Construction was supposed to be getting back to normal by now.
In June, with vaccines rolling out broadly across the U.S. and COVID-19 case numbers plummeting, Labor Day was heralded by many as the date workers would return to offices, and the pandemic would largely be a fading memory.
But things aren’t quite working out that way.
“We started reopening in June, and there was a lot of hope,” said Laura Guzman, vice president of marketing and communications at Milpitas, California-based XL Construction. “But as we started to watch the most recent trends, we’ve had to hit the pause button again.”0
