The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has delivered 50 COVID-19 alternate care facilities in hotels, dormitories, convention centers and arenas with 12 more soon to be completed.
Turner Construction Co. and the architect for the first KidZania children’s amusement center in the U.S., which opened in Frisco, Texas, in November, claim in liens filed early this year that the company owes them more than $8 million.
Midwest states with large-population, metropolitan areas mostly plan to extend stay-at-home orders, while smaller population states never had a stay-at-home order to begin with or are planning to let them expire as reported cases of COVID-19 decrease.
Many areas in the Southwest have escaped the widespread government-mandated shutdowns from the coronavirus pandemic, but several key regional projects have been halted, and planned starts for others are in jeopardy.
Project delays and cancellations rose, said the mid-April analysis of 416 industry employees, but more employers plan to rehire those cut or recruit, and have adjusted to new business approaches.
Everything from advanced screening to training and preparation for reopening where necessary is being undertaken by Midwest contractors adjusting to life under the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gilbane Building Co. is deploying a new wearable tag from Triax Technologies that alerts workers when they are violating social distancing rules on jobsites and provides contact tracing information if someone becomes sick with COVID-19.