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If “pursue bigger and better projects” is on your to-do list this coming year, there are some important steps you

Over the last several years, innovations in the surety industry have made it convenient and fast for contractors to obtain

Over the many decades that we’ve worked in the construction surety bond business, we’ve noticed time and time again that

Is Your Company Adaptable?

Covid-19 has challenged all of us to adapt to an environment that we probably never thought was possible. But what

Preparing for the Recession

On March 16th, UCLA Anderson forecast officially declared that the "U.S. economy has entered a recession, ending the expansion that

What Are You Best At?

I received a year-end financial statement for one of our contractor clients, and the results were truly extraordinary! Not only

Chris Thornburg of Beacon Economics spoke to the Southern California Contractors Association in January and had a different view than

Deadly Distractions

I was cleaning out some old files the other weekend, and I came across an article published in ENR in

How the Mighty Fall

Some might recognize the title of this article, as it was borrowed from a book written by Jim Collins. In

A Tale of Two Contractors

One of the really interesting things about the surety business is you get to look behind the curtain of a

When most of us hear the words “taking inventory”, we typically think of reviewing physical assets that a business has

There was an eye-opening article in ENR on March 14, 2019 about Munilla Construction Management (MCM), the prime contractor involved