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Latest Southeast Updates on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Tracking industry impacts as COVID-19 forces closures and interrupts business across the region

Scott Judy

May 12, 2020

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The latest news on the pandemic's impact across the Southeast region.

Lorraine Grillo School Construction Authority SCA

NYC School Construction Chief Reopens Projects, But Awaits Stimulus Funds

Stephanie Loder

May 11, 2020

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CEO Lorraine Grillo hasn't "missed an opening day in 10 years," she says. The executive, also head of NYC's design-construction agency, says a major Manhattan storm protection project will start in September.

Saskatchewan Adds $1 Billion+ In Stimulus Funding For Projects

Tim Newcomb

May 11, 2020

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Additional funds will jump-start highway, school, hospital construction.

Coronavirus and Construction

AECOM Says Owners Are Paying For Most Pandemic-Idled Project CM Costs

The company continued to pile up restructuring-related losses in fiscal 2020 first half

Richard Korman

May 6, 2020

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The engineering and construction services giant is working its way out of fixed-price contracts.

Coronavirus and Construction

California Counties Detail Work Resumption Rules, But Questions Remain

Erica Berardi

May 1, 2020

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With all construction set to start May 4, new required safety protocols for seven Bay Area counties still have unclear and confusing details.

Coronavirus and Construction

New 'Paycheck Protection' Loan Guidelines Worry Contractors

Tom Ichniowski

May 1, 2020

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AGC CEO cites "severe and urgent" concerns, urges Treasury Secretary to revise new PPP guidance.

Technology

Generative Design Helps Quebec Wood Export Bureau Plan, Ship Multi-Use Disaster Shelters

VIATechnik's generative system creates different versions of shelters for disaster relief

Jeff Yoders

April 30, 2020

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Generative design is being used by the Quebec Wood Export Bureau and VIATechnik to deliver purpose-designed relief structures designed for sites as well as mission needs for COVID-19 health care, first responders and other disaster needs.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun

COVID-19 and Construction

Michigan To Reopen Residential and Commercial Construction May 7

Gov. Whitmer's new executive order will restart work on most sites

Jeff Yoders

April 29, 2020

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New executive order will open up the state's residential and commercial construction sectors. Public works projects were already exempted from Michigan's stay-at-home order.

Managing Human Assets Gets Harder in the COVID-19 Era

Bruce Buckley

Scott Van Voorhis

Debra K. Rubin

April 29, 2020

Along with financial help to cope with COVID-19 impacts, North American industry firms need HR staffs to untie all the strings attached

Strategic Lessons For an Uncertain Post-Pandemic Future

Jim Parsons

April 29, 2020

With COVID-19 likely to influence the business environment for the foreseeable future, contractors can look to lessons from the great recession for guidance