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  • Government Relations 2022 Year in Review0

    Despite the ever-changing political, regulatory, and legislative landscape, the ASA Government Relations Team wanted to briefly update you on our 2022 legislative successes. Though last year proved to be challenging, we offer thanks to our Government Relations Committee (GRC) for their tireless efforts in advocating for our members and industry as we worked to address

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  • Cover All Bases: Payment Protection Regardless of Political Season0

    By Patrick Hogan, handle.com Construction contractors are no strangers to uncertainty, and a split senate and congress can significantly impact the sector. Still, as we wait for changes to laws that govern payments to participants in construction projects, it’s best to be reminded of what bases to cover to protect your payments, regardless of the

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  • Construction Spending – Volume – Jobs0

    By Ed Zarenski, Construction Analytics This plot is not showing good performance. Volume and jobs should be moving directly in tandem. When inflation is very high, spending climbs rapidly. But most of the climb is just due to inflation. To find out what’s really going on we need to look at business volume. Business volume

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  • AI is Great, but Still Learning to Read the Fine Print0

    By Jordan Pavlus; Byrne, Costello & Pickard, P.C. Contract review is one of the most tedious, yet important, aspects of subcontracting.  Contractual terms determine project schedule, payment rights, claims processes, dispute resolution, and so on.  Virtually all of a subcontractor’s legal and equitable rights are determined and affected by the contract.   Like other aspects of

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  • The Control of Congress and the Lame Duck Session1

    As of now, the Republicans have won 221 House seats and Democrats won 213; thereby, the Republicans will be the majority party in the House for the 118th Congress. The Senate will maintain the majority with Democrats winning 51 seats and Republicans winning 49. Democrats elected Sen.-elect Fetterman in a hard-fought open seat in Pennsylvania

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  • Contractor Community – December 20220

    ASA Platinum Sponsor COMPASS Congratulates ASA Members on Making the “COMPASS Select List” COMPASS by Bespoke Metrics recently announced The COMPASS Select List, which recognizes the top subcontractors in COMPASS based on transparency and performance across Finance, Business, and HSE metrics. The ASA would like to recognize and congratulate the ASA subcontractors who made the

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