• Contractor Community – May 2026

    Contractor Community – May 20260

    ASA’s Opposition to Section 232 Tariff Modifications I wanted to share the letters regarding ASA’s urgent concern regarding the recent modifications to Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper, effective April 6. These changes impose duties of up to 25% on the full value of HVACR systems, including those produced with U.S.-origin metals, eliminating

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  • Contractor Community – March/April 2026

    Contractor Community – March/April 20260

    Assured Partners Joins Arthur J. Gallagher AssuredPartners, an ASA Platinum Sponsor, has joined Arthur J. Gallagher (Rolling Meadows, Illinois), the world’s third-largest insurance broker. AssuredPartners began its relationship with ASA in January 2021 and, over the past five years, has provided insurance and risk management services to ASA members across many ASA local and regional

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  • Contractor Community – February 2026

    Contractor Community – February 20260

    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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  • Contractor Community – January 2026

    Contractor Community – January 20260

    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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  • Contractor Community – December 2025

    Contractor Community – December 20250

    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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  • Contractor Community – November 2025

    Contractor Community – November 20250

    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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