Public Works Compliance Glossary

The words on California public works paperwork, explained in plain English: the apprenticeship forms, preliminary notices and lien waivers JamFile fills.

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  • Apprenticeship Committee

    The body that runs a state-approved apprenticeship program for a craft in an area, often a joint apprenticeship training committee (JATC). On…

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  • Conditional Waiver

    A lien waiver that takes effect only once the payment it describes has actually been received. It is usually sent with the…

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  • DAS-140

    The Public Works Contract Award Information form from California's Division of Apprenticeship Standards. A contractor on a public works job sends it…

  • DAS-142

    The Request for Dispatch of an Apprentice form. A public works contractor sends it to an apprenticeship committee to ask for an…

  • Department of Industrial Relations

    California's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). It registers public works contractors and publishes the directory of approved apprenticeship programs by county and…

  • Dispatch Round

    JamFile's name for one request for apprentices across a whole job: set the date the apprentices should report, and it prepares a…

  • Division of Apprenticeship Standards

    The division of California's Department of Industrial Relations that oversees apprenticeship and publishes the DAS-140 and DAS-142 forms. Both forms are sent…

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  • Form 119

    The California Preliminary Notice for public works of improvement, given under Civil Code sections 8034(b), 8102 and 9300 and following. JamFile fills…

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  • Lien Waiver

    A waiver and release of lien, stop payment notice and payment bond rights, given in exchange for payment. California requires the four…

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  • Preliminary Notice

    A notice given early in a job, often called the 20-day preliminary notice, that protects the right to be paid. It is…

  • Public Works

    Construction, alteration, demolition, installation or repair work done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds,…

  • PWC Registration

    The registration number California's Department of Industrial Relations issues to contractors and subcontractors who bid on or work on public works. It…

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  • Stop Payment Notice

    On a California public works job, a claimant who has not been paid cannot record a lien against public property. Instead it…

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  • Unconditional Waiver

    A lien waiver that takes effect when it is signed. The statutory form warns that it is enforceable against the claimant even…

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