Archive for August 2021

Become an Exhibitor at SUBExcel We want to see your company shine at SUBExcel! Register as an Exhibitor and put yourself in front of everyone at the event.  Becoming an Exhibitor is the perfect opportunity to interact with registrants and promote your products and services! Meet more than 200 of the larger commercial subcontractors in…

Upcoming Webinars from ASA! Providing the best educational opportunities for the subcontracting community has always been at the forefront of what is important to ASA, and we are proud to offer the upcoming complimentary webinars. Register for them today! “OSHA in the First Year of the Biden Administration: What We Know and What to Expect”…

ASA Welcomes New Gold Sponsor, Billd Billd signs sponsorship deal with American Subcontractors Association to provide growth options and financing education for subcontractors Austin, Texas – Billd, a first-of-its-kind payment solution for the construction industry, today announces a sponsorship deal with the national subcontractor community, American Subcontractors Association. Billd and ASA will work in tandem…

This Week in Congress The Senate remains in recess until September 13th, but the House voted this week on a procedural vote on rules for debate on three measures: a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the Senate; and a separate voting-rights measure.  Speaker Pelosi’s plan would have the…

ASA is Leading the Way in Creating a Level Playing Field for Prequalification! While we all understand the growing need for risk management, prequalification has traditionally been one sided. We struggle to keep up with the multiple unique general contractor requests, understand how the data is used, why each general contractor has a different set…

EEOC Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for Employers The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued new COVID-19 vaccine guidance for employers. The new guidance addresses topics the EEOC either left unclear or did not expressly resolve in earlier publications.  SESCO Management, a full-service human resource and employee relations consulting firm, prepared the following outline…

The Small Business Tax Fairness Act On July 20, 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Small Business Tax Fairness Act (S.2387).  This proposal would make significant changes to the current 20% deduction for qualified business income for pass-through entities (also known as the 199A deduction).   The 199A deduction arose from the…

This Week in Congress Congress is in recess and on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, the Senate voted 69-30 passing a $550 billion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which was highlighted in the August 6th ASA Today.   House Democrats are trying to keep the Senate passed infrastructure package intact and any changes that the…

ASA Submits Comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 ETS On Friday, August 19, 2021, ASA, along with the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), submitted comments to OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS).  These comments supported the Agency’s determination not to include the construction industry within the scope of the rule.  The construction industry has been consistently characterized as…

Smith Currie Named Construction Law Firm of the Year Congratulations to ASA National Silver Sponsor Smith Currie, one of the nation’s most recognized construction and government contracts law firms, for being named 2021 Construction Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners USA, and its deputy editors. The award is particularly significant because Chambers…