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Treasury, Labor Depts. Ease Family/Medical Leave Mechanisms

Plan implements provisions of Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Bruce Buckley

March 22, 2020

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Engineering and contractor groups say new program falls short of fixing industry cash-flow problems.

AGC Survey: 28% of Members Report Halted or Delayed Projects Due to COVID-19

Members also report supply line interruptions and shortages of workers due to self-quarantines.

Mark Shaw

March 22, 2020

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AGC announced survey findings during the first of a series of webinars designed to help members navigate the fast-changing economic landscape due to the coronavirus.

What Effects From the Coronavirus Pandemic Are You Seeing on Your Work, and What Do You Want to Know?

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March 21, 2020

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Companies Offer Alternative Solutions for COVID-19 Beds

Bruce Buckley

March 20, 2020

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AEC firms, health care providers and agencies work to speed hospital beds, including fast-track fit-outs of existing spaces, temporary tents, mobile combat hospitals and modular solutions.

Coronavirus and Construction

Army Corps of Engineers Launches Multistate Push To Add Hospital Capacity

Tom Ichniowski

March 20, 2020

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Corps is working with at least 13 states to convert hotels, college dorms into "ICU-like" space, its commander Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite says.

Canada Provinces Are Not Shutting Projects, But Some Owners Scale Them Back

Scott Van Voorhis

March 20, 2020

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Officials don't want COVID-19 to sidetrack a key economic driver, but western megaproject sites are sending workers home. Confirmed cases rose on March 22 to 1,302 from 1,099 a day earlier.

Construction Firms Navigate New California Lockdown Mandate

Gov. Gavin Newsom orders 40 million residents to shelter at home, but exempts some workers.

Greg Aragon

March 20, 2020

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Companies are still deciphering which projects will proceed under Gov. Gavin Newsom's order and which ones must be shut down.

Pa. Contractors Rush To Respond to Construction Stop Order

Enforcement of state order to cease work begins March 21

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Justin Rice

March 20, 2020

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Pennsylvania-based contractors scramble to close construction sites with enforcement set to start March 21 in effort to curb COVID-19.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

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Stay-at-Home Orders in Eight Midwest States Broadly Exempt Construction, Michigan's is More Limited

Exceptions for construction work are broadly defined in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin coronavirus orders, Michigan's is narrower

Jeff Yoders

March 20, 2020

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Construction in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin is seen as essential infrastructure, so work continues on most sites in those states. Minnesota, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas's orders broadly exempt outdoor activities. Michigan's order includes public works construction as essential.

Contractor Pauses $215M W.Va. Highway Job Over Worker COVID-19 Concerns

Bruce Buckley

March 19, 2020

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State approval of one-week shutdown was easier with work ahead of schedule; a longer stoppage is not yet clear.

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Treasury, Labor Depts. Ease Family/Medical Leave Mechanisms

AGC Survey: 28% of Members Report Halted or Delayed Projects Due to COVID-19

What Effects From the Coronavirus Pandemic Are You Seeing on Your Work, and What Do You Want to Know?

Companies Offer Alternative Solutions for COVID-19 Beds

Army Corps of Engineers Launches Multistate Push To Add Hospital Capacity

Canada Provinces Are Not Shutting Projects, But Some Owners Scale Them Back

Construction Firms Navigate New California Lockdown Mandate

Pa. Contractors Rush To Respond to Construction Stop Order

Stay-at-Home Orders in Eight Midwest States Broadly Exempt Construction, Michigan's is More Limited

Contractor Pauses $215M W.Va. Highway Job Over Worker COVID-19 Concerns

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