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Design Professionals See Key COVID-19 Business Impacts

AIA, ACEC surveys find many architect and engineer respondents expect decline in new work and RFPs.

States Assert Authority to Deem Workers Essential

Officials override local shelter-in-place and other restrictions for state workers and contractors deemed essential to ease conflict and ...

UK Offers COVID-19 Financial Cushion to Firms, Workers

Government delays tax payments and offers corporate loans and small business cash grants while extending employee stipends to self-employ...

Massachusetts To Reopen Decommissioned Hospital to Address COVID-19 Capacity Concerns

The facility was shuttered in 2018 but will be reopened to provide beds for patients with coronavirus and other conditions.

D.C. Federal Judge Rejects Corps Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline

Judge orders agency to do new environmental review in case brought by tribe, but did not order a halt to current operation.

Michael Sorkin, Architectural Critic and Educator, Dies of COVID-19 Complications

New York City-based practitioner, 71, was a distinctive voice for social justice and sustainability in design of the urban environment.

Economists Expect Steep Dip in GDP, Construction Markets Due to COVID-19

While construction impacts may be less in the short term than other industries, experts say there's more long-term risk that future proje...

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ENR Editors

ENR tracks new industry impacts as COVID-19 forces project closures and interrupts global business. …

Safety Health

Corps Leaders Explain Strategy for Rapid Hospital Response

Janice L. Tuchman

Tom Ichniowski

Lt. Col. Todd Semonite spoke with ENR at New York City's Javits Center about the challenges of setting up temporary space. …

Government

Trump Signs Stimulus Bill With Billions, Potentially, for Construction

Tom Ichniowski

Trump has signed the $2-trillion measure passed by Congress, but in some cases, states and localities would determine how much to spend on operations or construction. …

Risk

New York Shuts More Projects As COVID-19 Cases Soar

Eydie Cubarrubia

Debra K. Rubin

All non-essential construction sites must close except key infrastructure, medical facilities, affordable housing and emergency projects, a March 27 state order said. Closures will extend to April 21. The state …

New England Construction News

Work Halted at Boston Project Despite Loophole in Shutdown Order

Scott Van Voorhis

Work had continued at Boston's Oro Seaport project despite the Boston ban on all construction because it was located on state-controlled land. …

Northwest Construction News

Washington State Broadens Construction Shutdown Order

Tim Newcomb

All commercial and residential construction will halt because of COVID-19 spread, with exceptions for low-income housing and work related to critical infrastructure. …

New England Construction News

Boston Extends COVID-19 Construction Ban

Scott Van Voorhis

Boston extended its construction moratorium indefinitely on March 25 due to continuing COVID-19 outbreak issues. …

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March 30, 2020

Penn Medicine is rushing to open part of a new hospital tower in Philadelphia’s University City in an effort to help with the influx of COVID-19 patients.

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