A painter’s surety team goes the extra mile that results in a complicated job successfully completed.

As described in Part I of this article, joint ventures, or JVs, can offer significant benefits to contractors. 

Changes related to the COVID-19 crisis and the construction and surety industries are still occurring; some data in this article may have changed from the time of article submission and the publication date.

ISTOCK.COM/VISUAL GENERATION By Richard Higgins of McCarthy & Company, PC Changes related to the COVID-19 crisis and the construction and surety industries are still occurring; some data in this article may have changed from the time of article submission and the publication date. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes tax provisions to help businesses preserve and ...

ISTOCK.COM/EAKGRUNGE By James Wiedemann and Jake Amoroso of Marcum, LLP Changes related to the COVID-19 crisis and the construction and surety industries are still occurring; some data in this article may have changed from the time of article submission and the publication date. COVID-19 has had far-reaching effects on almost every industry—even those that, like construction, were deemed essential (with ...

ISTOCK.COM/BRIANAJACKSON By Rebecca S. Glos Changes related to the COVID-19 crisis and the construction and surety industries are still occurring; some data in this article may have changed from the time of article submission and the publication date. Just when everybody thought the issue of the enforceability of pay-if-paid clauses and pay-when-paid clauses was well settled, a recent decision by ...

ISTOCK.COM/KRIZZDAPAUL By Stephen P. Katz Changes related to the COVID-19 crisis and the construction and surety industries are still occurring; some data in this article may have changed from the time of article submission and the publication date. When is it right to start thinking about succession planning and preparing a construction company for transition? Many would agree—in concept, at least—that ...

ISTOCK.COM/OLEMEDIA By Lori Ann Lange Changes related to the COVID-19 crisis and the construction and surety industries are still occurring; some data in this article may have changed from the time of article submission and the publication date. As contractors (and subcontractors) doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) should be aware, DoD remains very concerned about protecting sensitive ...

PHOTO BY WAYPOINT ROBOTICS INC.Waypoint Vector™ 3DHD autonomous mobile robot includes a 3D perception system and a 600-lb payload capacity. Changes related to the COVID-19 crisis and the construction and surety industries are still occurring; some data in this article may have changed from the time of article submission and the publication date. Although COVID-19 brought sudden economic hardship and ...

We live in interesting times, uncertain times, anxious times. It is difficult to predict what is going to happen to surety credit over the next few COVID-19 months (years?). It is likely, however, that sureties will rely on, more than ever, their good friend, the general agreement of indemnity (GIA). What better value-added service can a producer offer contractors than ...