Wed May 05, 2021 - National Edition #10
Lucy Perry â CEG CORRESPONDENT
Despite employees getting vaccinated, contractors will still require masks and social distancing on the job site.
Right now, the construction industry is tackling critical coronavirus vaccine issues: Should employees have the vaccine or not, and does it matter? Can an employer mandate employees be vaccinated before entering a job site? How can an employer successfully overcome vaccine hesitancy?
Deemed essential by the federal government, construction workers have been among priority groups for the coronavirus vaccine.
And professional organizations in the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) are strongly encouraging employees to get the vaccine. The coalition organized a campaign to urge vaccinations, establishing the COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Week in mid-April.
Property developer and investor Barberry Group was behind the scheme at Kingswood Lakeside Business Park, Cannock,.
The company is relocating its regional operations to the new HQ, bringing much-needed investment and dozens of new jobs to the area.
Bob Clarke, operations director at Allpack, said: “The past 12 months has seen the ecommerce sector grow to new records and this facility will further enable us to develop and grow our business whilst continuing to service our customer needs and requirements.
The 3.5-acre site was acquired by Barberry from Staffordshire County Council. Barberry secured detailed planning permission and appointed construction contractor Benniman. The ground treatment works required to enhance this prime employment location were part-funded to the tune of £2 million by the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership via its Local Growth Fund.
Drought-depleted rivers force salmon hatcheries to truck fish to the Pacific
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Chinook salmon smolts are loaded into a holding tank on the Merva W fishing boat in Rio Vista in 2014.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2014Show MoreShow Less
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State fish and game officials position a net pen filled with chinook salmon smolts in the Sacramento River in Rio Vista in 2014, before they are released into the river. Fish from inland hatcheries will be trucked to coastal locations for release this year.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Millions of young salmon raised at fish hatcheries in the Central Valley will be trucked to San Francisco Bay and other coastal sites for release, because the rivers they’d normally travel to get to the ocean are drying up, state and federal officials said Wednesday.