Corps Chicago District Commander Col. Aaron Reisinger and Walsh Construction Project Manger Tom Caplis detail how convention center will transform into an alternate care facility in days, including upgrade of Hall B mechanical system to produce negative air pressure for care of contagious patients.
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.
As cases increase in Illinois, the state has fast-tracked a 200-bed veterans home to be used as a hospital. McCormick Place convention center also is undergoing a $71-million rehab to become an acute-care treatment facility.
With need to curb virus spread and protect workers and residents, governors and mayors from New York to California enact tougher rules, and shut down projects.