says
“Hey, how are you” (then says)
“Hows the construction union been?”
-3 years before this my boyfriend told her on AIM that he just got a new job in a construction union
QUESTION: Is asking “HOWS THE CONSTRUCTION UNION BEEN” a question [...]

What is the quickest way to do this job on a house?

I install Tivec house wrap on new construction homes and was looking for a quicker way other than hand nailing button cap nails. Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks.

Help me get out of this place(please)Need new start/life/job?

32/m hardworking/good-looking/intelligent/living in wisconsin needs to start a new life somewhere. I am willing to go just about anywhere. I have been in the construction biz for 10 years.(home building etc…) I would consider almost anything that would make me happy. I love sports for example…I dont mind hard work. But I also wouldnt mind [...]

Is this a good private sector job growth plan?

1) Property tax exceptions.
2) Construction exemptions for new and expanding businesses.
3) Creation of enterprise zones.
4) Eligibility for exemptions based on number of jobs created. (10 industrial jobs, 25 commercial jobs, 50 jobs from companies new to the state, enterprise zones)
5) Targeting manufacturing and high tech industry.
Oh yeah Dennis but I was thinking of what people [...]

What are your thoughts on this Immigration raids yield jobs for legal workers?

When federal agents descended on six meatpacking plants owned by Swift & Co. in December 2006, they rounded up nearly 1,300 suspected illegal immigrants that made up about 10% of the labor force at the plants.
But the raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents did not cripple the company or the plants. In fact, [...]

Do you thing this describes obama’s big jobs speech well?

Obama, the Veg-O-Matic President. Act Now!
Did you catch Barack Obama’s This-Is-Not-A-Stimulus infomercial just before the NFL season kicked off last week? Were you amazed at how the wunderkind once hailed as the greatest orator of his generation has been reduced to a TV pitch man for a product that is so tired it can no [...]

i want to sell my manufactured home in arizona to a private party. does anyone know of anyone that does this?

i have a manufactured home in arizona. it is being repossed. still in great shape. it is only 4 years old. i tried to work with the morgage company. they want all the money i owed. i just had a baby and due to complications i had to miss alot of work. no work no [...]

What would you do if your brother did you like this?

I moved my entire family back to Gulf Shores, Alabama from Atlanta to help my brother find residential construction jobs at a rate of 10% commission for every job.I hit the jackpot with a company and they wanted us to build 140 houses and some remodeling over the next year. Yesterday our first day building [...]

How would you negotiate your salary in this situation?

Audio/Visual Job: 1999-2005
Start: $10.00hr End: $12.61hr
Plumbing Jobs: Dec 2006-Present
1st) $10.00hr Starting and Ending
2nd) Start: $11.00hr End: $12.00hr
3rd) Start: $11.00hr End: $12.00hr
My Audio/Visual experience yielded skills which can be used in Plumbing. Ex…I learned how to work with tools and some basic construction skills along with how to work in construction environments.
I have been in Plumbing [...]

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