Uintah Basin Standard | 1959-09-24 | Page 8 | Contractors Are Warned to Follow the Rules

I Contractors are Warned to Follow the rules Local incidents of contract defaulting recently brought a representative of the Contractor's Department of State Business Regulations to Roosevelt While here the E. A. issued a warning to those who consider letting work to A local party had advanced to non-resident contractors who didn't fulfill their their but could not be brought to court because there was no written Concerning such Hendricksen are several ideas we ask the public to consider before hiring a When possible hire local That way you can check up on your contractor because he's right in your own When hiring an be sure he has a contractor's If he insist that he obtain Insist on a written contract containing every minute detail concerning the work you want materials to be Don't advance money prior to commencement of the If you wish to make payment after construction is partially pay only 80 of the value of the work which is That way you can hire someone else to finish the construction if your contractor walks out on Any reliable f contractor should be able to finance himself or should have 4 bank It should never be necessary for you to make ad- a Vj upon payment of r be sure that you have lien waivers and receipts for i all materials and labor involved 1 in the X J Unscrupulous operators fre- l g I ask for advance pay- f The Contractors Depart- jk ment estimates that 95 of all builders are conscientious but warns the pub- i- lie against the remaining In case of any complaints or questions about sub-standard the state representative V 4 urges that queries be 4 to ELgin Salt jit i