A surety client called Guardian Group, Inc.'s Surety Group when concerns about their contractor's delays and talk of liquidated damages began to manifest. The project was an expansion of an existing medical facility in Northern California; the addition comprised 60,000 square feet in a single  story. The building is structural concrete and steel, with an envelope of glass and stucco.   As...

With extensive school and civic structure experience, Guardian Group, Inc. often fields requests from the nation's surety companies and their counsel for claims investigation and complex takeovers. In this case, in conjunction with a $60 million school renovation taking place in the Midwest, and electrical contractor had been awarded a contract worth approximately $6 million. When Guardian's Surety Group received...

At the container terminal of a popular Southern California port, Guardian Group, Inc.'s  experts were called upon to provide comprehensive forensic evaluations on many of the construction elements that had been undertaken in conjunction with a multi-year renovation. Construction and engineering forensic work included defect analysis and testing of the concrete foundation, paving, grading, underground utilities, structural framing and stucco work....