I wonder how is the situation in other tunnelling sites? As dumb as in Cheshire?
I think the German government is taking a big risk by not temporarily stopping the construction work.
I understand that it is bad for economy. On the other hand, how good is economy if more people end up dying?
Are they doing some kind of calculation `instead of x deaths, it is acceptable to have x+y deaths to save the economy"? I hope not. I am not sure.
I think they have already done some cost/benefit analysis in UK. Unfortunately.
England's NHS medical director: "If we can keep deaths below 20,000 we will have done very well in this epidemic," says.
It's "only 20000 lives" after all...
NHS England's medical director says "every one of us has a part to play" to keep the death toll down.
Obviously this is not true for all UK contractors. Some contractors and project owners follow the common sense:
Work on delayed £18bn Crossrail project is temporarily suspended in bid to limit spread of coronavirus, Transport for London announces
The £18 billion Crossrail project, which is already three years behind schedule, has been delayed again to help stop the spread of coronavirus, according to Transport for London.
Mind you, this is New York, the epicenter of US coronavirus outbreak:
Holland Tunnel $364M Repair To Start On Time Despite CoronavirusThe construction, which will shut down an entire tube of the tunnel for two years, will start April 20, Port Authority officials said.
https://patch.com/new-york/west-village/holland-tunnel-364m-repair-start-time-despite-coronavirus
Holland Tunnel $364M Repair To Start On Time - West Village, NY - The construction, which will shut down an entire tube of the tunnel for two years, will start April 20, Port Authority officials said.
In Austria, some companies restart the work. The larges of Austria, #Strabag is gradually resuming work on more than 1000 construction sites in the country after almost 10 days of suspended activity.
https://www.khl.com/construction-europe/strabag-gradually-restarts-work-in-austria/143182.article
Austria’s largest construction group Strabag is gradually resuming work on more than 1000 construction sites in the country
No metro tunnel construction activities in India because of coronavirus.
All metro construction activities including 8 ongoing Mumbai Metro Rail Project are suspended.
The Pandemic of the Noval Coronavirus with the city at a standstill, all ongoing Metro construction work has been suspended, barring critical works.
Canadian Construction Association (CCA) : Canadian construction sites should remain open
Canadian Construction Association says work should continue, provided set protocol is followed
Dutch construction firm Royal BAM Group said it will restart work at a number of UK sites...
https://www.khl.com/construction-europe/bam-reopens-in-uk-and-offers-euro-update/143205.article
Dutch contractor says it has redesigned operations to ensure social distancing can be observed
"ELEC-825 represents more than 7,000 heavy equipment operators, mechanics and surveyors who offer productivity to contractors throughout New Jersey and five counties in New York’s Hudson Valley" wants construction continue regardless of Covid-19
https://njbiz.com/elec-825-construction-continues-covid-19-pandemic/
“In New Jersey construction is really moving forward without interruption right now,” ELEC 825 Deputy Director Katie Gibbs told NJBIZ. “The fear in construction is you build your career on temporary projects. Every day you go to work, you are...
Belgium: All federal construction sites and work around 85% of #Brussels Mobility’s construction sites have been put on hold due to the coronavirus crisis.
All federal construction sites and work around 85% of Brussels Mobility's construction sites have been put on hold due to the coronavirus crisis. The basic
Tibet gets back to work
It’s perplexing that when China is still in lockdown, work has resumed on infrastructure projects in Tibet. India must watch these developments carefully and take necessary measures
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/columnists/tibet-gets-back-to-work.html
It’s perplexing that when China is still in lockdown, work has resumed on infrastructure projects in Tibet. India must watch these developments carefully and take necessary measures
A Tibetan man became the first victim of Coronavirus but not in...
US is not any better. Most transportation projects are active, says ENR
https://www.enr.com/articles/49100-artba-survey-transportation-projects-are-active-in-most-states
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Milano Metro M4 line construction restarted. Very risky for workers
Milano metro M4 project work restarted. It was suspended after COVID-19.
Already 200 workers start working for $1.8-billion Metro line 4 subway at 19 of the 56 construction sites on M4. It's much smaller than pre-pandemic workforce (I think...
Unfortunately same in Nepal.
India's decision to stop all construction work was most rational decision.
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Spain’s construction sites re-open
https://www.khl.com/construction-europe/spains-construction-sites-re-open/143372.article
Many construction sites have re-opened after the ending of a two-week suspension
New Delhi to resume construction work conditionally
In a most welcome move, government agencies get conditional approval to resume work on major infrastructure projects in Delhi. Work can resume as early as next week. It has to be 'in-situ' construction where the workers live at the...
Construction at Colombia’s La Linea Tunnel project has recommenced already
https://www.worldhighways.com/wh10/news/la-linea-tunnel-project-recommences
Construction work on Colombia’s La Linea Tunnel project has recommenced.
Napoli Bari high speed train tunnel continue with construction
https://railway-news.com/construction-continues-on-naples-bari-high-speed-line/
The first contruction phase on the Naples-Bari high-speed line, between Naples and Cancello, is continuing with safety measures in place.
Queensbury Tunnel sees contractors resume 'essential work'
CONTRACTORS resumed "essential work" in Queensbury Tunnel today and will be on site for the next eight weeks.
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in india all the projects have been shutdown .
looks like U.K and few other countries contractor are not ready to accept that carona virus can really bring down the whole country . they think that they can bypass this by ignoring the warnings .but end of the day these will really effect their whole company when anyone infected comes to office and make some director sitting on round table infected ,