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Surety Bonds 10.09.2024

New Jersey-New York: Uh-Oh?

  As states across the country grapple with how to ensure “infrastructure resiliency” in the face of climate change, decision making, project planning and regulatory debate is heating up in New Jersey and New York….
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New Jersey-New York: Uh-Oh?
Contract Surety 10.09.2024

Unintentionally Subsidizing Clients?

  As crazy as it sounds, if you are not paying enough attention to your bids, it’s likely that you are subsidizing clients quite a bit. Increase profits by tightening up the internal processes used…
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Unintentionally Subsidizing Clients?
Contract Surety 10.09.2024

Let’s Build: Spokane, Flint, Kilgore…

  Construction for manufacturing is steadily pushing forward around the country–and not only in areas known for consuming national headlines. Big awards were recently announced in Spokane, Washington, Flint, Michigan and Kilgore, Texas. Catch-up on…
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Let’s Build: Spokane, Flint, Kilgore…
Court Bonds 10.07.2024

Appeal Bonds Made Simple

  After a loss in a civil court case, If there are grounds to appeal, the losing party, referred to as the appellant, may delay paying the damages established in the original judgment until the…
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Appeal Bonds Made Simple
Court Bonds 10.07.2024

Fiduciary? Fiduciary Attorney? 

  A fiduciary is any person given responsibility for the financial and or care decisions of someone experiencing a decline in capacity, or a minor. A person responsible for closing out the affairs of the…
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Fiduciary? Fiduciary Attorney? 
Contract Surety 10.02.2024

Intergenerational Approaches

  With so many experienced construction workers on the path to retirement, crucial and hard won insights from the field are at-risk of being lost at many businesses. But it doesn’t have to be that…
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Intergenerational Approaches
Contract Surety 10.02.2024

Infrastructure Update: 60,000 Projects

  The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) which was signed into law in late 2021, has so far resulted in over 60,000 construction projects around the country aimed at modernizing the deteriorating systems that…
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Infrastructure Update: 60,000 Projects
Contract Surety 09.23.2024

Red Flags: Financial Distress?

  No one wants to enter into a business contract with a project owner that is in bad financial shape. Sometimes, the red flags are obvious: like a media headline or industry report. More typically,…
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Red Flags: Financial Distress?
Contract Surety 09.23.2024

Required for Success: Cash!

  No one knows better than a construction company owner that success in this tough industry requires a regular cash flow. Of course, keeping a steady stream of cash can be far easier said than…
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Required for Success: Cash!