In this video, the first in our "What the Form?!" YouTube series, we look at lien waivers for commercial fence projects. What they are, how they work, and when you should consider them. Watch the video, or read the full transcript below. 

And don't forget - our Lien Waiver form and many other documents and drawings are all included in your Draw A Fence subscription! 

One of the most common reasons fence companies need fence drawings is that someone on the project team requested them. That usually means the architect or engineer.

Architects and engineers (and other project professionals) often use AutoCAD, though, so you might be wondering how giving them a PDF fence drawing would help and how they might use that fence drawing in their own drawing sets.

If you're new to commercial and industrial fence bids, you might not know what a geotechnical report is, or how it can affect your profits in a BIG way. 

In this short video, we explain what geotech reports are, and why EVERY fence company needs to pay close attention when they are in a bid document or package. 

If you’ve been in the fence industry for a while, you’ve almost certainly seen architectural and engineering drawings.

Ideally, fence drawings should look like those drawings, but if you’re not trained in technical drawings or CAD, it can be a little difficult to figure out what a good drawing should look like versus what a bad drawing looks like.

Here are a few of the most basic things you should look like.