Seattle, WA — Public Place Shoring Or Excavation Bond
Seattle shoring work can require both SDCI permitting and SDOT Street Use review to protect adjoining roads and utilities. If the city requests Public Place Shoring or Excavation security, obtain that specific bond form rather than assuming a general street-opening or contractor bond fits.
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- Recorded state
- Washington
- Bond type
- Right-of-Way / Street Work Bond
- Category
- Contractors & construction
What this bond does
Helps a Seattle shoring or excavation applicant identify the city's specific public-place security request within the coordinated permit review.
- Who needs it
- Applicants and contractors whose Seattle excavation or temporary shoring affects the public ROW or adjoining public infrastructure.
- Who it protects
- The accepted bond instrument defines the protected party and undertaking. The exact Public Place Shoring or Excavation form remains factual-check-pending; permit design and removal requirements do not by themselves establish bond coverage.
Your bond option
This is the option on record for this bond.
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The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.
Sources
- Seattle SDOT — Shoring Review (opens in a new tab)Checked October 23, 2026
Have these ready
- Identify the Seattle shoring/excavation project and affected ROW.
- Prepare the soils, shoring, foundation and survey materials for coordinated review.
- Get the specific public-place bond form, parties, amount, dates and provider match.
- Confirm executed-document filing, permit/review approvals, removal inspections and release.
Questions about this bond
Does SDOT issue the shoring permit?
The published guide says SDCI issues it, with Street Use review and location approval where applicable. Confirm the review assignments for the actual project.
Is a temporary-anchorage indemnity agreement the bond?
Do not assume so. The guide describes that agreement as a shoring condition; obtain the separately requested surety instrument.
What amount and term are required?
The exact bond form was not established by the shoring guide. Obtain the city's written request; the provider option supplies no verified amount or duration.
Does finishing excavation release the bond?
Not on that basis alone. Confirm the city-required inspections, temporary-component removal, acceptance and actual security-release process.