In a recent survey by the International Code Council, 26% of the more than 1,150 code-official respondents report building departments have received requests for permits for COVID-19-related facilities, including in temporary structures in alternative locations, such as school gymnasiums, hotels, outpatient surgical centers or in pop-structures in parking lots.
Maintaining social distancing can be a problem on an active jobsite. But Smartvid.io is turning it's safety-monitoring A.I. toward the challenge of keeping workers safely spaced out.
OSHA has cited multiple firms for violations leading up to the Oct. 12, 2019, collapse of the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel. Meanwhile, discussions continues on how to best demolish what remains of the collapsed structure.
As the global pandemic rages, the construction sector copes with constantly shifting realities to keep projects, workforces, clients, bottom-lines and futures on track.
As cases increase in Illinois, the state has fast-tracked a 200-bed veterans home to be used as a hospital. McCormick Place convention center also is undergoing a $71-million rehab to become an acute-care treatment facility.