When Guardian Group, Inc.'s Construction Defect Group was called to the Southwest site of a recently completed subdivision, our experts expected to find, based upon a $5MM lawsuit, a project riddled with construction defects. Our carrier client and its counsel sought Guardian Groups' assistance to defend both the general contractor and the developer against the Homeowner Association (HOA), both covered under a...

Of course, each surety consulting project comes with its own set of construction, engineering, business, personality and bond/legal complexities. Minimizing losses, reducing exposures and expediting the process starts with helping clients understand precisely what went wrong and how to best remedy the situation. We do this by simultaneously leveraging deep technical knowledge and nearly 30 years' surety claims investigations experience....

Of course, elevators are supposed to go up and down. But when there's missing rebar in the masonry construction housing it, well, it's bound to fall out of alignment. And that's what made this elevator project go sideways. This was the primary topic on a recent surety file in The Big Apple, a claim our experts were asked to investigate...