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Contract Surety 07.28.2022

Running The Business: Data Please

  Construction industry experts observe that running the business smoothly might not always require amassing more and more data (and tech tools). Instead, leaders are encouraged to make the most of readily available data. Here’s…
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Running The Business: Data Please
Contract Surety 07.19.2022

New Tunnels: For Real?

  New train tunnels have long been needed to facilitate commutes from New Jersey into New York City’s Pennsylvania Station. Considered one of the most important and ambituous transportation projects in the country, plans and…
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New Tunnels: For Real?
Contract Surety 07.19.2022

Winning Bid: Knik-Goose Bay Road

A $55 million highway reconstruction build is set to get underway in Alaska this summer with completion slated for late 2024. Federal funds, administered by the Alaska Department of Transportation, will foot the bill. Granite…
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Winning Bid: Knik-Goose Bay Road
Contract Surety 07.08.2022

Building for The Arts

  In-person! Whether for sports, the arts or in a park, attention is happily returning to in-person gather-ups and events. New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College has joined other institutions of higher education across the country in…
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Building for The Arts
Contract Surety 07.08.2022

Small Contractors: Relief From Undue Burdens?

  Bipartisan support in Congress may result in legislation requiring federal agencies to demonstrate fair and ethical treatment of small construction contractors during the procurement process. Specifically, the Small Business Payment for Performance Act would…
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Small Contractors: Relief From Undue Burdens?
Contract Surety 07.02.2022

Constructing for People in Austin

  It’s easy to forget that infrastructure builds are all about people. Afterall, we all need access to homes, jobs, schools—and our families, right? A walk to or through the park? That’s helpful too. No…
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Constructing for People in Austin
Contract Surety 07.02.2022

Constructing Accessibility

  Access to New York City subways for those unable to climb stairs is likely to become easier—by 2055. Lawsuits initiated in 2017 have been winding their way forward, shining the spotlight on the fact…
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Constructing Accessibility
Contract Surety 06.27.2022

Expanding: Clean Energy Construction

  New executive orders from the White House leverage the Defense Production Act of 1950 to propel clean energy construction and, ultimately, increase the production of clean energy in the United States. Domestic Manufacturing Construction…
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Expanding: Clean Energy Construction
Contract Surety 06.20.2022

Dig Once: Coordinators Please

  To effectively leverage federal infrastructure dollars—and achieve successful builds—governors recognize ever more efficiency is needed across multiple, complex systems. Their appointed infrastructure coordinators are taking on mission critical work in states across the country….
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Dig Once: Coordinators Please