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ASA Taps Richard Bright as Its COO

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CEG - Richard Bright, founder and president of the sales and marketing consulting firm Bright Concepts Inc., Elkridge, Md., has been named chief operating officer of the American Subcontractors Association, effective July 1, 2013. As chief operating officer, Bright will manage all non-advocacy-related ...

’Pay-If-Paid’ Clauses Should Be ’Unenforceable,’ Says ASA

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CEG - On June 20, the American Subcontractors Association and ASA of Ohio filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of Ohio, arguing that “pay-if-paid” clauses in construction contracts should be “unenforceable.”A decision by the Supreme Court of Ohio in Transtar Ele...

ASA to Support Subcontractor in U.S. Supreme Court Case

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CEG - On Aug. 23, 2013, the American Subcontractors Association will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm an appeals court’s decision in a case concerning whether construction disputes should be resolved in a local forum or, instead, subcontractors can be forced to take their claims to a far off...

Connecticut Supreme Court Ruling Bolsters ASA’s Position

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CEG - On June 11, 2013, the Connecticut Supreme Court officially released a ruling confirming that Commercial General Liability insurance policies do insure property damage that unintentionally results from defective work. The decision supports the American Subcontractors Association’s position t...

ASA Calls for ’Targeted Congressional Intervention’ to Improve Federal Contracting Proce

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CEG - On May 30, ASA told the Committee on Small Business of the U.S. House of Representatives that construction specialty trade contractors continue to face obstacles to participation on federal construction projects. “Contractors at all tiers need to be assured that the bidding and contr...

ASA Hails Proposed Legislation Targeting Construction ’Bid Shopping’

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CEG - The American Subcontractors Association hailed legislation introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., on May 9, 2013, as a significant step to improve the management of the federal government’s construction projects.By requiring contractors to use the subcontractors identified in th...

Subcontractors Discover Power of Bid Conditioning in ASA Workshop

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CEG - Subcontractors may feel powerless to negotiate favorable contract terms with general contractors, believing if they don’t sign the GC’s contract, their competition will. But subcontractors participating in a workshop during the ASA Business Forum and Convention 2013 in Las Vegas learn...

ASA Honors Brian Johnson With Annual President’s Award

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CEG - 2012-13 American Subcontractors Association President Walter Bazan Jr., Bazan Painting Co., St. Louis, Mo., honored Brian Johnson with the ASA President’s Award on March 22, 2013, at the ASA Business Forum and Convention 2013 in Las Vegas. The ASA President’s Award is given by the cur...

ASA Manual Helps Subcontractors Navigate ’Retainage Laws in the 50 States’

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CEG - A reference manual published by the American Subcontractors Association, Retainage Law in the 50 States, is helping construction subcontractors understand retainage laws where the projects they bid and work on are located.As it applies to subcontractors, retainage is the practice of regula...

ASA-Midwest Council Donates 400 lbs. of Food to Local Charity

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CEG - Members of St. Louis-based American Subcontractors Association (ASA) Midwest Council and their families recently donated 400 pounds of food, plus $300 to the St. Louis Area Food Bank. The donations were collected at the association’s annual Casino Night holiday party on Dec. 19. The donatio...