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Issue Articles
1997 No. 1 Deductive Fee on CO’s
Consultant Reimbursable Costs
Hidden Temporary Employees
Maintenance Contracts
1997 No. 2 Liquidated Damages – Uses and Limitations
Lump Sum General Conditions
1998 No. 1 Self-Insurance Costs
Related Party Subcontractors
Negotiating from Strength
1999 No. 1 Contractors Home Office Employees and Office Expense
Does Your Contractor Do a Good Job of Subcontracting?
Penalty for Audit Findings
Construction Cost Prior to Contract Award
Relocation Expense Limitation
2000 No. 1 General Conditions Costs Associated with Delay
Apprentices and T&M Work
No Backcharges to Subcontractors
Overstatement of Retirement Cost
Pre-Construction Audits
2000 No. 2 Andersen Construction Impresses Again
Off the Record Insurance Settlements
Unit Rates and their Limitations
Should Your Contractor Have Auditor Approval Rights?
Should You Audit the GMP Before You Sign?
Related Parties
2001 No. 1 Market Rate Payroll Burden
Defining Allowances
Defining When Pre-Construction Begins
Lease Construction Audits
We Don’t Have Any Apprentices
2002 No. 1

Change Order Pricing
General Liability Insurance and Fee
Recruitment Costs
Variable and Verifiable Cost
Payments Made Outside the Contract

Fix the Rate, It’s Too Hard to Audit

2002 No. 2  Be on Guard for Subguard
Subcontractor Change Orders Without Totals
Additional Fee for Self-Performed Work
Should Contractors be Responsible for Allowance Overruns?
2003 No. 1 Higher Contractor Insurance Deductibles
Final Accounting before Final Payment
Contradictory Exhibits
Rental Equipment Costs- Total Duration or Actual Usage
What do you mean by “Data Processing”?
2004 No. 1 Are Union Benefits Wages?
Are you Contracting with a Joint Venture?
Equipment Charged at Weekly Rates
Sick Leave - Actual vs. Allowed
Texas Payment and Performance Bond Rebate
Don’t Send Me the Backup
Should Contractors be Responsible for Allowance Overruns?
Additional Fee for Self-Performed Work
2005 No. 1 What is the Contractors Incentive not to Overcharge
Two Faced Contractor Arguments
Should We Audit?
2005 No. 2 Top Lists of Don’ts
Seen it All?
Can’t Rely on Policy Rates
So You Want to fix Payroll Burden Rates?
2005 No. 3 What Kind of Insurance is Reimbursable?
Shared Savings or Contractor’s Windfall?
What Insurance Are You Buying with Subguard?
Should Your Contractor Help You Prepare a Property Loss Claim?
You Asked About Subsidiaries not Affiliates
2006 No. 1 Are You Writing About Me?
Billing GL Insurance Upfront
OCIP Credits Need to Match Estimated Cost
Deductive Change Orders that Never Complete
Who Pays for Accelerating the Schedule?
Problems with Billing for Mobilization
2006 No. 2

Website Update

Contractor Controlled Insurance Program Cost

Sub Bids Are Not Accounting Records

Affiliates of Contractors Working for Subcontractors

Are You Paying Subguard and Sub Bonds?

2007 No. 1

CCM Adds Experience

Should Lump Sum Agreements Within the GMP be Auditable?

Why Did We Ask for Labor Rates?

What Does Project GL Insurance Cost?

2007 No. 2

"Mutually Agreeable" Audit Firm

SubGuard and Payment and Performance Bonds

When is a Lease Not a Lease?

Impossible to Tell

Savings Sharing on Contingency?

Fee on Change Orders

2008 No. 1

What Do We Audit in a GMP Contract?

Some New CCIP Overcharges

2008 No. 2

Is the CM's Total Fee Earned When Terminated After Preconstruction?

Auditing the Contractor's Sub Bids Prior to Agreeing to a GMP with a Shared Saving

Have You Agreed to Bonuses for CM Employees?

A Little Detail Never Hurts

You Can't Have Our Job Cost Reports

2009 No. 1

Audit Concerns in a Shrinking Construction Market

Construction Contract Termination Issues

2009 No. 2

Further Perils of Allowing Self-Performed Work

Recruiting Charges

Problems with Allowing Fixed Hourly Rates for Salaried Employees

Another Reason Why We Are Concerned About Construction Managers Using SubGuard

When the Owner's Development Partner is Also the GM/GC

2010 No. 1

Tear Down the Walls

No End to Creativity

A Subguard Insurance Certificate

Allowance Reconiliations

The Fee is Just the Beginning

How Long?

 

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