1. Related Group picks Stantec to design and engineer Manor Miramar residences in Florida (Stantec)
"Located in the Miramar Town Center at 1 Main Street, the project will include 393 high-end residential units, 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and a 650-space parking garage. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year."
2. Saks Fifth Avenue reveals plans for fashionably sanitized post-coronavirus opening (New York Post)
"The strategy centers on making customers feel safe, using everything from disposable cosmetics samples and contactless credit-card readers to virtual shopping services that connect sales associates with fashion-obsessed clients who are hunkered down at home."
3. New NFPA tip sheet offers timely information on demobilizing buildings under construction, alteration or demolition during government-required shutdowns (NFPA)
"The new resource draws on the best practices found in NFPA 241, Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration and Demolition Operations. While NFPA 241 is not specifically intended for demobilization efforts, the standard provides time-tested benchmarks that the building and enforcement communities will find useful as they strive to keep construction sites safer during any phase of work."
4. How has your work been impacted by COVID-19? (BD+C)
"The SMPS Foundation and Building Design+Construction are studying the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the ability to attain and retain clients and conduct projects, along with other consequences."
5. DCAMM teams with SLAM and Gilbane Building Company to re-occupy Newton Pavilion for temporary quarantine of homeless during COVID-19 pandemic (BD+C)
"First and only quarantine shelter in Boston-area to convert a shuttered hospital for homeless patient occupancy."
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