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Construction Site Safety, Regulations

What should employers take away from the White House’s latest COVID-19 plan?

March 31, 2022

Via: Construction Dive

U.S. organizations have joined the momentum to reopen physical workspaces after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, the Biden administration laid out a plan that, in part, sought to clarify the White House’s approach for […]


Construction Processes, Interaction of Expertise

Fortune magazine ranks construction’s most admired firms

February 5, 2021

Via: Construction Dive

AECOM released a statement in response to its ranking on Fortune’s list, saying that despite the coronavirus-related challenges of 2020, it still delivered strong financial results for its stakeholders, results that outperformed guidance on almost all of its key financial […]


Construction Site Safety, Hazards, Regulations

Biden will ask OSHA to reconsider decision to skip emergency coronavirus standards

January 14, 2021

Via: Construction Dive

OSHA can, under certain circumstances, issue emergency temporary standards that take effect immediately and remain in effect until it issues a permanent standard, according to the agency. The follow-up standard is “subject to the usual procedure for adopting a permanent […]


Sustainability

2021 outlook: Top cities to watch for construction

January 12, 2021

Via: Construction Dive

Last year saw some construction projects stalled because of stay-at-home orders related to the novel coronavirus or just general uncertainty about what the long-term impact of the global pandemic would be on the economy. However, U.S. contractors like Mortenson, AECOM […]


Sustainability

Can the pandemic’s construction lessons help Biden boost infrastructure?

December 21, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

When New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Lorraine Grillo unveiled the city’s first COVID-19 Center of Excellence in early December, a new 22,000-square-foot medical facility in the Bronx with 40 exam rooms that it built for the […]


Construction Processes, Financial

Top U.S. retailers put the brakes on construction spending

November 30, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

The coronavirus pandemic has been one more nail in the coffin for some of the country’s top brick-and-mortar retail brands. In the first eight months of 2020, 66 brands closed 13,262 stores — more than in all of 2019 — […]


Construction Processes, Interaction of Expertise

A roundup of coronavirus outbreaks on construction sites

November 19, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

The construction industry hasn’t been portrayed as having the widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 that have plagued other sectors such as meatpacking plants, nursing homes and health care facilities. But there is no national data clearinghouse that tracks COVID-19 outbreaks by […]


Construction Processes, Financial, Legal

SBA, Treasury unveil simplified PPP forgiveness documents

October 15, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

The streamlined forgiveness process will affect 3.57 million of the 5.2 million loans originated under the program, which aimed to help small businesses weather the economic hardship brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the SBA. Approximately $62 billion […]


Sustainability

Phoenix rises as US construction starts plummet

September 17, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

While commercial and multifamily construction activity plummeted in the first half of 2020, one major metro area was spared. Starts in the top 20 metropolitan areas posted a decline of 22% through the first six months of 2020 compared to […]


Construction Techniques

ICC offers guidance for remote virtual inspections

September 16, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

The coronavirus pandemic has sped up the implementation of remote virtual inspections for many building departments, and many officials have indicated that their agencies will probably continue to use remote inspections even after social distancing rules ease up. Using common, […]


Sustainability

Construction’s Human Resources Specialists Become Key Agents of Change

September 16, 2020

Via: ENR

Six months after the coronavirus pandemic first shuttered offices across the U.S., contractors and design firms have, for the most part, settled into the “new normal.” With distancing and other safety protocols implemented at jobsites, some firms have returned to […]


Construction Processes, Financial

7 bidding mistakes that can throw off a project

August 26, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

Since the coronavirus pandemic arrived in the U.S., contractors have been increasingly nervous about maintaining and building their backlog of work as jobs in some areas and sectors are put on hold or canceled. To build their books, many firms […]


Construction Site Safety, Regulations

The Dotted Line: When should contractors use COVID-19 liability waivers?

August 25, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

As a result of the novel coronavirus’ spread, construction industry players are preparing for permanent changes to the way they do business. Other changes that contractors likely will encounter moving forward through and after the pandemic, however, will be in […]


Construction Processes, Financial

The COVID-19 conundrum: Money is available for new construction projects, but few are breaking ground

August 24, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

Even in a coronavirus-challenged environment, there’s money available to build new projects; what’s rare is finding an owner who is willing to break ground. That’s the takeaway of several observers who have noted a dearth of new construction projects coming […]


Construction Processes, Financial

2 major travel-related projects halted due to COVID-19

August 19, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

The two pullbacks on works in progress are notable. Since the breakout of the pandemic in March, work at most construction projects that had already broken ground has continued. These two high-profile jobs show that even if projects have already […]


Sustainability

High-speed rail projects move forward despite coronavirus

August 14, 2020

Via: ConstructConnect

With more people working remotely, transportation agencies have found themselves with less revenue, which could mean fewer expansions of commuter transit services and a diminished ability to stay current with maintenance. In New York City, for example, Metropolitan Transportation Authority […]


Sustainability

Readers Respond: 44% of respondents had a co-worker test positive for COVID-19

August 13, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

Total coronavirus case counts continued to grow this week, with 5.2 million recorded in the U.S. since March, leading to nearly 166,000 deaths. Since the beginning of the pandemic, construction workers who were deemed essential and continued to report to […]


Construction Processes, Interaction of Expertise, Sustainability

Strategies for Embracing Flexibility in Construction Management

August 12, 2020

Via: ConstructConnect

The construction industry can be volatile and unpredictable at the best of times. With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, construction work is taking a hard hit. Projects are getting delayed and even canceled as regions open and close to […]


Construction Techniques

USC launches master’s degree in construction tech

August 12, 2020

Via: Construction Dive

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, […]


Sustainability

Designing & Building a Post-COVID-19 Workplace

August 5, 2020

Via: ConstructConnect

Social distancing may feel surreal in the beginning—coworkers avoiding physical contact, people separated by partitions, everyone wearing masks. It might even seem a little lonely with a lot of our coworkers still forced to work at home as organizations ramp […]