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BY admin March 18, 2024 11:56 AM
FROM LEFT: MELANIE LA ROCCA, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS; DWAYNE CARTER OF AECOM TISHMAN; PAUL HAINING OF SKANSKA AND DOUG COOPER OF TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHO TOOK PART IN COMMERCIAL OBSERVER’S SECOND ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY FORUM.
New construction safety guidelines will not just focus on wearing hard hats or mitigating falls but checking workers temperatures before they enter job sites, staggering start hours and making sure masks are worn at all times due to the coronavirus pandemic, panelists said.
Experts who spoke on the Commercial Observer’s Second Annual Construction Safety Forum said that measures taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on the few job sites allowed to remain open now will likely impact future construction safety guidelines.