Property owners rely on crucial relationships with contractors, subcontractors and vendors. In these relationships, agreements are made and written contracts are negotiated. However, a growing trend involves contracts in which the contractors and vendors are assuming the liabilities of others. Savvy property owners recognize the benefit of transferring potential liability to others and negotiate contracts to their advantage.
This WSA Member Update includes information on:
• Current third party vendors for Lowes’ account
• Ideas about how best to get useful information via asking employees questions
• Best practices for dumpster siting
• John Meola’s Safety First! update for November
This edition of the WSA Member Update includes:
• Request for a good collections’ company
• Link to article “Mastering Negotiations on Surety Bond Requirements”
• Notice about a free webinar entitled “Supervisor Training – Your “First Line” of Defense”
• Notice about V-Belt Global Supply 12% discount
• Info about the free WSA seminars scheduled for NPE 2018
• Confirmation that Mirror Lawn has taken over the Lowe’s account
Tips on reviewing and negotiating Mechanics Liens.
Topics in this WSA Member Update include:
• Notice about discounts and free to WSA seminars at National Pavement Expo
• News about Brightview having lost Lowes’ contract
• Contractor Profile on CAM South
• Free webinar on employment law by Littler Mendelson
• John Meola’s Safety First! posting for October
Prior to purchasing Alabama-based CAM South in 2014, Andy Coolidge had spent 20 years in the operations management of properties, including parking lots. Coolidge has remade CAM South into a fast-growing, full service provider of exterior property services, going from the ‘one-and-a-half sweepers’ included in the purchase agreement to an organization that deploys 30 people every day. That makes this is a rare opportunity for our contractor readers to hear what steps Coolidge took in order to have CAM South become so successful.
