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Contract Surety 04.24.2022

Winning Bid: Forte Meade

  Maryland’s Forte George G. Meade is home to numerous partner organizations of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Importantly, it’s also home to several critical federal agencies, including the National Security…
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Winning Bid: Forte Meade
Contract Surety 04.20.2022

Constructing a New Idea Hub

A state of the art space for next gen social scientists and business leaders is slated for completion in 2024 at Marist College’s Poughkeepsie campus. With the vision of pollinating ideas across disciplines Marist has…
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Constructing a New Idea Hub
Contract Surety 04.19.2022

Phoenix: Busy Building

Highways, bridges, public transit, and water infrastructure are all on the docket, as Phoenix, Arizona expands and innovates. Coming in at number eight on the American Society of Civil Engineers 2022 listing of “best places…
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Phoenix: Busy Building
Contract Surety 04.13.2022

Constructing With New Energy Codes

  April 2023 is the effective date for implementation of the new energy codes as federal buildings are constructed—or retrofitted. Since the federal government owns more buildings then any other entity in the country, the…
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Constructing With New Energy Codes
Contract Surety 04.12.2022

Building Ambitiously: Airports

  Ambitious designs and big budgets are fueling airport construction across the country. So much has changed since most of our nation’s airports were built over 40 years ago. Environmental considerations are at the forefront…
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Building Ambitiously: Airports
Contract Surety 04.10.2022

School Building Trends

School Building Trends As office buildings evolve with a focus on well-being, flexibility and collaborative possibilities, educators and school builders across the country are concluding that traditional school buildings need a massive re-think too. Here…
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School Building Trends
Contract Surety 04.10.2022

​Bridging Toward The Future

  With bridges throughout the country reminding us they are in desperate need of attention, drivers crossing between Tampa and St. Petersburg on the existing Howard Frankland Bridge have front row seats to the adjacent…
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​Bridging Toward The Future
Contract Surety 03.30.2022

Boring in San Antonio?

  It looks that way: the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) has chosen the Boring Co. for the anticipated high speed loop that will connect San Antonio International Airport to its burgeoning downtown. As details…
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Boring in San Antonio?
Contract Surety 03.24.2022

​Constructing Possibilities

  Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are advancing the development of concrete substitutes that are durable and better for the climate. Newly patented Enzymatic Construction Material (ECM) is not just friendlier to the environment then…
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​Constructing Possibilities