The impact of the work stoppage falls heaviest on smaller firms often engaged on several city projects; those architects hoped government jobs would get them through the coronavirus crisis as private clients put projects on hold.
Thousands of members of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters refused to show up for work on April 6 at new housing and infrastructure projects across Massachusetts after a top union official issued a stay-at-home order.
The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE’s technical resources to address the challenges of the current pandemic and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of HVAC systems on disease transmission in health care facilities, the workplace, home, and public and recreational environments.
The EPA's temporary enforcement discretion policy applies to civil violations during the COVID-19 outbreak and addresses different categories of noncompliance differently.
Looking beyond the immediate crisis, designers are brainstorming the ways codes and standards can be improved to prevent disease transmission in buildings.