Insights
No fluff, no invented statistics — practical writing on AIA billing, retainage, and certified payroll from people who run these cycles every month.
· 9 min read
Your schedule of values is the skeleton of every pay application you'll submit on the job. How to structure lines, size them, handle mobilization and change orders, and avoid the SOV mistakes that cause rejections.
· 8 min read
A clear-eyed framework for deciding whether to run AIA progress billing inside your office or hand it to a service — costs, failure modes, control, and the growth stages where the answer changes.
· 9 min read
What certified payroll is, when the WH-347 applies, how to fill out every column, what the Statement of Compliance actually certifies, and the mistakes that get subcontractors flagged on prevailing-wage jobs.
· 9 min read
Retainage is where subcontractor billing most often goes wrong. What retainage is, how it flows through the G702/G703, and how to bill releases and mid-project rate reductions without re-billing or stranding money.
· 8 min read
A plain-English walkthrough of the AIA G702 Application for Payment and G703 Continuation Sheet — every line, every column, and the process around them — written for flooring and specialty subcontractors.
Bring a schedule of values from a current project. We'll load it live on the call and produce a G702/G703 you can put side by side with what you send today.