ASAToday for July 3rd, 2025

FAR Memo on President Biden’s EO on Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors On October 1, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has issued a “Memorandum on Issuance of Agency Deviations to Implement Executive Order (EO) 14042”, the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors.  The memorandum highlights the goal of…

Upcoming ConsensusDocs Webinar: Price Escalation & Supply-Chain Disruption; Legal and Practical Remedies and Mitigation The industry is facing unprecedented price swings and supply shortages that have made the risky business of construction even more unpredictable. There is no magic bullet, but a price escalation clause and other legal remedies are first thing you should look…

OSHA’s New Heat Exposure Rule On September 21, 2021, OSHA announced efforts to address heat-related illnesses. Per OSHA, “while heat illness is largely preventable, and commonly under-reported, thousands of workers are sickened each year by workplace heat exposure.  Despite widespread under-reporting, 43 workers died from heat illness in 2019, and at least 2,410 others suffered…