As states around the country gradually reopen from the coronavirus shutdown, contractors are being challenged to operate in new ways to prevent the spread of the virus and to accept a slower pace of work as the new normal.
“These things have slowed the process of getting things moving,” says Ray Volpatt Jr., president of Volpatt Construction, in Pennsylvania, which reopened for construction May 1. “I’m a go-go guy. I want things to get moving immediately. It’s evident to me that it will take some time—maybe several weeks—to get people back on the job at a reasonable pace.”