DEVELOP YOUR BUSINESS: "Carve the peg by looking at the hole." Korean Proverb
♦ Contracting Opportunities
City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco OCA - Construction Bids
(Use the "Category" drop-down menu
to select "Construction")
Public Utilities Commission
See "About SFPUC > The Commission"
"Contracts & Bids >
>Small Business Enterprise Program"
>Construction Bid Opportunities"
San Francisco Unified School District
Current Bids/RFPs
City of Oakland
Bid Opportunities
AT&T
Prospective Suppliers (including construction)
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Contracts Out For Bid
BART Home Page
See, "About BART; Doing Business; Procurements."
See, "About BART; Doing Business; OCR; DBE Program."
PG&E
Contract Opportunities and Specifications
Sears "ServiceLive"
Seeking Contractors - Installers, Painting, Plumbing, Electrical,
Carpentry, and Other
State of California
Department of General Services
Lists upcoming bids, statewide, including CalTrans.
See: "Bid Opportunities; View by Category; 18 Construction."
Scroll down, watching for your county.
♦ Construction Industry Associations
San Francisco Builders Exchange
American Concrete Contractors Association
American Subcontractors Association
Associated Building Contractors
Associated General Contractors of California
National Electrical Contractors Association
National Tile Contractors Association
Northern California Drywall Contractors Association
Painting and Decorating Contractors Association
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of California
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association
Western States Roofing Contractors Association
♦ Business Development Associations
The Council of Asian American Business Associations of CA (CAABA)
Asian, Inc.
Northern California MBEC (Northern California Minority Business Enterprise Center)
San Francisco Small Business Development Center
♦ Professional Advisors - AACA Associate Members
Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson and Horn (Attorneys)
* F. David Crain Insurance Services (Bonding and Insurance)
Fong, Ko & Associates, LLP (CPAs)
Gallagher Construction Services
Last & Faoro (Attorneys)
* Mau Law Offices
Merriwether & Williams (SF Bonding Assistance Program)
* Member, Board of Directors
♦ U. S. Government
Small Business Administration Home Page
Small Business Administration Forms Library
♦ State of California
CalTrans Home Page
CalTrans Mentoring Program
♦ City of San Francisco
Human Rights Commission
Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
San Francisco Home Page
San Francisco DPW
San Francisco PUC
Surety Bond Assistance Program
♦ General Information
"10 Steps to a More Profitable Construction Business," by Leslie Shiner
Setting SMART Goals Everyone has goals, but to reach them you have
to make them "SMART." Arina Nikitina, at www.goal-setting-guide.com,
has put these principles in concise, usable terms.
"Construction Risk Management," advertised as "the most detailed work
ever done on the subject of construction insurance, bonding, and risk
management," is endorsed by the Associated General Contractors of
America, the American Subcontractors Association, and others.
Available in hard copy, or on line. Published by International Risk
Management Institute (www.irmi.com). Also see their web site for FREE
newsletters; 957 articles on risk management (such as "Killer Bond
Forms and Contract Provisions" and "Contractor's Professional Liability
Update"); and, their ZERORISK HR.
"California Public Records Act" Like the U. S. "Freedom of Information
Act," it requires California public entities to make documents available to
the public on request.
"Retention Escrow" Earn interest on retention, and maybe get it faster.
California Public Contract Code Section 22300 requires public agencies
to allow retention to be held in escrow and earn interest for the contractor.
Subs on public works are entitled to their portion of the interest. Banks
advertising this service have included Comerica, Union, Mechanics and
Bank of Sacramento. Once you have a bank to work with, a simple fax is
usually all it takes.
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