Construction Management
Construction Management
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781119256809
Author: Daniel W. Halpin, Bolivar A. Senior, Gunnar Lucko
Publisher: WILEY
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Write the three major types of construction bonds, its necessity, and mention three items that affect the bonding capacity.

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Names of three major types of construction bonds and their necessity:

Bid bonds:

It is a type of construction bond that safeguards a developer or an owner in a construction bidding process. It provides guarantee to the owner by a contractor to ensure if the contractor fails to honor the terms of the bid, the owner will be compensated.

Performance bonds:

A bond that is given to a contractor to guarantee the owner that the assigned work will be completed as per the requirements of owner with project specifications is a performance bond.

Payment bonds:

It is a surety bond that guarantees payments to subcontractors and material suppliers on the project that was bonded.

Three factors that affect the bonding capacity are as follows:

  • Status of costs
  • Payments
  • Disputes related to uncompleted work

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