Prove It: What Surety Underwriters Seek in Contractors

Seeking surety bonding is no walk in the park. In today’s shifting environment, contractors face evolving requirements, changing project types and sizes, rising costs and new underwriting expectations. Contractors pursuing surety support may encounter tighter scrutiny as they grow. At the same time, underwriters are looking for organizations, practices, track records and leadership teams that […]
Motel Tetris: Turning a Nashville Super 8 Into Award-Winning Affordable Apartments

The Wilder is an affordable, adaptive-reuse, multifamily complex in the heart of Nashville—but it’s not your average apartment building. In late summer 2021, Clay Adkisson, founder of Nashville-based urban design firm Openworks, was driving down the interstate in Nashville when something caught his attention. To the naked eye, it looked like a run-down, dilapidated Super […]
Trump order directs federal contractors to dump DEI — or risk canceled contracts

Departments and agencies have until April 25 to insert a clause in their contracts that requires contractors and subcontractors to not engage in “racially discriminatory DEI activities.” Source link