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New Address for Member Payments After October 12th! To those ASA members who mail their dues or other ASA National payments to the ASA P.O. Box in Baltimore, please note that the mailing address will be changing on October 12th. The payment processor we use is moving to Philadelphia. The new address is: American Subcontractors…

House Republicans Oppose OSHA Employer Vaccine Mandate Republican House lawmakers with oversight of OSHA are calling for the agency to suspend its work writing an emergency temporary standard that would require Covid-19 vaccinations or weekly testing for 80 million workers.  Per their letter to Labor Secretary Walsh, 23 House Republicans on the Education and Labor…

FAR Memo on President Biden’s EO on Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors On October 1, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has issued a “Memorandum on Issuance of Agency Deviations to Implement Executive Order (EO) 14042”, the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors.  The memorandum highlights the goal of…

Upcoming ConsensusDocs Webinar: Price Escalation & Supply-Chain Disruption; Legal and Practical Remedies and Mitigation ASA invites its members to join ConsensusDocs on October 19th, 2021 at 2pm Eastern for the upcoming free webinar, “Price Escalation & Supply-Chain Disruption; Legal and Practical Remedies and Mitigation”. The industry is facing unprecedented price swings and supply shortages that…

OSHA’s New Heat Exposure Rule On September 21, 2021, OSHA announced efforts to address heat-related illnesses. Per OSHA, “while heat illness is largely preventable, and commonly under-reported, thousands of workers are sickened each year by workplace heat exposure.  Despite widespread under-reporting, 43 workers died from heat illness in 2019, and at least 2,410 others suffered…

This Week in Congress The House voted on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, while the Senate and House attempted to finalize a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill.  Congress must pass a temporary government funding measure to avoid a government shutdown after September 30th.  On Monday night, Speaker Pelosi said it was “no longer feasible…

Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund Spotlight Podcast: Oklahoma ASA is proud to present to you the latest podcast from SLDF, which features two engaging speakers from Oklahoma. Click here to view this podcast. The American Subcontractors Association is unique in the support and management of its Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund, devoted to protecting the rights of…

Upcoming ASA Webinar: Power in a PDF? Using Existing Documentation to Create Beneficial Data Join us on October 13th, 2021 at Noon Eastern for the upcoming webinar, “Power in a PDF? Using Existing Documentation to Create Beneficial Data”, presented by FONN. What if adopting technology on your job site could be as simple as using…

ASA Responds to OSHA’s Employer Vaccine Mandate On September 9th, President Biden issued a new plan entitled “Path of the Pandemic,” which includes a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy to combat the surge of COVID-19 variants, with the primary goal of vaccinating the unvaccinated.  One prong of the plan would entail OSHA issuing an Emergency Temporary…

Webinar from Billd – Material Pricing Surge ASA Gold Sponsor Billd would like to share their latest webinar with ASA members! In their presentation, “Material Pricing Surge: Uncovering New Ways to Combat Rising Material Costs” viewers will learn: How to navigate the increasing material prices Financing options that can spur growth despite steep costs How…