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  • Dates & Figs – September 2026

    Dates & Figs – September 20260

    92% of Subcontractors Floated Payroll Last Year, New Siteline Report Finds New research quantifies the cash-flow pressures facing commercial trade contractors — and the billing practices that can help them take greater control of getting paid. Siteline, the first billing and collections software built for commercial trade contractors, released The State of Subcontractor Billing in

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  • Why Are We Talking About Suicide Prevention in Construction?

    Why Are We Talking About Suicide Prevention in Construction?0

    By Sonya Bohmann, Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention Recently, I had the opportunity to present to a trade group in the Midwest. During the discussion, someone asked a question that I have heard in various forms many times before: “Are we creating a problem that does not actually exist by talking so much about

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  • Spotlight on Substance Use Prevention, Harm Reduction, and Recovery in Construction

    Spotlight on Substance Use Prevention, Harm Reduction, and Recovery in Construction0

    By Cal Beyer, CWP, NAC Over the past decade, the construction industry has made meaningful progress addressing workplace mental health. A majority of the attention has focused on suicide prevention. In July 2016 the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) released data showing the construction industry has a high rate of suicide. Shortly thereafter

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  • Awesome ASA at 60

    Awesome ASA at 600

    Sixty Years of Building a Stronger Voice for Subcontractors When the American Subcontractors Association was formed in 1966, its founders were responding to problems that will sound familiar to many subcontractors today: slow payment, bid shopping, unreasonable subcontract terms and the financial strain created when money is withheld. The D.C. Metropolitan Subcontractors Association and the

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