Fill and Sign the New Jersey Excavation Contractor Package Form

© 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. NEW JERSEY EXCAVATION CONTRACTORS PACKAGE Control Number: NJ-P051-PKG U.S. Legal Forms™ thanks you for your purchase of a Specialty Forms Package. This package is an important tool to help you with the legal issues that may arise between excavation contractors, owners, suppliers and/or subcontractors during a particular excavation, backfill, grading or hauling project on residential property. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Form List with descriptions II. Descriptions of Forms III. Tips on Completing the Forms IV. Disclaimer I. FORM LIST With your Excavation Contractors Package, you will find many of the forms that are necessary to protect your legal rights or claims and to address legal issues that may arise during a particular construction project. Included in your package are the following forms: 1. New Jersey Excavation Contract - Cost Plus or Fixed Fee 2. A Change Order Sheet 3. A Certificate of Completion 4. A Bid Log 5. A Bid Follow Up Letter 6. A Worker Safety and Health Plan 7. Summary of Estimate 8. Weekly Equipment Summary 9. A Construction Project Information Sheet II. DESCRIPTIONS OF FORMS Brief descriptions of the forms contained in your U.S. Legal Forms™ Excavation Contractors Package are found below. Excavation Contract - Cost Plus or Fixed Fee - This state-specific form is a construction contract that contains information specifically relevant to excavation contractors in term of scope of work, work site and insurance. This contract complies with the laws of New Jersey with regard to the contract and notice requirements for a contractor dealing with homeowners. Change Order Sheet - This multi-state form may be used to change or amend an original contract between a Contractor and a homeowner or subcontractor. Certificate of Completion - This form certifies the satisfactory completion of all work on a particular construction project. Bid Log – This form allows a contractor to keep track of bids that are outstanding. Information about each bid, such as due date, sent date, bid price and status are detailed. Bid Follow Up Letter - This letter is used by a contractor to follow up with a particular agency or customer after submitting a bid to receive a contract. Worker Safety and Health Plan – This comprehensive Construction Safety and Health Plan is designed to help a contractor comply with the General Safety & Health Provisions for construction and aide you should your company be inspected by OSHA. Implementation of an effective plan such as this form is a good way to reduce workplace injuries. Weekly Equipment Summary – This form is used to record information about the equipment used on a particular project. This Summary allows the Contractor to keep track of information such as the amount use of the piece, its make and model, maintenance or repairs performed and ownership status. Summary of Estimate – This form enables a contractor to summarize the various tasks involved in completing a given project. The sum of the work and expense involved with each task will assist the contractor is generating a contract price. Construction Project Information Sheet - This form identifies all of the important parties working on a particular construction project, the date of commencement, and any other relevant information. If you need additional information, please visit www.uslegalforms.com and look up forms by subject matter. You may also wish to visit our legal definitions page at http://definitions.uslegal.com/ III. TIPS ON COMPLETING THE FORMS The form(s) in this packet may contain “form fields” created using Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (“.pdf” format). “Form fields” facilitate completion of the forms using your computer. They do not limit your ability to print the form “in blank” and complete with a typewriter or by hand. It is also helpful to be able to see the location of the form fields. Go to the View menu, click on Toolbars, and then select Forms. This will open the Forms toolbar. Look for the button on the Forms toolbar that resembles a shaded letter “a”. Click this button and the form fields will be visible. By clicking on the appropriate form field, you will be able to enter the needed information. In some instances, the form field and the line will disappear after information is entered. In other cases, it will not. The form was created to function in this manner. Some of the forms, particularly the Excavation Contract, may not be locked for editing in order for you to modify the content to suit your individual situation. By locking the forms, using the padlock symbol on your control bar in Word, you will be able to move from one form field to the next simply by using your tab key. IV. 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