ASM is busy planning a calendar of programming to help you get through the remaining weeks of winter

It’s been a long, cold, traditional winter here in New England, but longer, warmer days are right around the corner. At ASM, we are busy planning an exciting calendar of programming to help you get through the remaining weeks of winter.

An ASM Safety Roundtable was scheduled for February 24^th, entitled “Mental Health and Safety in Construction.” (at time of print, this event was postponed) Thank you to our friends at Industrial Safety and Rescue in Westwood for hosting this event, featuring Mary Kate Collins and Nick Scott as presenters. 

On March 4^th, ASM will be hosting our 9^th Annual Young Professionals’ Night at the Celtics. Tickets for this event sold out quickly, as usual, to cheer on the Celtics as they march toward the playoffs. 

We will also be hosting one of our popular legal seminars on March 4^th with our friends from Corwin & Corwin Law entitled “Getting Paid in Any Economy.” Registrations for these seminars tend to fill up early, so be sure to reserve your spot soon. 

New this year, we will host a vendor fair on May 21^st, allowing our associate members who offer construction services, as well as select construction vendors, to showcase their products and services to our subcontractor members. This event will take place at Aeronaut Brewing Company in Somerville, and more details will be available on our website soon. 

At ASM, we are always ready to stand up for subcontractors and protect their rights when needed. Recently, our Association filed an Amicus Brief with the SJC in Massachusetts to protect the Prompt Pay law, a cornerstone of construction law. The Prompt Pay law, written by ASM, is crucial to ensuring that subcontractors are not taken advantage of when it is time for payment on a job. In J.C. Cannistraro v. Columbia Construction, the defendant (Columbia Construction) has argued that decisions that have helped cement the Prompt Pay law should be rescinded. ASM’s Amicus Brief clearly and forcefully presents an argument in support of the Prompt Pay law and subcontractors. 

We are hopeful that the SJC will side with those advocating that the Prompt Pay Law is crucial to a safe and healthy construction industry in Massachusetts. We at ASM will always stand up for subcontractors when attempts are made to erode the laws that have helped level the playing field in construction law. 

As always, please reach out to us at the ASM office with any questions or suggestions for programming. We can be reached at mail@associatedsubs.com or (617) 742-3412. 

Jim Welch is the CEO/executive director of the Associated Subcontractors of Mass., Boston.