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Sustainability

Readers Respond: COVID-19 will disrupt construction for at least another year

July 30, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its fifth month, disruptions at businesses across the country have lasted longer than many anticipated. Instead of the hope that the crisis would be over within a few months or the end of summer […]


Construction Site Safety, Regulations, Sustainability

Bay Area construction opens to new set of rules and guidance

May 7, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

Construction resumed Monday in six San Francisco Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley, California, under new protocols for safety and worker distancing, but jobsites won’t look quite the same as they did before the coronavirus outbreak hit. The […]


Sustainability

Coronavirus crisis inspires industry collaboration: ‘We’re all in this together’

April 20, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

Since the coronavirus outbreak hit the U.S., many in the industry have noticed a bright spot emerge from the crisis: a push toward more collaboration among stakeholders. Competing general contractors are sharing information more than ever before, especially about ways […]


Sustainability

Consultant predicts a post-coronavirus ‘construction tsunami’

April 2, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

President Donald Trump’s decision this week to extend the country’s social distancing guidelines until April 30 was based partly on data from statistical models that predict the peaks and plateaus of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Models like these […]


Sustainability

Coronavirus-Plus: Other Calamities Won’t Be Taking a Holiday

March 20, 2020

Via: ConstructConnect

Okay, I’m an alarmist. Sorry to say, but there’s a big picture to consider beyond just the coronavirus outbreak. In many nations, COVID-19 ramifications have occurred virtually overnight, attracting all the attention and lifting anxiety levels to unprecedented heights. The […]