Last week, it was announced that the Federal Government has surpassed its 5% contracting goal for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) for the first time in history.
U.S. SBA Administrator, Maria Contreras-Sweet said “Meeting this goal means five percent is no longer our ceiling but our foundation […]
Please read the following article if you use or are thinking about using a drone on any of your job sites. According to the article, if not properly certified, contractors could face 7 figure penalties with FAA for drones.
Click HERE to read the full article.
Florida Surety Bonds proud to be the corporate sponsor of Bring It On, The Musical, directed by Doug Carey. The musical is playing at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in Downtown Sanford starting March 4th and going until March 12th.
We encourage you […]
What is the difference between a Surety Bond and Subguard?
This week the Florida Transportation Builders’ Association “FTBA” had their Annual Construction Conference in Orlando. It was a very well attended event; there were over 500 attendees consisting of General Contractors, Subcontractors, Suppliers, Professional Services Companies, etc. There were several break out sessions that allowed […]
The Orlando Business Journal put out an interesting article showing who the richest people in Florida are. Click HERE to read the article.
As of December 31, 2015, contracting officers can now make sole source awards to Women-Owned Small Businesses and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses.
This is pretty exciting for all the WOSB and EDWOSB’s out there! A sole source award is the best way for a company to […]
We all heard the unfortunate news that the new Orlando City Soccer Club Stadium will now not be opening until 2017. Curious minds want to know what to expect with this long awaited soccer stadium! Well, in a recent arcticle from the Orlando Biz Journal, we […]
As part of our training program, we send our employees to take part of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers “NASBP” Surety School sessions. Level I is a good introduction into bonding and goes into detail the things that we train on in the […]
Here is a link to a great article on the Construction Executive’s website. The article shares 10 tips on negotiating contracts.