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- Contractor Community, Contracts
- January 12, 2018

We’re moving our journal from the month’s finish line to the starting gate Starting in May, we’ll be publishing our educational journal at the beginning of the month. We will have one combined issue in March/April, which we’ll release at the end of March. While it’s always nice to wrap up the month with a
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Subcontractors Achieve Win in Immunity Case- Third Coast Services, LLC & SpawGlass Civil Construction, Inc. v. Castaneda The American Subcontractors Association’s Subcontractors Legal Defense Fund supported a major win for subcontractors via Amicus briefing to the Texas Supreme Court. In December 2025, the high court took up the matter of Third Coast Services, LLC &
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Interim Final Rule Key Changes The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) significantly revised its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program as of October 3, 2025, eliminating race- and gender-based presumptions and requiring individualized proof of disadvantage. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the key changes introduced by the Interim Final Rule (IFR), the impact on construction projects,
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ASA’s Government Relations Update Despite the legislative branch grinding to a halt in October, it has not impaired ASA’s ability to make progress on our legislative priorities. For all you may read or hear about Washington at an impasse, October was NOT a month of rest for ASA. We continued our efforts to support the
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ASA Podcast Spotlight: Subcontractor Shares How Tech Curiosity Transformed AP The American Subcontractors Association is excited to spotlight this episode of The Power of Change podcast, featuring Shawn Robinson, Accounts Payable Manager at ASSA ABLOY. In this episode, Shawn shares how his construction finance team embraced curiosity and change to modernize their accounts payable process.
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