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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.

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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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The STrOp glossary — what we call things, and why

Construction has never agreed on its words — the same term means three different things depending on who's talking. Here's the one name STrOp uses for each thing, and the words we deliberately split.

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See STrOp in action

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

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