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Surety Bonds 02.10.2021

Pharmaceutical Construction: Rushed Planning Creates Delays

As the world awaits vaccines, an analysis of pharmaceutical construction projects finds that delays average four months. The time for better planning processes has arrived!  Speed Can Backfire—and  Increase Costs Turner & Townsend’s analysis of…
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Pharmaceutical Construction: Rushed Planning Creates Delays
Surety Bonds 02.02.2021

The Next Normal: Flex—and Retrofit Too

  Quiet, private space or collaborative work areas? Hotel rooms or Airbnb style rental units?  Inside or outside? The prediction for buildings: there is no more “either, or.” The spaces of our future will be…
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The Next Normal: Flex—and Retrofit Too
Surety Bonds 01.27.2021

Super Solutions: Constructing The Arenas of The Future

Though it can be hard to imagine, soon enough, we will head back to arenas and enjoy rooting for the home team. New arenas underway on both coasts are incorporating innovations to protect us—and the…
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Super Solutions: Constructing The Arenas of The Future
Surety Bonds 01.27.2021

Rising To The Occasion: The Buildings of the Future

How will the buildings we enter in our near future protect us—and the environment too?  Next Up  The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) convened virtually as 2020 ended and envisioned how the future of buildings…
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Rising To The Occasion: The Buildings of the Future
Surety Bonds 01.27.2021

Scooting Along: $4 Billion Transit Effort Underway In Virginia

Scooting Along: $4 Billion Transit Effort Underway In Virginia Remember Amazon’s HQ2? After months of site speculation, demolition and building got underway last year in Arlington Virginia. Specifically, two 22 story office towers slated for…
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Scooting Along: $4 Billion Transit Effort Underway In Virginia
Surety Bonds 01.23.2021

$900 Billion Headed To State DOTs

  Transportation revenue has been hit hard during the pandemic—though goods and services must continue to flow. Federally has been apportioned to each state to help. Funding for Critical Work The $900 billion COVID-19 relief…
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$900 Billion Headed To State DOTs
Surety Bonds 01.18.2021

Collaborative Effort Underway: $1.9 Billion New Jersey Bridge

Federal and state funds are coming together to replace a 110-year-old railroad bridge in New Jersey. The project is part of the estimated $24-$30 billion Gateway infrastructure initiative that is ultimately needed. Vital Connections The…
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Collaborative Effort Underway: $1.9 Billion New Jersey Bridge
Surety Bonds 01.14.2021

Up and Coming: What Are You Bidding On?

Contractors in some metro areas are seeing plenty of projects popping up—and anticipating even more. Building Demand In Miami, Buffalo and Chicago Construction Dive reports that in Miami, Buffalo and Chicago, contractors are experiencing “pockets…
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Up and Coming: What Are You Bidding On?
Surety Bonds 01.13.2021

Lift Off: Elevating Public Spaces

Across the country, state leaders are laying out plans and dollars for spaces that are functional and uplifting. Here is an example from New York City. More Park Space—and Infrastructure Solutions Too Since the High…
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Lift Off: Elevating Public Spaces