The COVID-19 pandemic has put new twists on owners’ concerns about workplace safety, productivity and efficiency.

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Specialty firms face similar COVID-19 market impacts as GCs and design firms but also key issues in protecting more field workers

U.S. dam safety frameworks have helped prevent major calamities, but the May collapse of a 95-year-old Michigan structure shows failure risks remain, with multiple causes.