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Coronavirus and Construction

Analysis: COVID-19 Causes 35% Productivity Loss at UK Projects

June 29, 2020

Consultant Turner and Townsend weighs new labor issues, remote work and disrupted materials in delays and cost hikes, as Britain is set to reduce social distance rules by July 4.

How Construction Workers' Compensation Losses Are Changing

Richard Korman

June 26, 2020

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Falls remain a plague, but auto accidents are more of a factor

Coronavirus and Construction

Face-Covering Policy Remains Flexible As Hoar Construction Confronts Two Virus-Troubled Projects

Richard Korman

June 18, 2020

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The company institutes mandatory face coverings on one North Carolina project.

Construction Loan Platform Built Technologies Sees Effects of COVID-19 Jobsite Shutdowns

Jeff Rubenstone

June 17, 2020

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The effects of months-long shutdowns and stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been pervasive, and the effects have even been seen in real time in the software to help manage construction financing.

ENR Interview

Culture of CARE Works to Boost Diversity and Inclusion, Overcome Racial Inequalities

Scott Blair

June 10, 2020

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AGC's Brynn Huneke and Brian Turmail discuss the rollout of its diversity and inclusion initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it relates to the current protests over racial injustice.

Mayor Bill de Blasio Brooklyn Navy Yards

New York City Construction Sites, Now Open, Adjust to New Realities

Eydie Cubarrubia

Debra K. Rubin

June 9, 2020

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Participants see key productivity impacts until still 'fluid' site safety protocols to protect COVID-19 spread become 'normalized.'

Commentary: Channels of Communication

Viewpoint: How to Meet the Challenge of the New Normal in Post COVID-19 Reopenings

Terry M. Kuflik, communications strategist

June 9, 2020

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Some creative thinking is needed to get the message across in the months ahead.

BP Unit Arco Agrees to Spend $150 Million on Montana Smelter Cleanup

Mary B. Powers

June 9, 2020

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But a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in April could make future remediation projects on private land near the defunct Superfund toxics site tougher to negotiate.