Not long ago, Guardian Group, Inc.'s Construction Defect Group was called in to investigate reported deficient and defective work at a Southwestern U.S. construction site. The law firm and the client, a leading surety company, asked that we dispatch our technical resources to the site post haste. The subject property is a multi-story addition on the healthcare campus of one of our...

Recently, the legal counsel at one of our nation's leading surety companies, a longstanding client of Guardian Group, Inc., requested expert litigation support from our Surety Group. Their bond covered site construction and underground utilities for a large shopping center, and our client knew Guardian's staff includes not only civil engineers with extensive experience in evaluating site design and utility...

ABOUT THE CLAIM Recently, Guardian Group, Inc.'s Construction Defect Group was called to a 30,000 sf office complex in Arizona. Complaints were of widespread water intrusion at the building's windows... all of them. ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION Our carrier-client initially called us in to defend the subcontractor's work, but once Guardian's experts completed their investigation, it was obvious that mitigating damages and expediting settlement were...