Author: Madeline Fortino

  • Project Data: the More You Know, the Better It Goes! [Take Our Quiz!]

    Project Data:
    the More You Know, the Better It Goes! [Take Our Quiz!]

    Collecting accurate and complete project information is an industry-wide challenge in the construction business. It’s no surprise then, that it’s a subject we’ve written about quite a few times here at zlien. But now we have a new – and a much more entertaining – way to look project data skill level…a quiz! Would you…

  • The Construction Office Manager’s End of the Year Checklist

    The Construction Office Manager’s End of the Year Checklist

    With the end of the year fast approaching, there’s no better time to review and reflect on how your business did over the last 12 months, and to make preparations for the coming year. Since the holidays are about to begin, it’s time to start making your reports, checking your books twice, and finding out…

  • Texas Mechanics Lien Exhibits Checklist

    Texas Mechanics Lien Exhibits Checklist

    Lien laws vary from state-to-state. Just as there are 50 states in the country, so too are there 50 different sets of mechanics lien laws. This means that a preliminary notice requirement in say, California, may not be necessary in another state, like Florida for example. Further complicating matters is the fact that, not only…

  • County Recorders – Their 5 Worst Habits

    County Recorders – Their 5 Worst Habits

    Most counties will record documents the same day, or within a few days, of receiving them. However, other counties do this really annoying thing where they record the document quickly and then…they let the recorded document sit in their offices for weeks at a time. These same counties often mail outgoing documents just once a…

  • How Do You Know If a Notice of Completion Was Filed on a Project?

    How Do You Know If a Notice of Completion Was Filed on a Project?

    That’s because in both California and Arizona, before a property owner is allowed to shorten the deadline to file a lien on a project, they must first send a Notice of Completion to all parties who have supplied them with a preliminary notice, alerting them that the Notice of Completion has been filed and that…