How has COVID affected the construction industry in the US?
A survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) in June found that 68% of contractors had seen a project canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; 48% saw a project that had begun before the pandemic halted..
Overwhelmingly, all the interviewees explained that their companies had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the interviewees, 46% now temporarily work remotely, 15% are still site based, 23% have been furloughed and 16% had lost their job.
May 8, 2020Engineering, construction, and building materials have a vital role to play in a post-pandemic recovery of our communities and economies.
Engineering and construction (E&C) companies are used to cyclical downturns, but the speed and strength with which COVID-19 has struck is unprecedented.
Construction after covid
Hospital designed to treat COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 hospital is a general name given to clinical institutions that provide medical treatment to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected patients. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s COVID-19 regulations, it is critical to distribute COVID-19 patients to different medical institutions based on their severity of symptoms and the medical resource availability in different geographical regions. It is recommended by the WHO to distribute patients with the most severe symptoms to the most equipped, COVID-19 focused hospitals, then patients with less severe symptoms to local institutions and lastly, patients with light symptoms to temporary COVID-19 establishments for appropriate isolation and monitoring of disease progression. Countries, like China, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States have established their distinctive COVID-19 clinical set-ups based on the general WHO guidelines. Future pandemic protocols have also been adapted based on handling COVID-19 on a national and global scale.
COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom
The COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom was a series of stay-at-home orders introduced by the British and devolved governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
