My first client was a multi state contractor and corporate required that engineering vendors carry a $1 million GL policy (naming contractor as additional insured) and a PL policy. The GL is fairly inexpensive ($400 a year).
From what I have seen you are likely to find a % effectiveness. SEER and EER are used for rating cooling equipment with a compressor in it, such as rooftop units and chillers. ERV/HRV do not have a compressor and that along with the lack of minimum energy efficiency standards is why you don't...
I routinely see US$4000/ton installed for heat pump systems and US$5000/ton installed for heat recovery with Mitsubishi Electric in the USA. The most common type of project would be schools with between 75 and 200 tons of cooling. Average zone size is 3 to 4 tons. If your zone size is smaller...
A firm I used to work at had network drives with assigned drive letters g:, r:, etc, by company division. Certain employees had access to certain drives. Within each drive was a folder for each job, by job number. When each folder there were some default sub folders. The company preached storing...
Here is a hypothetical business situation that I would like to get some input on. 2 engineers. Engineer #1 owns an established one man consulting firm, with all insurances, licenses etc in place. Let's call him Upstanding Businessman Engineer, UBE for short. Engineer #2 does not have a...
In a different field I used an Employee Leasing company. I found the people, they did the paperwork and drug testing and charged me 30% of what I paid. There were no minimums. You might find cheaper companies. It was worth it to me as the employee had a legitimate job with paperwork. I didn't...