Tag: COVID-19

August 30, 2022

On Aug. 26 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta granted a further stay of the Biden administration’s federal contractor COVID-19 vaccine mandate in seven states and also for members of the Associated Builders and Contractors of America. The […]

August 23, 2022

Lendlease largely attributed its uneven performance to lasting impacts from the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, restructuring and pulling out of non-core work. Lombardo highlighted Lendlease’s investments and work in progress. “We made significant progress in resetting our company […]

July 8, 2022

Amid several major disruptions to the world economy such as the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 related lockdowns in China, construction markets around the world are feeling the heat. In addition, high demand is putting more pressure on already strained […]

April 25, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans began to work remotely. Others left their jobs altogether. And many migrated to the Sun Belt, sparking a development boom. These trends have converged to create problems in short-staffed zoning and planning offices around the […]

February 10, 2022

New York City’s ban on unvaccinated employees has left construction pros doing business there questioning how to comply with the rule and who will enforce it. Since December, workers have been required to show proof of at least one dose […]

January 25, 2022

Construction Dive is taking a look at five of the country’s hottest construction verticals heading into 2022, specifically warehouses, data centers, ports, life sciences facilities and infrastructure projects. All affected in some way by the challenges of COVID-19, supply chain […]

January 13, 2022

A 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has placed a stay on the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing mandate for employers with 100 employees or more, including those in the construction sector. All justices appointed by […]

January 7, 2022

A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the Biden Administration’s legal authority to implement a COVID-19 vaccination-or test mandate with the depth and breadth of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard, as they […]

January 5, 2022

Having bounced back from the worst of the pandemic fallout, global construction is set to grow by 2.3% a year in real terms reaching $16.6 trillion by 2030, say forecasters at London-based Global Construction Perspectives in reviewing 112 markets. Four […]

December 13, 2021

While COVID-19 had an impact on backlogs across the construction industry, some public companies performed better than others. When a company failed to grow its backlog, it was often because it worked for a sector that was struggling. “The primary […]

December 6, 2021

The construction industry is built on a happy balance between the right materials and effective project management. But what happens when that happy balance is disrupted by ongoing shifts in the marketplace? COVID-19, increased demand, supply shortages—as the complexity grows, […]

November 30, 2021

Across the country, developers are placing big bets on mixed-use projects, many of them with budgets into the billions or hundreds of millions. In the Urban Land Institute’s 2022 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, expectations for the performance of […]

November 18, 2021

Over the past year, supply chain snarls and pandemic-related uncertainty have continued to affect the construction industry, leading to high materials costs, delays and difficulty finding skilled labor. It’s not all bad news though: some costs remained relatively flat, the […]

November 5, 2021

As COVID-19 continues to impact the construction industry, New York City faces an uncertain near-term economic future, according to the report. Delays in the federal infrastructure bill are also not sparking much optimism, it said. But Carlo Scissura, president and […]

November 1, 2021

Quite simply, many people aren’t aware of the career they could have in construction. That’s a large reason experts say construction is struggling to find and keep workers who build careers, rather than just work jobs. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

October 27, 2021

We’re a little over a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic and the construction industry, like many other industries, is maneuvering several obstacles on its road to recovery. I think it’s important that we take time to understand […]

October 21, 2021

Bardin said that he hesitated to call the funds “hazard pay,” and instead referred to the bonuses as “appreciation pay.” When COVID-19 gripped the U.S. last year, construction workers at firms across the country became role models in how to […]

October 21, 2021

On Oct. 11, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order limiting vaccine mandates, even for private employers. This flies in the face of President Joe Biden’s September announcement that all large employers must require their employees to be vaccinated […]

October 11, 2021

Following the Biden administration’s announcement on Sept. 9 that a federal vaccine mandate would go into effect, the president has been touting its effectiveness and encouraging the shot. Biden said that his administration’s mandate, along with the provision that federal […]

October 6, 2021

At the crux of the issue is widespread violence in Alabama prisons. On Dec. 9, 2020, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama for what it called “unconstitutional conditions” in the prison system, such as […]