Summer is in full swing, and the annual ASM Golf Tournament just occurred. This year’s tournament was a sell-out, with nearly 300 golfers registered. Each year, the tournament is integral to how ASM can offer scholarships to deserving students attending or planning to attend college in the fall. Scholarship winners were announced and presented at the golf tournament dinner on July 13. 

One of our long-time members, Marr Companies, recently celebrated its 125^th Anniversary with a celebration at their new facility in Braintree. ASM congratulates the Marr family and all the women and men who have made their company what it is today. 

We are excited that ASM plans to begin offering a lien service to our member companies in collaboration with our friends at Corwin & Corwin LLP. The new program will be rolled out later this summer, with more details to be shared with our members in the coming weeks. 

The State House is busy with both the House and the Senate working to resolve the FY ’24 state budget and many committee hearings on legislation we are monitoring. A public hearing took place on June 27 with the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight to hear many pieces of legislation that ASM will be weighing in on. Notably, one of our top legislative priorities, “An act relative to timely public payments for work not included in original construction contracts,” was part of the hearing, and ASM testified and submitted testimony in favor.

Many other bills dealing with public construction and bid laws will also be held. ASM will monitor these closely to ensure subcontractors are well-represented as the committee considers these issues. As these bills move through the legislative process, we will work every step to ensure our members’ voices are heard. 

It promises to be exciting next several weeks as both the House and Senate will be working on legislation before their summer break in August. We will keep you updated on any progress on legislative matters that may affect ASM members.

As always, please contact us if you’d like to learn more about joining our association. 

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