Practical guides for contractors — prevailing wage, submittals, change orders, lien waivers, billing, estimating, and closeout.
Public works contractors owe training fund contributions, reported on the CAC-2. Here is who owes, how much, and where it goes.
Prevailing WageA line-by-line walkthrough of the federal WH-347 and California DIR A-1-131 certified payroll forms, with an annotated example.
Prevailing WageOn prevailing wage jobs the fringe portion is as real as the base rate. The fringe benefit statement is how you account for it.
Prevailing WagePublic works comes with a stack of compliance obligations private work doesn't. This is the master checklist, with links to the detail on each form.
Prevailing WageEvery certified payroll submission needs a signed statement of compliance. What it certifies, who signs it, and a template you can use.
Prevailing WageThe two California apprenticeship forms every public-works contractor confuses — what each one does, who gets it, and the deadlines that lead to penalties.