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Industry firms, suppliers and entrepreneurs are coming up with new processes and innovations to fight the spread of COVID-19

Energy majors, whose CEOs met with President Trump April 3 over falling prices, are among 300 firms in hard-hit sectors hit with ratings cuts, S&P Global Ratings said in an April 8 webinar.

The only group in the U.S. and Canada that collects and disseminates lessons from failures, errors, mishaps and safety issues is calling for reports on structural and jobsite hazards arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The survey also revealed a steep increase in the share of firms reporting that an owner had canceled an upcoming project.

Construction unions in Massachusetts remain at loggerheads with Gov. Charlie Baker as the state pushes back against calls for a statewide building moratorium amid the coronavirus crisis.