Tips on Keeping OSHA Away from Your Job Site
For many contractors, they’re the four most dreaded initials in the alphabet soup of government agencies. OSHA. But who is this agency, and how can they Continue Reading
Author Paul Bianchina
For more than 30 years, Paul Bianchina has combined his two greatest interests—building and writing. His experience as a general contractor includes new homes, remodeling, and insurance restoration. He’s written 13 books, including his latest, Insurance Restoration Contracting: Startup to Success, as well as numerous articles and a nationally-syndicated column, Improving Your Home. Paul has taught building trades at his local community college, and has volunteered for many years in local government. When he’s not working, he’s relaxing at his lathe or walking the trails in Bend, Oregon with his wife and their golden retriever.
When Should You Rent Tools vs Buying Them?
Everyone loves opening up that box with a shiny new tool inside. Buying and using the latest cool, new tools has to be one of Continue Reading
The Contractor’s Help Line: Clothes Make the Man or Woman
We all know about the typical construction worker image: Dirty Levis, ball cap with a beer slogan (or worse) emblazoned across it, and a stained Continue Reading
Change Orders for Construction Can Be a Financial Lifesaver
You can probably count on one hand the number of projects you’ve completed without some kind of change along the way. Changes are a fact Continue Reading
Contractor’s Help Line: Do You Need Every Job?
Do you need every job? You know the feeling. The phone rings, and it’s a new client with a new job. You’re happy about the Continue Reading
What to Do if OSHA Shows up on Your Job Site
We’ve covered keeping OSHA away from your job site, but inspectors keep stepping up site visits and compliance efforts. This month, I want to run Continue Reading
Potential Pitfalls of Labor-Only Jobs
I had an interesting question from a homeowner recently. She was in the planning stages of a home remodeling project—in this case the installation of Continue Reading
