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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Construction is exempt as ‘essential infrastructure’ under most executive orders across the country. I work for a GC and it really is a hard balance. If we shut our sites down then our subcontractors and their employees won’t get paid. Most of those employees live paycheck-to-paycheck and they’re desperate for work.

This isn’t just self-serving commentary—if we had a national healthcare system and more paid leave, the answer would be different. More evidence of this—in jobs near borders where one state prohibits construction and the other allows it, we are seeing surplus labor coming over the border. Nobody wants to get sick but they want to feed their families even more.[/quote]

I’m sympathetic to the workers but there are lots of sectors that are affected right now.  Private construction projects have been halted in MA, MI, WA, NY and other states, except for emergency construction like for hospitals. It will be on Bowser’s head when there’s a spike in cases next week and the week following  in DC with many contractors affected.  Building more luxury apartments is not essential activity during a pandemic ![/quote]

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