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Foundation Software Announces Acquisition of Estimating Edge Software ASA is thrilled to share this exciting announcement from Gold Sponsor, Foundation Software. STRONGSVILLE, OH and BOYNTON BEACH, FL – January 6, 2022 Foundation Software, LLC — provider of America’s #1 construction back-office solutions — has announced the acquisition of Estimating Edge, developer of The EDGE™ commercial…

Upcoming ASA Webinar: Delay and Disruption Claims Join us on January 26th, 2022 at Noon Eastern for the upcoming webinar, Delay and Disruption Claims, presented by Jim Sienicki and Ed Hermes from Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Delay and disruption claims are always a risk in the best conditions on a construction site. Never more so…

ASA Continues to Draft Comments to OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Proposed Rulemaking ASA, along with the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), has been actively drafting a letter to OSHA regarding their Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). OSHA is collecting information right…

SCOTUS Rules Against OSHA’s Employee Vaccine ETS The Supreme Court ruled against the Biden’s administration’s vaccine mandate for employers with 100+ workers, meaning employers can continue to implement COVID safety precautions as they determine for their business, subject to any state or local requirements.  The Supreme Court found the ETS is “a general public health…

DOJ Appeals Court Ruling on Federal Contractor Employee Vaccine Mandate On January 12, 2022, the Justice Department announced that it will appeal a Louisiana federal court’s ruling that blocked President Biden’s order for government-contractor workers to get the Covid-19 vaccine.   The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will be the third federal appeals…

NASBP Seminar, “What Every Surety Professional and Their Clients Need to Know About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill – and Plenty More…” The ASA Government Relations Team highly recommends the following NASBP seminar, “What Every Surety Professional and their Clients Need to Know About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill – and Plenty More…”.  This webinar is free…

Bridge Infrastructure Funding Announced! On Friday, January 14th, the Biden administration announced the release of more than $27 billion in bridge funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Funding for the formula grant program will be distributed to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S territories and tribal governments over the next five…

Reconciliation and BBB? The Biden administration is working on a roughly $1 billion bill that would keep the climate measures of the Build Back Better (BBB), along with reducing the child tax credit and paid family leave provisions of BBB.  Monthly payments of up to $300 per child expired on Friday, January 14th and a…

Voting Rights Legislation This week Senate Democrats attempted to advance the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (HR 5746) and a combination of past voting rights measures (HR 4, S 2747). The debate is intended to keep pressure on Senators Sinema and Manchin to change their views and support changes to the filibuster rule…

This Week in Congress Congress returns this week to Washington, D.C. for the first time in 2022.  The House considered bills expanding eligibility for veterans’ benefits.  Meanwhile, the Senate considered nomination votes, along with legislation that would impose new sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany. Return to the ASAToday page…