January 3, 2025

How Payment Delays and Change Orders are Killing Small Business – Full Episode

ASA member Adrienne Smoot-Edwards, President of Regeneracy, Inc., a restoration subcontractor in Washington, D.C. and board member of ASA of Metro Washington joins the ASA Podcast and offers firsthand experience on challenges with change orders and prompt payment:

• Gain insights into the significant cash flow and financial challenges that subcontractors face due to delayed payments from general contractors and owners.
• Understand the complex, opaque payment approval processes that create bottlenecks and frustrations for subcontractors trying to get paid for their work.
• Learn about the additional complications that change orders introduce, further exacerbating the payment problems for subcontractors.
• …plus more challenges subcontractors face!

January 3, 2025

How Payment Delays and Change Orders are Killing Small Business – Part 1

ASA member Adrienne Smoot-Edwards, President of Regeneracy, Inc., a restoration subcontractor in Washington, D.C. and board member of ASA of Metro Washington joins the ASA Podcast and offers firsthand experience on challenges with change orders and prompt payment:

• Gain insights into the significant cash flow and financial challenges that subcontractors face due to delayed payments from general contractors and owners.
• Understand the complex, opaque payment approval processes that create bottlenecks and frustrations for subcontractors trying to get paid for their work.
• Learn about the additional complications that change orders introduce, further exacerbating the payment problems for subcontractors.
• …plus more challenges contractors face!

January 3, 2025

How Payment Delays and Change Orders are Killing Small Business – Part 2

In Part 2 of this episode, ASA member Adrienne Smoot-Edwards, President of Regeneracy, Inc., a restoration subcontractor in Washington, D.C. and board member of ASA of Metro Washington discusses the collective advocacy efforts underway, led by organizations like ASA, to push for industry-wide solutions and legislative changes to address these longstanding subcontractor challenges.

January 3, 2025

Can You Save $$ with Group Captive Insurance Programs?

In this podcast, Nick Napolitano of Assured Partners provides an in-depth overview of group captive insurance programs, an alternative risk management strategy that is particularly well-suited for middle market construction companies.

Following this podcast, listeners will:

1. Understand the fundamentals of group captive insurance programs.

2. Be able to identify the criteria and characteristics that makes a firm well-suited candidates for joining a group captive insurance program.

3. Learn the process and considerations involved in evaluating, selecting, and transitioning to a group captive insurance solution.