Masonry Magazine August 1994 Page. 39
ASA Disputes
The American Subcontractors Association joined the ASA Midwest Council in a "friend of the court" brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals. Involved in a case in which the Internal Revenue Service claims it should be paid first for taxes owed by a general contractor out of funds being held by an owner for work performed by sub contractors.
"This is a case of extreme importance to the subcontracting community, said an ASA spokesman. "If the IRS should prevail, subcontractors in future cases involving funds held by owners would lose out to competing interests of the general contractor, their creditors and the IRS.
"The IRS believes it should have priority for claims for funds held by the owner, even if those funds have been earmarked for subcontractors for work they've performed. We made it clear in our brief that the money held by the owner is money held in trust for the benefit of subcontractors who have provided improvements in the owner's property."
IRS Funds Claim
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COMPUTERS
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Problems:
In general, we need a more professional look to our correspondence. Spelling and grammar are sometimes a problem.
My staff is spending too much time filling out the same forms over and over-proposals, waivers, contracts, government forms and others. Just a small change requires re-typing an entire document.
Solution:
Use word processing software. The cost of a word processor is generally modest, ranging from $150 to $400. It will take one to two weeks to start using it effectively in the office.
A good word processor is much more than a glorified typewriter. It can check spelling and grammar. It can help keep the many key documents used in a contractor's office organized and available. Electronic copies of correspondence are often easier to find than a letter that was never properly filed.
Problems:
To keep up with my current bidding volume, I need to find a way to create estimates faster and more accurately.
Architects and owners are demanding many alternates for the same job. This requires re-adding many columns of numbers and is a potential source of errors.
When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem you encounter tends to resemble a nail. -Anon
Vay To The Top
A Solid Work Platform
Non-Stop towers are built from heavy gauge tubular steel and trussed every 4-6 in height. This gives our 16" wide towers in credible strength and way-resistance. Because of this advantage, you can safety land materials on the laborers' platform, exactly where other systems tell you to never land a load. In actual on the job tests of free standing Non-Stop towers, landing a full cube of 12" blocks (2350 pounds) on the laborers platform at 20 feet high produced a backward flex of less than one inch! This kind of strength and stability means your men will feel safe and secure on a solid working platfonn. And, you ca safely stock ahead to free your forklift for other duties.
X-Braces Stay In Place
The x-braces are always in place for maxinnurn safety and stability. They simply pass through the work platform both going up and coming down, Non-Stop introduced this unique design to eliminate the dangerous, time-consursing chore of removing and replacing x-braces as the platform is raised. When the wall is topped out, Non-Stop can be lowered and ready to go to work again in one-thind the time of scaffolding without this feature. This advantage reduces your labor ers' duties to only two feeding materials to the masons, and raising the scaffold as needed.
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