Contractors share cost saving and risk reduction tips.

More than 200 contractors and insurance and surety professionals attended AGC's meeting on Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management to talk about their shared issues and concerns and increase efficiency and effectiveness.

AGC Risk Management Committee chairman David O'Haren, executive vice president of Holder Construction Group, kicked off the meeting Tuesday morning, which began with a discussion on relating risk assessment and mitigation to a company's core values, led by industry leaders John Alberici (Alberici Constructors, Michael Bolen (McCarthy Construction Co.) and Robert Van Cleave (Balfour Beatty Construction).