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10 May New Construction Tax Responsibilities for Contractors

Posted at 13:29h in For General Contractors

This article discusses the tax responsibilities for contractors who perform new construction work. If you haven’t already watched our overview video or if you don’t understand the terms used in this video, please watch the Contractor Overview video. As previously discussed in the Contractor Over...

10 May Hoop House Construction 1 Layout

Posted at 13:25h in House Construction

Here in southeastern Utah we have a lot of high winds, they start in March and they end in June sometime. And so it's - it's been my experience that you need to have something that's fairly sturdy, but I kind of avoid those commercial high tunnels to a certain extent; I wanted to have a do-it-yourse...

10 May Hoop House Construction 2 Arches

Posted at 13:20h in House Construction

I'm Ron Patterson with Utah State University Extension in Carbon County. We're going to move into our next phase of our high tunnel construction; I've got the T posts all in place now and I need to make the arches. So what you need to make the arches, you need PVC - some inch-and-a-half PVC - there ...

10 May Hoop House Construction, Part 2 of 3: Construction Materials and End Wall Options

Posted at 13:16h in House Construction

Okay, let's look at some hoop materials Steel As far as gauge ... 14 gauge is probably the thinnest you ought to look at on a large structure. The lower the number, the thicker the pipe wall, guys. So, you know, 12 would be a thicker than that 14 gauge Um, we usually space these four feet apart B...

10 May Affordable housing developer thinks outside the box

Posted at 13:05h in Real estate

Rick Gropper: Over the past several years, the economic development has really caused an increase in the amount of money it takes to live a comfortable life in New York City. Affordable housing is important to me because I’ve seen people being priced out of the areas that they work in. Ron Moel...

10 May The Tile Master Pricing Sheet

Posted at 12:38h in Real estate

Hey guys! So, we're quite new to Tile master. We bought a machine last week. When I did a little demo for a customer, they were chuffed to bits and said book is in next week "how much is it gonna cost?". I kind of gave a price that I just plucked out of nowhere. I've since gone home and realized tha...

06 May PSI Exam Tip For General Contractors, Which Code Books

Posted at 09:21h in For General Contractors

This is RODFOR with my contractor’s license, wanted to talk to you today about which code books to use during your test. During your test you're going to encounter a couple of different code books. We always get this question; which book should I use? There is usually an OSHA which is employee saf...

06 May The True Cost of a Metal Building Kit

Posted at 08:36h in Metal construction

Hey guys! Rodfor here with coastal steel structures and in this post I'm gonna be going over nine things that can and will impact the cost of your steel building. Number one: permit and code compliance this one gets people every time. Your building department should be the very first stop you make b...

06 May What you can buy in Manhattan for a million dollars

Posted at 08:12h in Real estate

- This is a new house, I suppose? - It's not new. - It looks as if it is from the 50s. - Well, yes, maybe. - And in this hous...

06 May FREE Stellar Consulting Construction Estimate Template

Posted at 07:17h in Real estate

Hi guys, Steve here. Welcome to my spreadsheet. This is something I've developed over the years working a few decades in aerospace and construction industries and ending with working since 2004 as $125 an hour construction management consultant and expert witness testifying in English and Spanish an...