Homeowners are increasingly discovering that the check they wrote to a general contractor was only the beginning of the bill.

Under Ohio’s Prompt Pay Act, a general contractor could end up paying more for the subcontractor’s attorneys’ fees than the general contractor owed to the subcontractor. That was the ruling by the ...

When you sign a home improvement contract, you probably picture one company showing up, doing the work, and sending a bill.

In a typical construction contract, the project owner pays the prime contractor, and the prime contractor in turn pays the subcontractor, and so on down the line. The question then arises, what ...

As a subcontractor, you're dependent on the contractor who hires you to pay you. You may not want to question the contractor about its ability to pay, but protecting yourself as a subcontractor is a ...

Many contractors employ pay-if-paid provisions in their subcontracts, which may present difficulties for subcontractors seeking to be paid in a timely fashion. A pay-if-paid provision generally ...

A law passed in Maryland in April will allow a general contractor to be sued for the failures of subcontractors to pay wages properly. This change may put general contractors in a position where they ...

GCPay is now part of the Sage product portfolio, providing additional payment functionality to both Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate and Sage 100 Contractor ATLANTA and PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 07, ...

For residential subcontractors, “the check is in the mail” is no longer an empty promise. A newly amended state law, which went into effect Aug. 1, states that subcontractors and suppliers on ...