CONCRETE CONTRACT TIPS

 

New Images Concrete would like to take this time to help assist you in selecting a contractor for your upcoming project. It is our goal to help protect you, the homeowner, and to assure you that your project is completed in a timely manner, within budget, with a high quality of workmanship and materials.

New Images Concrete has put together a few basic guidelines and listed them for you below. By following these principles you can save valuable time, money and worries; in addition to helping us set and maintain the highest of standards in the construction trades.

• - Ensure that your contractor is properly licensed as required by State of California.
    * Ask to see their contractor license
    * Make sure their contractor’s license is current and is in good standing with state
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• - Be sure that your contractor has general liability insurance. This is to protect you, the homeowner from liabilities arising out of bodily injury and/or property damage occurring as a result of your improvement project. Request a Certificate of Insurance from the contractor before work begins.
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• Make sure that your contractor has Workers Compensation insurance policy: This policy is also required by State Law. The policy protects you, the homeowner in the event that an employee of the contractor is injured on your improvement project.
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• Ask for a list of current references. Check to see if prior jobs were completed on time, within budget and the quality of work and material used were satisfactory.
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• Upon receiving all bids for your project, review them carefully, ensuring that all work requested is included in the proposal and that all contracts are equal in what was bid. Many times a contractor will intentionally leave out a portion of work in order to win the contract as the lower bidder. Following the start of work and realizing that a portion of work was not included on the contract, the work would now be billed by the contractor to you as an extra. This would usually be at an accelerated rate, thus putting the contractors bid above the price of the other bids originally submitted.

 

I submit this short letter to you as a courtesy with hopes that your construction project is a great experience and all goes well.

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CONCRETE Construction tips

- planning - have a basic conceptual drawing for the layout, proper drainage and overall job esthetics amended to your contract. this will assure that all parties are on "the same page" and final expectations are achieved. have your contractor provide you with actual on site concrete samples, to help with the decision making process.  (example: patterns, textures, colors finished, sealers, etc.)