Killer Soap-Virus Relief
For months now, we have been advised to wash our hands to help prevent the spread of COViD-19. But we’ve always heard that we should wash our hands, so this advice doesn’t sound like much. If all the money in the world cannot cure the...
Insurance Coverage and COVID-19 – UPDATE 3/27/2020
This is an update to “COVID-19 CLAIMS: DOES BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE HELP?”
Contractors, like most other businesses in America, have suffered losses from the Coronavirus. It is likely that they will continue to do so in the coming months. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thelienzone.com/covid-19-claims-does-business-interruption-insurance-help/"...
Broward County Emergency Orders Construction as An Essential Business
Broward County’s latest emergency order deems construction professionals “essential” and therefore exempt from mandatory closures to which many other industries are now subject, but employees may need to verify their status to authorities. On March 23rd, 2020, in yet another attempt to halt the spread...
Financial Assistance Under COVID-19
Contractors have generally been allowed to continue operating under the Miami-Dade County Emergency Orders and under Governor DeSantis’ order for Broward and Palm Beach counties. In fact, open construction sites have been specifically exempted under Miami-Dade Emergency Order 07-20. So far, contractors have been fortunate,...
Construction in Miami: Shaken But Not Shut Down By The Coronavirus – PART II
Both Miami-Dade and Broward have classified construction as an “essential business”. This means the vast majority of our construction clients have remained open, albeit often with a skeleton office staff and limited field personnel.
Scott Alfele is President of Ebsary Foundation Company,...
Construction in Miami: Shaken Up But Not Shut Down by the Coronavirus
Stores may be closed and many folks stuck in their homes for the foreseeable future as a result of the COVID-19 Coronavirus but the business of construction rolls on. We reached out to some of our construction clients to find out...
Is Coronavirus an Excusable or Compensable Delay
This is a question we often hear from contractors, and the answer is a little complicated. First, it is important to make the distinction between the virus and other diseases as well as the varied responses to these problems.
The disease
The disease, COVID-19 is caused by...
N95 Face Masks – Virus Relief
In a March 17th press conference to update the public on the coronavirus, the White House made a plea to the construction industry to donate their N95 face masks to local hospitals so as to help healthcare workers on the frontlines protect themselves in this...
Your Workforce and COVID 19 Caused Work Stoppages
During the public health crisis which is now upon us and is likely to worsen before it gets better, many employers, large and small, are growing increasingly concerned with the challenges they foresee in keeping their contractual obligations, sustaining their business...
COVID-19 – It’s Impact on Your Costs of Performing
COVID-19 can affect both materials and labor in the construction industry because it affects both service and product providers. To finish a project, a construction company must furnish the labor (the service) to assemble component materials into a final structure (the...