It was another great year at the ABC Construction Expo! This annual event is one of the best places to network with company owners, senior management, estimators, project managers and industry professionals. This year over 900 people in the construction industry attended, ranging from Contractors and Suppliers to Construction CPA's, and Attorney's. (from left to right: [...]
Presented by: Frank Rapprich, Esq. with the Fisher Law Firm Every year, Florida Surety Bonds holds a seminar to discuss the important topic of Lien & Bond Laws. Educating our clients on these laws is important. The seminar addresses topics such as: Notice to Owner, Notice of Non Payment, Claim of Lien (FL, GA, AL), [...]
Florida Surety Bonds has been a member of NASBP since 1999. Jeff Reich, President & Founder of Florida Surety Bonds is the current NASBP chairman of the Director's at Large. Each spring NASBP holds an Annual Meeting, where members gain insight into cutting edge industry issues. Members share ideas and experiences with their peers and [...]
The FAMU/FDOT Construction Management Development Program – Bond Guarantee Program holds several seminars to help educate Small & Emerging Contractors on how to obtain bonding. Florida Surety Bonds has spoke at several of these seminars to share our expertise on the bonding process. We discuss several topics, such as what bonds are (Bid Bonds, Performance [...]
Florida Surety Bonds joined forces with the U. S. DOT Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) for a 4 week workshop to help local small & emerging contractors become aware of the benefits of bonding and growing their business. During the 4 week workshop, there were several speakers such as Large General Contractors, [...]
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. [...]