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 contractors, material suppliers and other industry vendors into uncharted waters. Construction companies, for example, in Boston and other Massachusetts cities of Cambridge and Somerville and, to some degree, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, as well as Austin and Travis County, Texas, either are unsure about which projects must be closed or are looking at an indefinite moratorium.
