With our corporate headquarters in Torrance, California, and offices in Sacramento, for the forensic engineers at Guardian Group, Inc., these two recent wildfires have really hit home. Thankfully, the Woolsey Fire was contained last week, but after three casualties. The Camp Fire up north in Butte County now also has been fully contained, but only after claiming a harrowing...

Guardian Group, Inc.'s construction claims experts were recently called to the scene of an aviation fueling facility. Just prior to this, a routine punch-list process left the project engineer dissatisfied with the quality of the welding on the job - a significant factor due to the fact that petroleum piping must perform/endure to a greater degree. Despite the project's completion...

Often times, a surety will elect to assist with contractor financing in an effort to mitigate claim losses. Such was the case on one of Guardian Group, Inc.'s files that involved a painting contractor in the Southwest. This large firm had several jobs open simultaneously, and the principal was experiencing cash flow problems. Many of the company's bonded projects, each...