As a business leader, Jay Allen of Allen Engineering recognizes the importance of putting together well-conceived plans, projections and forecasts to position his company for sustained success over the long term. But every once in a while, a situation comes along where the best course of action calls for keeping […]
Tag: Covid-19
Artisan Group Members Manufacture Intubation Boxes to Help Fight COVID-19
The Artisan Group, an elite network of countertop fabrication professionals, announced its members are now manufacturing intubation boxes and shields to protect ER medical professionals from COVID-19 when they intubate a patient. Members are providing these shields to hospitals at no cost. Thus far, they have provided 12 intubation shields […]
ClearSpan Now Offering Custom Social Distancing Solutions for the Workplace
ClearSpan is helping businesses across the country reopen by offering custom social distancing building and workspace solutions. As the country loosens its pandemic restrictions, businesses now have more requirements that they have to meet in order to reopen. ClearSpan has expanded their line to include auxiliary buildings to increase workspace, […]
DuPont Announces Importance of Flame-Resistant Face Coverings
DuPont Personal Protection today announced that face coverings made with DuPont Nomex may be used along with flame-resistant (FR) garments, such as those made of Nomex, in response to the protection needs of COVID-19. When used as face, nose and mouth coverings, properly designed masks, balaclavas, gaiters and hoods made […]
How Overseas Operations Guided Titan International’s US Response to Covid-19
It was right around the time of the Chinese New Year that Paul Reitz knew he had a serious problem on his hands. Titan International’s China-based employees had just taken three weeks off to participate in New Year festivities, and word began to surface that a potentially dangerous virus was […]
Stone Paper Partners With Health Industry Leaders in Mask Production Around the World
Around the world, people have been using combinations of fabric, paper, and plastic shields over their faces to avoid contagion. In an effort to do its part to fight the novel COVID-19 virus, Stone Paper, a mineral paper producer based in B.C. Canada, is offering a durable and eco-friendly material […]
Quarantine, Cabin Fever and COVID-19
As I write this article, I’m on day 11 of a 15-day self-quarantine. On a recent ski trip, I was in close contact with people that had come from a known virus hot spot. In an abundance of caution, my family and I went into a self-imposed lockdown. In a […]
Hospitals Specifying Quick and Sanitary Floors
Hospitals, medical centers and doctors’ offices are scrambling to accommodate an influx of patients afflicted by COVID-19. Because of this, the Sisters of Mercy at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, are transforming the 17th floor into 32 new patient rooms. The floor had previously been a storage space. This […]
Publisher’s Letter – April 2020
Recently my youngest son, Kannen, and I were driving by Cabela’s and I said, “Wow! That parking lot is empty!” His response: “I wish I was back at school. This situation sucks. I just want things to be normal again.” That conversation led me to think about how this pandemic […]
Best Practices for Virus Spread to Protect Workers and Public
The construction industry is taking essential safety measures to protect both workers and the public from the spread of the coronavirus. Operating under the designation as an essential business as modified today by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, crews are pressing forward with infrastructure renewal and also environmental protection projects in the […]