New Year Forecasting
- LEGAL, Legally Speaking, Outlook & Trends
- September 24, 2024

By Brian K. Carroll, Sanderford & Carroll Project documentation is exceptionally important to every aspect of the construction project lifespan. Documentation is important for everything from internal QA/QC to making sure a Subcontractor can develop a successful claim if/when a dispute arises on a Project. Almost as a universal truth, the party in a construction
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By Joseph Maes, CPA, REDW LLC. With the latest federal tax bill signed into law, construction company owners and financial leaders face critical updates that could reshape their tax planning strategies. The new provisions bring significant opportunities—as well as challenges—particularly for those managing capital investments, complex business structures, and varying types of income. This article
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How (Sub)Contractors Can Ensure They Protect Their Rights to What They Are Owed By Michael Metz-Topodas, Saul Ewing LLP michael.metz-topodas@saul.com Despite construction project’s fundamental premise—contractors should receive payment for work properly performed—too many subcontractors have lived through too many horror stories about projects where that does not happen. Such scarring experiences can lead subcontractors to
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By Mike Oscar, Director of Government Relations On March 28-29, 2025, about 20 Attorneys’ Council members from law firms and ASA chapters nationwide attended the annual retreat in Park City, UT. We appreciate their dedication and contributions to improving the Association. At the conference, we introduced the 2025 updates to two key ASA documents: ASA
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By Karalynn Cromeens, Cromeens Law PLLC It’s hard to believe, but Q4 is just around the corner. You might be thinking, “Hey, it’s only September.” But let’s level set: budget meetings typically happen in October and you need to research before allocating budgets in the new year. Plus, as business owners, we have to sit
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By Karalynn Cromeens, Cromeens Law Firm, PLLC The definition of innovation is the improvement of an existing method or process. Businesses innovate when they fix things that are not working. Unfortunately, this means if you want continued innovation in your business, it only comes from pain, realizing where the pain is, and really digging in
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