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by Scott Wolfe Jr
Oct 14, 2019
2019 National Construction Payments Report
Getting paid in construction is slow, hard, and stressful – that’s the takeaway from a survey of over 500 construction professionals conducted...
by Scott Wolfe Jr
May 31, 2018
Construction Has A Payment Emergency. More Regulation Is A Fake Answer.
You can be certain that somewhere in the world, lots of people are working on “payment reform” to give relief to the...
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