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I-4 Mobility Partners selected for I4 Ultimate Project

The I-4 Mobility Partners team has been selected for the construction of four express toll lanes through downtown Orlando, as well as 35 years of operation of the express lanes.   Additionally, 15 major I-4 interchanges will be reconstructed, and 75 bridges will be replaced.  The Florida Department of Transportation will administer tolls. The construction team [...]

By |2014-04-25T14:20:25-04:00April 25th, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on I-4 Mobility Partners selected for I4 Ultimate Project

Amazon.com will start to collect Florida sales tax starting May 1

As an article in our Spring newsletter mentioned, Amazon.com finalized plans to build it's first two warehouses, over 1 million square feet apiece, in Tampa and Lakeland. The internet retail giant attributes this move to the "collaboration" with our state, city and county officials. The article also mentioned how Florida residents should prepare to start [...]

By |2014-04-23T15:38:25-04:00April 23rd, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Amazon.com will start to collect Florida sales tax starting May 1

In Florida, Fewer Landlines for Phones and Less Cable Means Less Money to Build Schools

For decades, the Public Education Capital Outlay (PECO) fund has been funded by taxes hidden in your telephone, electricity, and cable TV bills.  10 years ago, this provided over $1 billion for school construction and maintenance.  It provided 25% of all expenditures on school facilities.  But, that is not true anymore.  As more and more [...]

By |2014-04-17T12:53:08-04:00April 17th, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on In Florida, Fewer Landlines for Phones and Less Cable Means Less Money to Build Schools

Community Outreach – UPDATE on Habitat for Humanity: Veterans Build

  For those of you that are following our outreach with the Habitat for Humanity build, they have set a date to start building and need help! National Builders Blitz Week is a partnership between Habitat for Humanity affiliates and the local building community to make sure more families have  a chance to own a [...]

By |2014-04-09T14:19:49-04:00April 9th, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Community Outreach – UPDATE on Habitat for Humanity: Veterans Build

Why it’s crucial to verify a surety bond’s authenticity

  The National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) recently put out an informative article that advises contractors to be sure they've taken the necessary steps to verify the authenticity of a surety bond. Not doing so could have wide-ranging consequences that could affect subcontractors, suppliers and project owners, putting construction projects in jeopardy. Read [...]

By |2014-04-02T13:14:57-04:00April 2nd, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Why it’s crucial to verify a surety bond’s authenticity

Check out our “links” section – helpful links to Florida Statutes, Associates, etc.

If you haven't already done so, we encourage you to check out the "Links" section of our website which has the links to several different Florida Statutes and Associates that are important in the construction industry. You can click here  to be directed to that page.    

By |2014-03-26T13:45:53-04:00March 26th, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Check out our “links” section – helpful links to Florida Statutes, Associates, etc.

Florida Department of Transportation Opportunities for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses

In January, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will receive $8.8 billion in Florida’s budget to make strategic transportation infrastructure improvements throughout the state. This means a lot of road and bridge construction opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses. In an effort to help grow small businesses in the [...]

By |2014-03-19T17:12:25-04:00March 19th, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Florida Department of Transportation Opportunities for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses

Are you a Small and Emerging Contractor? Check out this new website developed by the NASBP just for you!

The National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) recently developed a new website that offers an online course and a repository of other valuable information to help small and emerging contractors start the bonding process. The website, www.suretylearn.org, helps small and emerging contractors learn more about the basics of bonding and educates emerging construction business [...]

By |2014-03-12T17:02:21-04:00March 12th, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on Are you a Small and Emerging Contractor? Check out this new website developed by the NASBP just for you!

The Burden of Poor Design Weighs Heavy on Contractors

At any recent gathering of general contractors, a common theme has been that they are being presented with plans that are so incomplete and improperly drawn that the project would be unbuildable.  Yet, so many are hungry for work, that they bid the job with the hopes of coming to a reasonable resolution with the [...]

By |2014-03-05T14:11:59-05:00March 5th, 2014|Surety Blog|Comments Off on The Burden of Poor Design Weighs Heavy on Contractors

Guns, Butter, and Salt.

Despite how the Fed or the Congress spends our money, it is a real law of economics that every nation has a limited amount of money.  You may or may not be impressed at how much a country has, but for everyone, it is limited.  In beginning economics, we learned if a country spent more [...]

By |2014-02-26T17:25:19-05:00February 26th, 2014|Surety Blog, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Guns, Butter, and Salt.
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