Let CSSI Help You Develop Your COVID-19 Exposure Control Program
Let CSSI Help You With Your COVID-19 Exposure Control Program The safety of our members and their employees remains paramount in this fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, we have heard an uptick in the number of owners requiring the … Continued
New Guidance from OSHA on COVID-19 and an Interactive State of Iowa Resource
New Guidance from OSHA on COVID-19 Determining if a positive COVID-19 case should be recorded on your OSHA log: Under OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements, COVID-19 is a recordable illness, and employers are responsible for recording cases of COVID-19, if the case: … Continued
COVID-19 Videos for Construction, Essential Workforce, CDC Recommendations, CARES Act
New COVID-19 Online Videos Available MBI has found some very helpful YouTube videos online that can assist you while dealing with the COVID-19 virus. The first, from the National Asphalt Pavement Association, can be viewed here. The second is a … Continued
STEMstruction
Construction trades use STEM every day on the job! STEM activities and hands-on projects that children experience, learn, and apply early on in their lives are what often will attract students to the trades. Construction includes a variety of career … Continued
Handling A Positive COVID-19 Test On The Job Site, Des Moines Updates Inspection Protocols & a COVID-19 Healthcare Planning Checklist
Request to Members We are aware that individual MBI members have been ordered to discontinue all or part of their work by certain owners on individual public and/or private projects. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD A … Continued
Letter to Governor Reynolds, Request to MBI Members, What to Do If You Suspect Sickness
This afternoon, in response to what we are seeing in many states that are pursuing stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders around the COVID-19 pandemic, MBI sent a letter to Gov. Reynolds respectfully requesting that construction be deemed an “essential service” if … Continued
Webinar Recap – COVID-19: Impacts on Construction, Safety Practices, and a Federal Update
Last week, MBI hosted a special webinar on COVID-19, with expert advice from Holmes Murphy & Associates and Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC. The webinar covered COVID-19’s impact on completing construction, excusable delay, and sureties. In addition, the speakers included … Continued
Families First Coronavirus Response ACT (FFCRA) – What You Need To Know!
The article below is courtesy of Erin Nathan, attorney at Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC. On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act into law. What does the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) … Continued
Gov. Reynolds signs additional State Public Health Emergency Declaration, will hold press conference today
DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Reynolds issued an additional State Public Health Emergency Declaration effective immediately providing additional regulatory relief to Iowans impacted by this public health disaster. She will hold a press conference today at 2:00 p.m., details on … Continued