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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
Contract Surety 03.03.2023

Opportunity Knocking? CHIPS!

  Lots of the action for contractors now—and in the foreseeable future—is, in one way or another, tied to publicly funded builds. In addition to the billions of federal and state allocations moving infrastructure forward,…
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Opportunity Knocking? CHIPS!
Contract Surety 02.23.2023

Progress: Green Building and Technology

  The construction industry is changing and there are many tangible signs of progress to be celebrated. Experts share highlights, and remind us of the helpful role data and technology play in achieving positive—and profitable—outcomes….
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Progress: Green Building and Technology
Contract Surety 02.23.2023

Inflation Cooling But Material Costs Rising

  These are the predictions of analysts based on a new global construction report from Linesight. Overall, although it is anticipated that the construction industry will experience contraction from 2023-2026, expectations remain high that public…
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Inflation Cooling But Material Costs Rising
Contract Surety 02.18.2023

Avoid Desperate Decisions

  Spring is coming—and with it, anticipation of the increasingly uphill battle of hiring in construction. Experts advise getting a jump start on preparations. Here are tips to help clarify job descriptions, position your company’s…
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Avoid Desperate Decisions
Contract Surety 02.18.2023

Civil Construction: Profitability?

  Analysis of the CFMA’s 2021 Annual Financial Survey finds reason for optimism for civil construction: profitability is on the rise. Industry experts say that even more is possible—with attention to overcoming common internal performance…
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Civil Construction: Profitability?
Contract Surety 02.08.2023

Facebook vs LinkedIn?

Facebook vs LinkedIn? Although Facebook remains the most frequently used social media platform around the world, some construction business experts are encouraging contractors to pay more attention to the unique marketing potential of LinkedIn. Here…
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Facebook vs LinkedIn?
Contract Surety 02.08.2023

Operating vs Growing?

  Everyone running a construction business can identify with the challenge of finding time to cultivate, estimate and bid on new work. But, without a pipeline of incoming projects, the business obviously can’t grow. Here…
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Operating vs Growing?