CPWR’s COVID-19 Construction Clearinghouse Offers Latest in Pandemic News
As COVID-19’s continues to make its presence felt, every day is a challenge—at work and home—for our BAC members. As information flashes from myriad sources daily, the overload can be a lot to handle. To help make sense of it all, CPWR (The Center for Construction Research & Training) established a COVID-19 Construction Clearinghouse for construction employers and workers. The site provides a central location for the influx of COVID-related information, and to identify and organize resources relevant to the construction industry from reputable sources.
Information is broken down into different resource categories, such as information on the virus, state-level requirements, examples of how construction sites are changing to prevent the spread, and webinars.
One of the latest webinars featured one of BAC’s own, Matt Eleazer, President, BAC Local 1 Oregon/Washington/Idaho/Montana and a member of the Oregon COVID-19 Joint Construction Safety Task Force. Eleazer discussed the efforts underway through the task force and his local. You can watch the YouTube video at: youtu.be/N6T9fjqFx1c.
In addition, the site includes links to selected sources of news and related information, all of which is updated weekly. To learn more, visit covid.elcosh.org. If you want to share what you are doing on your jobsites, email covid19@cpwr.com.
COVID-19 Webinar Series
CPWR has joined forces with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health) to host a bimonthly webinar series focused on COVID-19. Each episode features presentations and a Q&A with a different panel of experts on some aspect of COVID-19 and the construction industry. Past topics have included updates on CDC and OSHA guidance, real-world examples of inventive jobsite solutions, and a look at the data on industry jobsite activity. You can view the series on-demand at YouTube and register for new webinars at www.cpwr.com/news-events.