Coronavirus and Construction Social Distancing, Shelter Orders Impede Construction Bonds Sureties and bond producers seek emergency orders to allow E-signing, waive notarization Richard Korman April 6, 2020 One Comment The Covid-19 pandemic spurs call for immediate action to keep planned projects on track.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction Pennsylvania to Restart $530M in Turnpike Projects Tom Ichniowski April 6, 2020 No Comments Resumption of four projects is pending a review of contractors coronavirus safety plans.Read More
Clean Energy Can Drive Post-COVID-19 Recovery, Business Groups Say Peter Reina Debra K. Rubin April 5, 2020 No Comments Push comes as pandemic causes steepest 1-month decline in U.K. and Europe construction indexes since 2009 recession, says IHS Markit.Read More
Construction and COVID-19 Computer Vision Deployed to Monitor Social Distancing on Jobsites Smartvid.io adds feature to treat close grouping of workers as a safety alert Jeff Rubenstone April 3, 2020 2 Comments 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.Read More
Latest California & Hawaii Updates on the Coronavirus Pandemic Latest California & Hawaii Updates on the Coronavirus Pandemic Erica Berardi April 3, 2020 No Comments ENR CA updates the latest developments in the response to COVID-19 in California and Hawaii.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction Construction Job Totals Start to Fall, with 29,000 Drop in March Tom Ichniowski April 3, 2020 No Comments Report also shows industry's unemployment rate rose from February and year-earlier level.Read More
University of Va. Accelerates Hospital Project To Meet COVID-19 Demand Bruce Buckley April 2, 2020 No Comments U Va. Medical Center redesigned and accelerated portions of a $394-million expansion to meet demand for bed capacity generated by the pandemic.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction PennDOT Unfreezes 60 Critical Highway, Bridge Projects Tom Ichniowski April 2, 2020 No Comments Restarted projects total about $1 billion and equal about 8% of PennDOT projects suspended by governor's overall construction pause.Read More
Financial Turmoil AECOM and WSP Halt Talks to Create Megafirm, Sources Say Value uncertainty created by COVID-19 pandemic is apparent reason Debra K. Rubin April 2, 2020 No Comments Two giants won't confirm negotiations, but deal was close before COVID-19 projections, with talks that could pick up by summer, source says.Read More
Financial Turmoil Anticipating Possible Buyout Attempt, Fluor Announces Poison Pill The company also cites the Covid-19 pandemic Richard Korman April 2, 2020 No Comments Contractor outlines defensive measure against an unfriendly takeover bid.Read More