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In the midst of the global pandemic, nothing is certain … except endless Zoom calls, taxes and having anxiety over what to do if an employee tests positive for COVID-19.

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You are probably as tired of reading about COVID-19 as you are of having to live in a world where we need to think about it every day.

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Millions of dollars are lost every year to employee dishonesty. This causes contractors to suffer severe financial damage.

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With the COVID-19 pandemic showing few signs of abating soon, it’s important to shift one’s thinking from “these are the things we have to do” to “this is the way we do things now — and we can work with that.”

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Construction contracts typically allow contractors to be paid in installments as certain percentages of their work is completed or as certain milestones are met.

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The arrival of COVID-19 caused abrupt changes to construction practices. In a matter of days, things went from business as usual to social distancing.

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Sticking closer to home because of COVID-19 has shown many people what cities can be like with less traffic, noise, congestion and pollution. Roads and parking lots devoted to cars take up a lot of land. For example, in Phoenix, Los Angeles and New York City these spaces account for over one-third of each city's total area.

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There is nothing new in Jake Castanza’s recent letter to the editor defending federal Davis Bacon prevailing-wage law. We can look at Wisconsin's experience with the repeal of its state prevailing-wage law as evidence for this point.

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As contractors know, in Wisconsin most commercial building plans must be reviewed by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Standards, or to a delegated local unit of government.

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On March 11, 2020, the NBA suspended its season after a player on the Utah Jazz preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19.

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