In this podcast, attorney Scott Holbrook of Crawford & Bangs, Covina, Calif., explains ASA and ASA of California's request that California’s 3rd Appellate District Court of Appeals uphold a lower court’s ruling that a pre-fabricator of custom components is indeed a “subcontractor” entitled to mechanic’s lien and payment bond rights under California law.

In this podcast, attorney Eric Biesecker of Nexsen Pruet, Greensboro, N.C., explains a July 2011 North Carolina Court of Appeals decision that helped preserve the value of subcontractors' mechanic’s liens in the state. ASA and ASA of the Carolinas filed a "friends of the court" brief in the case, Wachovia Bank National Association and Preserve Holdings, LLC., v Superior Construction Corporation. ASA tapped its Subcontractors Legal Defense Fund to pay the fees associated with its filing in this case.

Attorney Eric Travers of Kegler, Brown, Hill and Ritter discusses what construction subcontractors can do to protect themselves against bid shopping, and ASA efforts to support subcontractors' right to defend against the widely condemned practice of bid shopping.

On Jan. 19, 2011, the ConsensusDOCS coalition, of which ASA is a charter member, released the first major revisions to its standard 750 subcontract agreement and 751 short-form subcontract agreement since the documents were originally published in 2007. ConsensusDOCS also released revisions to its prime contractor design-bid-build, design-build, and CM-at-risk documents, as well as revised qualification documents for subcontractors and constructors and two new documents. This podcast provides an overview of the changes.

Construction subcontractors and suppliers can submit applications for the American Subcontractors Association’s prestigious Excellence in Ethics Certificate. Learn how ASA evaluates applications, who's earned the certificate in previous years, and where to download an application form and resources to help you improve your corporate ethics program and prepare your company's application.