In my first job on a construction site as a young civil engineer, my boss didn’t think the Confederate flag draping the wall behind his desk was a problem.
Whether it is an outlier event or something that occurs more frequently, the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted damage on the global economy—and construction—that can’t be judged or measured yet.
Construction workers and site supervisors will get training for COVID-19 protection, the latest infectious disease for which the industry is ill-prepared, says NY Environmental Contractors Association chairman Morris Napolitano.