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Contract Surety 03.31.2023

In The Know: Digitization?

Among the buzzwords of the moment in construction circles, digitization dominates. If you have a sense it has something to do with tech, but are not quite sure what that means for your construction business,…
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In The Know: Digitization?
Contract Surety 03.31.2023

Sustainable and Successful

  Green building projects used to come with the reputation that sustainability came at a price: reduced profitability. Increasingly, contractors are finding that this is no longer the case—it is indeed possible to succeed financially…
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Sustainable and Successful
Contract Surety 03.27.2023

Benefiting From Tax Season?

  A year round strategy for taxes is the best way to move a contracting business forward. That’s the advice of experts who point out that deferring income, a typical tactic to reduce tax payments,…
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Benefiting From Tax Season?
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