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Contract Surety 11.25.2021

Building Partnerships to Relieve Congestion?

Partnership—and coordinated effort? Hey, it could happen. Given the need to get the supply chain flowing, federal and state transportation agencies are cooperating to accelerate critical projects and relieve congestion. Here’s what’s underway in Southern…
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Building Partnerships to Relieve Congestion?
Contract Surety 11.18.2021

Infrastructure Spending In New York?

Passage of the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill has regions across the country confronting long to-do lists and assessing what projects will take off and in what order.   Chugging Forward Transit is of course high on the…
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Infrastructure Spending In New York?
Contract Surety 11.17.2021

How Much For Water?

  Since we literally can’t live without water, there’s a rising tide of interest in what the new $1.2 trillion infrastructure package will do for water. Allocations have been included for both clean drinking water…
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How Much For Water?
Contract Surety 11.09.2021

Gaping Hole: Builders, Please

As workforce challenges impact big and small construction businesses, industry experts share their latest efforts to diversify, attract and retain talent. Time is of the essence as the field scrambles to gear up for the…
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Gaping Hole: Builders, Please
Contract Surety 11.09.2021

Next Up for I-495?

  Slated to begin in 2022, construction on I-495 will extend the expressway in Virginia by two and a half miles, adding connections to both Dulles International Airport and the George Washington Memorial Parkway. With…
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Next Up for I-495?
Contract Surety 11.02.2021

Building For The Home Team

  As we begin to enjoy live sports and music again, brand new arenas welcome us in, with innovations aimed at protecting us and the environment. What could be more fun then a newly renovated…
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Building For The Home Team
Contract Surety 10.25.2021

Contract Awarded In NJ: $1.56 Billion

  The New Jersey Transit Corp (NJ Transit) has awarded a $1.56 billion contract to Skansa and Traylor Bros. for the construction of the Portal North Bridge. Spanning a critical section of the busy Northeast…
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Contract Awarded In NJ: $1.56 Billion
Contract Surety 10.19.2021

San Diego: Taking Off

  San Diego’s Regional Airport Board has approved a maximum contract of $2.6 billion for a new terminal at San Diego International Airport. The new construction will replace a terminal that was built in 1967…
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San Diego: Taking Off
Surety Bonds 10.08.2021

Public Possibilities

With new public projects of all kinds anticipated across the country, some regions are exploring new policy possibilities too. Pittsburgh, for example, is pursuing a deconstruction policy. Interesting. Are you ready for the public projects…
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Public Possibilities