Restrictions already have disrupted the craftworker pipeline, with many programs shuttered, severely limited and now coping with new rules of engagement.

Gilbane Building Co. is deploying a new wearable tag from Triax Technologies that alerts workers when they are violating social distancing rules on jobsites and provides contact tracing information if someone becomes sick with COVID-19.

Rail dispatch control centers are dominated by two-tier theaters with video walls and multiple monitors. What if augmented reality could eliminate all of that hardware and crowding? Ross & Baruzzini are studying how that might be accomplished.

The Spot-R clip-on tag was designed to keep workers safe by monitoring for sudden falls, but working on site in a virus pandemic has seen it used for more creative applications.