Blog: Aec

Principle Engineer Bob Mewis highlights the seven primary infectious disease/COVID precautions that impact labor cost and the additional raw materials needed on job sites. Read the blog for insights on how construction estimates can be built to account for cost changes due to COVID-19, the impacts social distancing could have on project timelines and how new technologies can combat productivity loss.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upset the North American construction industry in a variety of ways. Disruptions in work have been particularly painful for public construction. Read this blog post for an overview of four disruptions to public projects and one way to curb them.