Pa. Gov Issues COVID-19 Safety Guidelines as Crews Prepare to Resume Work

Construction can restart on May 1, one week earlier than previously announced

April 24, 2020

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) released safety guidelines on April 23 for construction crews to follow when they are allowed to return to work on May 1.

COVID-19 and Construction

COVID-19 Delays, Closes Projects Across the Midwest

Reasons for project delays vary from statewide orders to loss of sales tax revenue or state financing

Annemarie Mannion

April 11, 2020

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Projects across ENR's 11-state Midwest region are being postponed or shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no real certainty in sight as to when they might continue. The wide-ranging secondary effects of the novel coronavirus and the shutdowns it caused include loss of sales tax and revenue for state incentives.

Thousands of Mass. Union Members Walk Off Jobs Due to COVID-19 Fears

Scott Van Voorhis

April 6, 2020

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More than 17,000 carpenters and painters stopped work on jobs across the state on Monday because of health and safety risks due to the pandemic, union leaders say.

Pa. Contractors Rush To Respond to Construction Stop Order

Enforcement of state order to cease work begins March 21

Justin Rice Bruce Buckley

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.

ENR MidAtlantic Releases Preliminary Top Construction Starts List

Justin Rice

February 27, 2020

The April print issue of ENR MidAtlantic will include some of the top 2019 construction starts in the region.

ENR

July 13, 2020

As the pandemic upends traditional jobsite screening, contractors are turning to online health surveys at points of entry to help prevent an ill person coming onto the site.

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