• Contractor Community – April 20240

    Construction Employment Grows Per Saturday, April 6th’s Wall Street Journal and as highlighted by the Department of Labor, “construction employment continues to boom, adding 39,000 jobs in March and 270,000 since March 2023.”  Nonresidential construction has increased by 4.1 percent in more than a year; 24,600 new hires in nonresidential construction last month. Congrats to

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  • Contractor Community – March 20240

    ASA’s Andrew Christ Hosts SBA Administrator Guzman On March 11, Andrew Christ, an ASA Board Member and owner of Compass Constructors located in Kansas City, (MO), hosted the Small Business Administrator (SBA) Guzman at his company.  The SBA Administrator spent about ninety minutes with Andrew and his colleagues, visiting his facility and discussing ways in

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  • ASA is Looking for Volunteers for the Contractors Compass Editorial Board

    ASA is Looking for Volunteers for the Contractors Compass Editorial Board0

    The Contractor’s Compass is ASA’s popular monthly journal that is delivered to nearly 13,000 subscribers. Officially published by FASA, the Foundation of the American Subcontractor’s Association, Compass has been part of the ASA family for seven years and is one of the most read publications dedicated to construction subcontractors. Featuring a mix of strategic and

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  • Contractor Community – February 2024

    Contractor Community – February 20240

    ASA Testifies on Capitol Hill On Tuesday, February 6, Andrew Christ, current Secretary/Treasurer of ASA National and Chief Operating Officer of Compass Constructors in Kansas City, Missouri, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee.  The committee hearing examined the impacts that the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standard decisions have on small

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  • Contractor Community – November 2023

    Contractor Community – November 20230

    Upcoming Think Tank Meeting in Baton Rouge, Alabama Just wanted to see if you were paying attention. Yes, we know Baton Rouge is in Louisiana. Now that you’ve established your geography prowess, join us in Louisiana and share your insights and ideas on how to improve your ASA association. The Think Tank meeting is on

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    The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)’s Impact on Small Business Starting on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) would impose new reporting requirements on certain small businesses (specifically corporations and limited liability companies with twenty or fewer employees).  The legislation will require companies to disclose their beneficial owners to prevent bad actors from using

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