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, [...]
According to an article in the San Francisco Gate, California Transportation Officials hired a Chinese company that had never built a bridge to make key components of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's eastern section. Zhenhua Port Machinery, based out of Shanghai, was the subcontractor chosen to make the bridge's new signature tower and roadway for [...]
The Bureau of Labor released May’s employment numbers and they are showing a nice steady growth. Around 217,000 new jobs have been created, many in the CRE Supporting Industries. Business investments are increasing or at least poised to increase and one key piece in that is the willingness of banks to lend to such projects. [...]
In the days of drones, Ipads, and Google Glasses, who would have thought that trains would be making so much news this year in Central Florida? They certainly are. There are four planned stations for All Aboard Florda. They are in downtown Fort Lauderdale, downtown West Palm Beach, downtown Miami, and the Orlando International Airport. [...]
For many Florida contractors, the next big job is going to be a tough ride. The reason is the shortage of trained workers. Throughout the recessions, we lost thousands of jobs as residential and commercial building permits slowed down to a trickle. Many of the contractors who managed to stay in business had to lay [...]