NRCA recognizes job suspensions and work stoppage are likely to increase during the COVID-19 period. Given that many NRCA members will likely be required to suspend work, NRCA’s Technical Service section has prepared guidance for contractors who find themselves having to suspend jobs in progress. Please remember communication is a key element ...
RCS Influencer Mandy McIntyre says that businesses have plenty to learn from this time of “new normal.” The new normal. That’s what I keep hearing. Phrases such as “flatten the curve” and “social distancing” are, indeed, our new normal. Working from home if possible, keeping a 6’ distance if and when ...
Editor's Note - This is an update from RCMA, George Fischer, Director of Regulatory Affairs Updated 5/20/2020 Please see another letter regarding the PPP that RCMA has signed on with support. The roofing industry coalition continues to move forward with the “Back to Work on America’s Roofs” outreach. As states begin reopening their ...
Editor's Note: This is an announcement sent from Colorado Roofing Association Updated 4/3/2020 Letter to Members RE: Roofing Construction & Essential Service CRA Members, As you may be aware, a stay-at-home order has been issued by Governor Polis along with most counties and municipalities across Colorado. However, most of these jurisdictions have listed construction as ...
Editor's Note: This announcement was sent from ORCA Most employers have heard by now that during Governor DeWine’s press conference on Wednesday, he recommended that Ohio employers should immediately begin taking the temperature of employees when they arrive at work in an effort to identify anyone who is becoming ill. After ...
Editor's Note: This is an announcement from ARCA Updated 4/1/2020 No Designation Needed for Essential Services Last week, we successfully worked with the Governor’s office to help ensure that construction was included as an essential service. ARCA, DeMenna Public Affairs and other construction trade associations sent letters to the Governor, his team, and ...
Please take the time to see the premier of our first Coffee Conversations features guests Trent Cotney and John Kenney of Cotney Construction Law and Cotney Consulting Group. It was a Q&A conversation about strategies for protecting your companies the right way during the current pandemic and economic instability. ...
Editor's Note: This is a notification from FRSA Legislative Update on Essential Consideration for Roofing and Construction FRSA's Legislative Counsel, Chris Dawson, has been working diligently on several issues since business shut downs began last week. In coordination with our construction coalition partners (ABC, Home Builders, etc.) we have been working to ...
Editor's Note: This is a notification from NRCA NRCA recognizes many NRCA members may be required to suspend work because of COVID-19, and to assist them, NRCA has prepared guidance for contractors who find themselves having to suspend jobs in progress. NRCA’s suggested guidelines for in-process projects where a short- or ...
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Boston was the first major city to put a halt to all construction activities because of Coronavirus. The construction industry is understandably not happy with the City of Boston’s mandate to halt construction projects. According to an article in Bisnow.com, construction industry advocates are advising against ...