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Women Building Futures Program

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 [...]

By |2015-08-31T15:30:56-04:00August 31st, 2015|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Women Building Futures Program

Upcoming Projects At UCF Will Have Bid Openings Soon.

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 [...]

By |2015-08-20T20:20:40-04:00August 20th, 2015|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Upcoming Projects At UCF Will Have Bid Openings Soon.

You’re invited to a Habitat Builders BBQ on September 3rd!

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, [...]

By |2015-08-17T18:38:14-04:00August 17th, 2015|Surety Blog|Comments Off on You’re invited to a Habitat Builders BBQ on September 3rd!

Fun Poll On The I-4 Ultimate

In the recent issue of the Orlando Business Journal, they had a poll to see how the I-4 Ultimate is impacting peoples commute. I found it interesting, so I thought I would share:   The majority of people in our office are among the 14.6% that have only noticed minor delays, which is impressive considering [...]

By |2015-08-07T14:29:17-04:00August 7th, 2015|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Fun Poll On The I-4 Ultimate

Amazon adds 2,000 new jobs in Florida

Amazon is adding 2,000 new jobs at its new distribution centers in Lakeland and Ruskin. Since opening the distribution centers last year, they have already hired more than 1,000 people and now they are hiring more! The center in Ruskin will handle small packages and the one in Lakeland will handle the larger items. The majority [...]

By |2015-08-05T12:52:27-04:00August 5th, 2015|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Amazon adds 2,000 new jobs in Florida

Florida Reaches Agreement On BP Oil Spill

Attorney General Pam Bondi has officially entered into a historic multi-billion dollar joint federal-state agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. to settle the economic loss claims declared by Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf. Florida stands to receive more than $3.25 billion in total. After the agreement was [...]

By |2015-07-31T16:29:16-04:00July 31st, 2015|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Florida Reaches Agreement On BP Oil Spill

In Memorium

Recently, we lost a dear friend and colleague, Greg MacKenzie. Greg joined the Florida Surety Bonds Team in 2002 with a surety career that spanned decades.  A former Marine, he brought with him tremendous expertise and problem-solving skills for a solid ten years before his retirement.  Greg was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. During [...]

By |2015-07-17T13:08:21-04:00July 17th, 2015|Surety Blog|Comments Off on In Memorium
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