SUBBYs: You Will Soon Vote
The membership of ASA of Metro Washington will soon receive a ballot email to select the top general contractor companies and individuals in 14 categories. The winner will be announced at the 61st Annual Subby Awards on Feb. 22nd. Click here for a list of nominees. The Subbys is the culmination of efforts to achieve fairness in the construction industry by recognizing those companies and individuals that try the hardest to make sure subcontractors and their suppliers receive prompt payment and run efficient projects. Be sure your company submits a vote.
Are You Registered to Attend?
Click here to register for the event of the year in the construction industry. The 61st annual SUBBY Awards.
Why Not Be A SUBBY Sponsor?
Be a Superhero in the construction industry and Sponsor the 61st annual SUBBY Awards. Click here for a list of the sponsorship opportunities.
Safety Subcontractor Of The Year
ACECO, Miller & Long and Telligent Masonry are nominated for Safety Subcontractor of the Year. As reported before the holidays, three members: Miller & Long, Press Mechanical and Telligent Masonry are nominated for subcontractor of the year by ASAMW’s GC Partners. The General Contractor Partners of ASAMW will vote on the winner, who will be recognized at the SUBBYs.
How Does Your Experience Compare to a Finishing Contractor?
Adrienne Smoot Edwards with Regeneracy is on the ASAMW Board and active in the issue of prompt payment to subcontractors. Here are two YouTube videos that tell the story in a very articulate way. Every contractor or subcontract receiving this newsletter should download these YouTube Videos to help you in explaining the problem to other stake holders.
Click here for Part 1
Click here for Part 2
Your comments on these videos are welcome by reply to this email.
Are you Ready to Cover Cost of Tariffs?
Prepare NOW to cover the costs of any tariffs that may impact your future job costs. It is a significant risk to fail to protect your company if the owner decides not to cover additional material costs due to tariffs that are not known about at the bidding stage. ASA recommends a “Price escalation and expanded force majeure” addendum to add to your proposal. A copy of this addendum is available to anyone requesting by reply to this email.
Also, join ConsensusDocs on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 from 2:00pm-3:00pm for a webinar on vital strategies to protect your projects and mitigate the cost impacts stemming from new tariffs. Click the link here to access the webinar.
Maryland and DC have Payroll Transparency Laws -- But Most Are Unaware
This report from PR Newswire indicates 75% of employers are not prepared for pay transparency laws that are in effect in Maryland and DC. Here is an article to help if you are in Maryland and here is one for DC.
Temporary Employees
According to a study of temporary employees in Europe, there is a direct correlation between the use of temporary employees in skilled jobs like construction and a loss of productivity. This comes from the Journal of Labour Market Research from 2017 and is a detailed study of productivity loss.
The Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Conference
Registration is now open for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Conference on April 8, 2025, at Martins Crosswinds in Greenbelt. Click here for more information and to register. Updates to the agenda will be coming out shortly.
The Economy Is Going Where?
Sage Economics (Anirban Basu) reposts that construction is moving ahead, if you are in the right segment. Lower interest rates are driving trends upward for multifamily, warehouse, restaurants and automotive construction, but have little effect on the high demand for data centers which continue to trend upwards. Manufacturing is going up, although we see little of that in the DMV. Check out Ten Construction Trends at the Sage Website.
PM Workshop
ASAMW’s Project Managers’ Workshop started yesterday (Thursday) and those attending gained in-depth insight from Ameen Khouri, Mark Drury and Lou Wicklein. The workshop will continue every other Thursday for five more sessions.
