September 2026 Archives

Suretyship: A Primer on Common Indemnity Agreement Provisions 0
- CONSTRUCTION
- September 1, 2026
By Christopher R. Ward and Emory Allen, Clark Hill Any contractor seeking bonding capacity, whether it be for public or private projects, will necessarily see a general indemnity agreement as a part of establishing a relationship with any surety. As you may know, sureties are generally to be held harmless with multiple common law rights
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Fifth Circuit Rules OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements Do Not Apply to Workplace Mental Illness and Affirms Viability of Loper Bright Defense 0
- HEALTH, Legally Speaking
- September 1, 2026
By Michael Metz-Topodas and Jacob Tosti, Saul Ewing LLP A decades-old Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA”) requirement has come to an end. Certain employers no longer need to record employees’ work-related mental illness on OSHA’s record-keeping forms due to a recent decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in
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Construction Subcontractors Need AI Guardrails That Protect Margins and Field Judgment 0
- Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- September 1, 2026
By Gleb Tsipursky, Disaster Avoidance Experts Construction subcontractors face a practical AI problem that differs sharply from the one described in most corporate technology advice. A specialty contractor cannot measure success by how many emails, summaries, or estimates an AI tool produces. The work succeeds when a bid reflects the actual scope, a submittal matches
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Mental Health Is a Leadership Imperative in Construction 0

George Nash, Maxim Consulting Group In 2023, there were 982 work-related fatalities in the construction industry. During that same period, an estimated 5,095 construction professionals died by suicide. While our industry has made tremendous progress in improving physical safety, these numbers make one thing clear: protecting our people requires more than hard hats, PPE, and

Collaboration That Saves Lives: Inside the ASAC Health & Safety Summit 0

By Nick Williams, ASA of Colorado Construction is an industry built on coordination. Trades stacking work, schedules aligning, materials arriving on time, and people showing up for each other when the stakes are high. What we do not always coordinate well enough is care. The 2025 ASAC Health & Safety Summit was born out of

President’s Letter – September 2026 0

Dear Readers: As summer begins to wind down, the construction industry is doing what it always does — staying busy, adapting to change and looking ahead to what comes next. For ASA, one of the biggest things on the horizon is SUBExcel, now just a few weeks away – September 29 – October 1 in