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Contract Surety 05.24.2022

Construction Commitments: California

  From Sacramento comes the news that the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has committed $700 million for improvements to transportation infrastructure across the state. Contractors are gearing up their bids as states and localities across…
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Construction Commitments: California
Contract Surety 05.16.2022

Resuming Construction: Maryland’s Purple Line

  It’s been nearly two years since construction came to a halt over disputes, but building is slated to resume, on the first “suburb to suburb” rail line in the Washington D.C. region. The work…
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Resuming Construction: Maryland’s Purple Line
Contract Surety 05.16.2022

Great Expectations: Bridge Repair

Great Expectations: Bridge Repair 178 million times a day? According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, that’s the number of times Americans cross deteriorating bridges around the country—every day. As states work to leverage…
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Great Expectations: Bridge Repair
Contract Surety 05.04.2022

Health and Science: Builders In Demand

The demand for new and expanded health and science facilities remains strong across the country. Up and coming projects include an addition to the Medical School at New Jersey’s Rowan University and important renovations at…
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Health and Science: Builders In Demand
Contract Surety 05.04.2022

Overcoming Delays:Transit Builds

  How can the next wave of eagerly anticipated transit builds overcome what’s become a tradition: running over budget and behind schedule? That’s the essential question researchers at the University of California in Berkeley (UC…
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Overcoming Delays:Transit Builds
Contract Surety 05.03.2022

Kentucky’s Building

  State budgets across the country are reflecting big commitments to infrastructure. Builds long in need of attention are kicking off—and so too are ambitious visions. Kentucky’s no exception: leadership has passed a 2022-2024 state…
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Kentucky’s Building
Contract Surety 04.24.2022

Modular Building: California Schools

  Like other states across the country, California is leveraging federal and state dollars for game changing new approaches to building schools. The demand to let fresh air, nature, light, and color in, is adding…
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Modular Building: California Schools
Contract Surety 04.24.2022

Winning Bid: Forte Meade

  Maryland’s Forte George G. Meade is home to numerous partner organizations of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Importantly, it’s also home to several critical federal agencies, including the National Security…
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Winning Bid: Forte Meade
Contract Surety 04.20.2022

Constructing a New Idea Hub

A state of the art space for next gen social scientists and business leaders is slated for completion in 2024 at Marist College’s Poughkeepsie campus. With the vision of pollinating ideas across disciplines Marist has…
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Constructing a New Idea Hub