It's always nice to get together out of the office and do something fun. When you can incorporate that into a team building event, it's even better. The Florida Surety Bonds team did their first ever team cooking class last week and had a blast! In this class, we worked together to make a [...]
In case you missed it, President Obama signed the new 2016 federal budget bill earlier this month. What does that means for us? Well, the new bill includes a small provision that could have a huge financial impact on the construction industry. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration hasn't increased the fines since [...]
Big News for Florida! Northrop Grumman has won the contract to build the US Air Forces' next generation Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-8). It was announced last night that Northrop beat out both Boeing and Lockheed Martin for this contract, which is expected to be over $55 billion throughout the life of the program. This [...]
Central Florida has about $4.5 Billion of Commercial Construction work going on. Several of the projects are healthcare related. There are several hospital systems investing in their cancer treatment centers, which make up a piece of that $4.5 Billion! It's been some time since a new cancer center was built in the Central Florida area. [...]
According to a recent article on bizjournals.com, Harbor House of Central Florida is officially expanding! For those of you that aren't familiar with Harbor House, they strive to help those affected by domestic violence. Last week, they held a ceremonial groundbreaking for their new 119-bed, 27,500-square-foot facility. The $7.4 million facility is called "Morgan & [...]
Pinktober 2015! Today, the ladies of Florida Surety Bonds wore pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.
We are very excited to have Sonja Harris join our team as Commercial Surety Manager of FSB America. FSB America focuses on commercial bonds across the United States. Sonja is a licensed agent and specializes in commercial surety bonds. She has been in the construction industry since 1998 and the surety industry since 2009. [...]
According to an article in the Tampa Bay Times, the Helen Gordon Davis Center for Women has created a course to teach women the necessary skills to work in construction. It is a free 10-week training course held at the Helen Gordon Davis Center in Hillsborough County. Its goal is to help women who are unemployed or underemployed [...]
Attention Subcontractors! The University of Central Florida has some big projects in the works. Soon, there will be open bids for six multi million-dollar construction projects. Combined, the projects are worth almost $108 million. According to the article in the OBJ, here's a quick idea of what's in the works: Interdisciplinary Research and Incubator. The first phase [...]
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in our community! This is a two phase project near the Longwood SunRail Train Station. Currently Phase 1 is a shell, but needs all MEP’s to finish. Phase 2 will be a ground up project. Habitat does an excellent working with people to buy their homes, [...]