宾夕法尼亚州Gov. Tom Wolf (D) announced April 20 that construction can resume in the state May 8, in accordance with safety guidelines that have yet to be released by the governor’s office.
狼关闭all non-life sustaining business in the state on March 21, including all but essential construction projects, in an effort to stem cases of COVID-19. The cases in the state seemed to have hit a peak about April 9. On April 20, the state reported 948 new cases for a total of 33,232 and a total of 1,204 deaths. The state was initially set to reopen on April 30.
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"Construction is a key part of Pennsylvania’s economy, and the men and women that work on construction sites across the Commonwealth are eager to get back to work," Michael V. Griffin, president of the Americas region for Philadelphia-based Hill International Inc., said in a statement emailed to ENR. Hill ranked No. 8 on the ENR 2019 Top 100 Construction Management-for-Fee Firms with nearly $660 million in revenue.
The announcement came as Wolf on April 20 vetoed Senate Bill 613, which passed the legislature last week. The bill would have required the Wolf administration to follow federal guidelines to reopen.
沃尔夫在他的否决信息中写道：“这不是一个简单的决定，但这是宾夕法尼亚州的正确课程。”“重新开放数万企业过早只会增加病毒的传播……并延长大流行造成的经济困难的长度。取而代之的是，我们需要一种测量和错开的方法来重新开放经济。”
公共和私人住宅和非住宅建筑可能会5月8日恢复，加入正在进行的项目，该项目已经被认为是由国家维持生命的。新利18备用网址
“I want to caution that we will not be resuming operations as they were in February,” Wolf said in a statement. “We’re going to continue to take precautions that limit our physical contact with others, and we will closely monitor this to see if it can be done safely.”
David Daquelente, executive director of the Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania, said in an email, "We recognize that Gov. Wolf’s announcement today signals an improving trend in the available data on the COVID-19 pandemic and this is a great indication of the overall health of our fellow Pennsylvanians."
