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Contract Surety 12.22.2023

Billions Awarded for Building Railways

Tens of thousands of new jobs are anticipated as railways across the country get big builds underway in the year ahead, thanks to new awards of over $8 billion from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs…
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Billions Awarded for Building Railways
Contract Surety 12.13.2023

Reaching New Heights: Fall Prevention

Following findings that deathly falls during the construction work day had reached new heights in 2021, everyone in the industry has had a renewed focus on prevention. With the short, dark and often slippery days…
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Reaching New Heights: Fall Prevention
Contract Surety 12.13.2023

Worker Scarcity: A Persistent Trend

According to labor statistics from the end of October, hiring remains challenging in construction–and is expected to stay that way: About 5% of construction jobs went unfilled on the last day of October….Despite the slight…
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Worker Scarcity: A Persistent Trend
Contract Surety 12.05.2023

Building Resilience: Climate Change

Floods, water infrastructure and the electrical grid are all in need of attention, and the federal government is investing an additional $6 billion to support this resilience work. Extreme Weather Requires Attention Though there has…
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Building Resilience: Climate Change
Contract Surety 12.05.2023

Capacity Building: Ports!

Remember all those images of ships lined up, waiting to enter ports and unload containers? Though that’s “yesterday’s news,” the infrastructure challenges to our supply chains did not magically disappear, which makes it great to…
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Capacity Building: Ports!
Contract Surety 11.28.2023

Civil Works Keeping Builders Busy

In the Seattle region, huge private investments–think Microsoft and Amazon–were behind the previous construction boom. These days, building is still going strong but, as in much of the country, civic works are the primary driver…
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Civil Works Keeping Builders Busy
Contract Surety 11.28.2023

Once Upon A Time…

Marketing is about telling the story of what makes your company special, and while that seems obvious and straightforward enough, it’s actually easy to lose sight of your story while you are busy running the…
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Once Upon A Time…
Contract Surety 11.17.2023

Once Upon A Time…

Marketing is about telling the story of what makes your company special, and while that seems obvious and straightforward enough, it’s actually easy to lose sight of your story while you are busy running the…
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Once Upon A Time…
Contract Surety 11.17.2023

Getting The Desired Results: Efficiency!

Sure, every contractor wants to operate efficiently, but even with all the tech afloat, achieving efficiency remains elusive. It’s typical to find that just as we get one thing going well, another is off track….
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Getting The Desired Results: Efficiency!