Tag: coronavirus pandemic

September 24, 2020

As the State Dept. office in charge of embassy construction adjusts to workplace changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it has continued to award a stream of construction and design contracts for new projects at posts around the world. Addison […]

August 12, 2020

Classes in USC’s new program will leverage experts in various disciplines including: civil and environmental engineering construction design computer and data sciences large-scale 3D printing artificial intelligence Students will graduate with an understanding not just of the building process itself, […]

July 2, 2020

A three-story building in Brooklyn, N.Y., is being demolished following a partial collapse that occurred Wednesday afternoon around 4:40 p.m. The building, at 348 Court Street in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood, was the location of a Body Elite Gym, closed […]

April 28, 2020

Temperature checks at the jobsite gate and portable toilets equipped with hot water are poised to become regular features at Boston construction sites going forward as city officials put into action new safety rules in the wake of the deadly […]

April 28, 2020

Seven San Francisco Bay-area health officers will jointly extend and modify their shelter-in-place orders, some of the most restrictive in California. AGC of California is in talks with the group in hopes they adopt the organization’s multi-phased plan to ease […]

April 24, 2020

President Trump has signed a compromise measure that provides $310 billion to revive the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)—which aims to assist financially strapped small businesses, including those in construction, engineering and building materials—with forgivable loans to help them cope […]

April 1, 2020

Construction Dive would like to hear more from you, about how you’re using technology to mitigate delays and keep workers safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Tell us more about what you’ve been doing by responding to questions below. We may […]

March 27, 2020

When a hurricane or other disaster forces the closing of a jobsite, owners and contractors can be reasonably assured that, barring severe physical property damage, everyone will be back to work in short order. However, the coronavirus pandemic has led […]

March 13, 2020

Three words stand out to construction attorney Steve Lesser when thinking about how U.S. contractors should react to the negative effects of the global coronavirus pandemic: Wait and see. Lesser, the chair of Becker’s construction law practice, said he thinks […]