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How RPAs Can Help Contractors Mitigate Substantial Differences in Balance Sheets

ISTOCK.COM/KHANCHITKHIRISUTCHALUAL By Brian Kassalen of Baker Tilly  Surety bond brokers and agents often receive internal financial statements from their clients with significant differences between the profits reported on…

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Why the M&A Boom? How Construction Companies Can Take Advantage

ISTOCK.COM/ZHANNAHAPANOVICH By James Miller and Bill Clark of CBIZ  We have learned a lot about the increased appetite for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the construction market through…

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Construction: A Surety Professional’s Guide

ISTOCK.COM/NAUVALWILDANI By Scott Stern of Grassi For surety professionals, who play a vital role in assessing contractor viability, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) introduces a…

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Construction Contract Must-Haves 

ISTOCK.COM/JACOBWACKERHAUSEN By Jacqueline Greenberg Vogt and Boris Peyzner of Mandelbaum Barrett PC  A successful construction project doesn’t just depend on skilled labor and good materials—it starts with the contract. A well-drafted construction…

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NASBP Surety Professionals Follow Many Paths to Success

CREATIVAIMAGES There are many ways to achieve success in the surety industry. No matter what side of the industry surety professionals begin their careers—company or…

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Beyond Compliance: Embedding AI Governance in Trade Credit and Surety

ANKABALA By Daniel de Búrca of the International Credit Insurance & Surety Association (ICISA) Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to real deployment in trade…

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Resolving Construction Conflicts Efficiently: A Guided Mediation Approach

ANDRII YALANSKYI By Sandy M. Kaplan, Esq. of JAMS With more than 40 years of experience in construction mediations, I’ve seen how early mediator involvement…

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GAO Warns Protesters of AI Sanctions

DRAGON CLAW By David Timm of Burr & Forman LLP A Warning Protesters beware—the Government Accountability Office (GAO) wants you to know they can and…

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