As the world navigates COVID-19, workers around the country are adapting to numerous new policies and procedures on the jobsite to maintain a safe environment but how are these new standards impacting our productivity long-term?
New Horizons Foundation, a member foundation and the premier research arm of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA), created the New Horizons Foundation COVID-19 Task Force to pursue the answer. New Horizons paralleled research efforts with Electri, the research arm of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), to leverage strength in numbers. The resulting report from New Horizons quantifies the negative impacts of a pandemic on construction productivity and the associated lost time in mitigation. Keeping members safe on the job was just as important as advising contractors on how to recover from the financial impacts of COVID-19 and maintain a healthy balance sheet.