Friday, September 10, 2010

BLD Announces the Enterpriship Regulatory Portal...

The Enterpriship Regulatory Portal provides links to Federal and state government websites for entrepreneurs and business owners:

http://regulatory.enterpriship.com

http://regulatory.enterpriship.com/federal


http://regulatory.enterpriship.com/state/california

The portal is also available as an earticle for California: download

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Trends In Online Education

Methods of delivering middle and high school education are changing!!!

According to a meta-analysis released by the U.S. Department of Education, online learning has its advantages. The analysis shows that students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better, on average, than those receiving the same through face-to-face methods.

Furthermore, those who took "blended" courses - those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction - appeared to best of all.

For more information:

http://www.nigel-brooks-voice.com/ole/

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Labor Compliance Requirements For California Public Works Projects

Federal, State of California, county, and city financed projects offer huge opportunities for contractors. According to the Department of Industrial Relations there are almost 6,000 public works projects sponsored by State of California agencies, counties, cities, school districts, and other special districts between July 2010 and 2011.

Public works projects should set the standard for all construction projects in terms of governance, administrative, operational, and compliance activities because of the strict regulatory requirements resulting from taxpayers money being put to work.

The Federal Public Buildings, Property, and Works Code, The State of California Public Contracts Code, and various local county and city codes address how projects must be bid and conducted.

www.bldsolutions.com/articles/lcrca.pdf