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Practical knowledge for specialty contractors

Compliance, change management, project controls, and the data discipline that compounds across bids. Written for California specialty subs — owners, PMs, estimators, and the field.

A new shop in STrOp — sign up and set up in one sitting

Create your organization in the two-step wizard, take the thirty-second tour, and let the getting-started checklist tick itself off as your real data lands.

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Certified payroll — one run a week, eCPR out the door

Build the week's certified payroll run from approved timecards, generate the eCPR XML DIR takes, print the A-1-131 for the GC's portal, and read the Compliance tab before you leave.

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Certified payroll — weekly cadence and DIR submission

When CPRs are due, what "work performed" means, and how STrOp builds the LCPtracker / eCPR export.

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DIR registration & renewal — California public works

Who needs to register, when annual renewal opens, and what STrOp checks before you bid a prevailing-wage job.

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Import a DIR wage determination (and keep it current)

Load a California prevailing-wage determination — including its scheduled July-1-style increase — so your projects validate pay against the right floor, and refresh it when DIR reissues.

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Prevailing wage rates — how to find the right one

Which rate applies to which worker on which project, where DIR publishes them, and how STrOp pulls the right one onto your timecards.

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PWC-100 — is your public works project registered?

The awarding body's DIR project registration is what your certified payroll submits against — how to verify it exists, find the DIR project ID, and what to do when it's missing.

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See STrOp in action

Single-pipeline operations for California specialty contractors — bid through warranty.

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