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Contract Surety 03.27.2023

Tech Talk

  All around us we can see, in real time, how artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and interconnected equipment are changing our lives. Analysts say technology’s coming for construction…
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Tech Talk
Contract Surety 03.21.2023

Financial Insights

  How’s your cash position? Pointing out “no cash flow” is never an option, financial professionals who work with contractors encourage increased attention to management decisions vis a vis cash flow. Of course doing so…
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Financial Insights
Contract Surety 03.20.2023

On The Move: Money and Projects

  Promised public dollars are becoming tangible in the form of projects across the country, and the flow of funds and builds in real time is anticipated to continue propelling construction opportunities. For example, the…
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On The Move: Money and Projects
Contract Surety 03.05.2023

Help Wanted

  Even as inflation and the labor shortage has driven salaries throughout construction up, it remains difficult for builders to hire employees. Wages alone are proving insufficient to attract and retain workers. Here are the…
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Help Wanted
Contract Surety 03.05.2023

Homemade: Building Materials?

  Publicly funded building projects are where a lot of the action for contractors will continue to be over the next several years. With provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) calling for…
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Homemade: Building Materials?
Contract Surety 03.03.2023

Competing: Get Creative

  As public funding for infrastructure and semiconductor manufacturing plants gets projects off the ground in regions across the country, construction experts say hiring and retaining workers could get harder. Since big projects are likely…
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Competing: Get Creative
Contract Surety 03.03.2023

Opportunity Knocking? CHIPS!

  Lots of the action for contractors now—and in the foreseeable future—is, in one way or another, tied to publicly funded builds. In addition to the billions of federal and state allocations moving infrastructure forward,…
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Opportunity Knocking? CHIPS!
Contract Surety 02.23.2023

Progress: Green Building and Technology

  The construction industry is changing and there are many tangible signs of progress to be celebrated. Experts share highlights, and remind us of the helpful role data and technology play in achieving positive—and profitable—outcomes….
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Progress: Green Building and Technology
Contract Surety 02.23.2023

Inflation Cooling But Material Costs Rising

  These are the predictions of analysts based on a new global construction report from Linesight. Overall, although it is anticipated that the construction industry will experience contraction from 2023-2026, expectations remain high that public…
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Inflation Cooling But Material Costs Rising