Articles Tagged with ''COVID-19''

Publisher, Jill Bloom, sat down with John Nesse, an attorney with Management Guidance, LLP., Terry Kastner, Executive Director of the Northwest Wall and Ceiling Burea, and Larry Williams, the Executive Director for Steel Framing Industry Association.   

Thanks for your business and for working through this difficult situation with us. It is our goal to continue serving you as long as we feel we can do so safely, and as long as all of us are permitted to operate.

States like Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have made construction activities exempt, but how long they will remain that way is unclear.

On the night of March 20, the state of California's Governor Gavin Newsom's office issued a full list of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers on their COVID-19 resource page. The update clearly outlines construction as an essential service during the COVID-19 outbreak.

As a sales consultant, coach, trainer and leader in the trade construction industry, it is my obligation to share my thoughts on the pandemic that we are seeing rapidly unfold in March 2020. I’m writing this so that my clients and our industry will come together to take the necessary actions to navigate what is certainly uncharted territory. 

As the needs of communities shift and change rapidly, governments are continuously implementing new laws and regulations to respond to the outbreak of COVID-19.

The sheer volume and pervasiveness of COVID-19 cases has construction industry trade groups and others questioning the practicality of current U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule that requires workplace exposures to the virus reported and recorded.

In a statement to its customers, MFM Building Products announced it will continue its business operations as usual. 

On March 19, Walls & Ceilings Publisher Jill Bloom interviewed the magazine’s Editorial Director Mark Fowler and Trent Cotney CEO of Cotney Construction Law.

One of the largest and most politically active building trade unions in North America has issued a clarion call for U.S. Congressional action to support workers who have been impacted by COVID-19.