@timlodge the 80/20 of SEO is provide valuable content consistently (once a week or bi-weekly), make sure that content is "tagged" correctly, then post it everywhere (facebook, LinkedIn, or whatever are your main social media). I used some of the free wordpress tools to make sure I had a meta...
I see nothing wrong with this in a US context. But this is still a stark contrast to what the OP is doing: not adding a separate structural notes/details page, not including notes that specifically state what the seal certifies, etc.
If the OP incorporated these, add their company info (who...
How tall of a wall are you checking?
Most of the resources I have seen are either rules of thumb or for crib walls. There is very little out there for calculating the internal stability of a wooden deadman system.
I am not in the building industry, but I get where you are coming from. From what I hear, the AHJ is requiring an endless amount of paperwork that would cost your client half the cost of building the dang structure if they hired each of the specialties that would normally be required on a large...
I would generally stay clear of timber walls. Most of the resources that are helpful predate the change in allowable pressure treatment for typical wood.
With that said, here is a resource for walls up to 4 ft in height...
XR250 at what point is a board of advisors or mentor needed? At a certain staff level, gross revenue level?
An LLC is legally required to have at least an annual meeting. And if in the corporate documents create a board and have a requirement for having board meetings in your documents, then...
Taking your family to Disney, no. But if you spend several days at a conference in Orlando that is close to the weekend, what you do in your off time is irrelevant to the IRS.
Meeting your board members at a half way point between you and your board members' houses (that just happens to be in...
Unless you have one client and are essentially separate entities for liability purposes, anything more than this I would consider a business with you as the business owner, even if you do not have any employees/contractors/outsourcing. Whether you are a sole proprietor, LLC, Scorp, etc. is...
I use OneDrive for Business and have no complaints. I have not had the issue of it trying to save my desktop files like someone mentioned, but I purposely don't sign into the personal OneDrive for this reason.
It works great for version history and collaboration especially if you have 2 people...
I am on the wait list for Work Beaver, which is an AI Agent of sorts and supposed to do tasks on your desktop using any application you tell it to. This is where I see the big time saver and benefit in AI tools. If we can eliminate all the non engineering stuff (creating folders, uploading...
Shouldn't the business owner's expenses and fee he is collecting from the client be irrelevant in the discussion?
If you as the 1099 contractor are doing fixed fee instead of hourly, why not just present your fixed fee and defined scope to the business owner after reviewing the project, and you...
Insurance = can be up to 10% of gross receipts for a small outfit just starting out
Payment processing = up to 3% of gross receipts
Business licenses with SoS, Business license with engineering board, PE license, registered agent = up to a couple grand a year
Lawyer fees to review contracts =...
I have a couple 1099 contractors. One is a junior level and one is a senior level. I would never do a fee split as you described, regardless of their amount of involvement on the project. I would only do hourly for them (and none of my projects are based on hourly fee, they are all $/quantity...
The one thing I want to point out is an MSE wall is a flexible system, and the parameters for the geogrid are based on 3/4" deflection in the face before the geogrid is fully engaged. You may consider a compressible material between the concrete wall and MSE to combat this, or find the geogrid...
