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All construction activities...will be allowed to resume... This seems so arbitrary. Construction noise that you can hear and feel from home will be twice as ma

All construction activities...will be allowed to resume... This seems so arbitrary. Construction noise that you can hear and feel from home will be twice as maddening if you are stuck there. Speaking as someone whose apartment backs a sub basement deep-dig project. After a few days of quarantine one of my neighbors shouted some choice words from his balcony at the workers starting their banging and whistling at seven in the morning.

GuiA 6y ago
I’ve definitely been seeing and hearing construction (mission) the past month...
- hkmurakami 6y ago
  It's been allowed if there was an affordable housing element.
  - mikeg8 6y ago
    That was only one of the many exceptions. Public works projects, anything supporting an essential business/service like healthcare, food production, schools etc. have all been allowed throughout the shutdown. And up here in Sonoma county, the construction of fire-rebuilds from the 2017 fires have also been allowed - none are affordable but all essential.
gfodor 6y ago
It doesn't seem arbitrary to me, the thrust of these changes seems to be "if its done entirely outdoors, its OK, as long as there isn't an obvious, large transmission path."
wpietri 6y ago
I feel you on the noise, but it makes sense to me. Construction is one kind of work where worker density is low and people are already used to wearing PPE when needed.
- clairity 6y ago
  yah, easy call on construction reopening but no sympathy for whining about (legitimate construction) noise, which is often used by curmudgeons to adversely control all sorts of others’ behaviors. but 7am is a bit of an issue. the ordinance in LA for instance specifies construction noise can’t begin before 8am but that’s routinely broken here too.
mikeg8 6y ago
Construction is a massive sector that supports a lot of working class families. It is/can be performed with maximum adherence to social distancing and use of respiratory masks/PPE is already standard practice. I can see how the additional noise will be an inconvenience to some, but not allowing construction would be, IMO, much more devastating to an already hammered economy/work-force. Disclaimer: I work in the construction industry.
anonAndOn 6y ago
Living in a half-finished renovation, I have to disagree. The permitting and inspection process needs to resume so that I no longer have to shelter-at-a-construction-site.
CydeWeys 6y ago
Construction is important. They're literally building future homes, offices, and infrastructure. This has a massive outsized economic impact going forwards.
- TylerE 6y ago
  If anything, this is a unique, massive opportunity to get caught up on stuff like road construction - it's much easier to close off lanes and institute detours when traffic is well below normal levels.
fasteddie31003 6y ago
I can almost taste the privilege
orblivion 6y ago
At any rate, it's a great time to do road construction! I noticed it pick up a bit here in New Hampshire.

GuiA 6y ago

I’ve definitely been seeing and hearing construction (mission) the past month...

hkmurakami 6y ago
It's been allowed if there was an affordable housing element.
- mikeg8 6y ago
  That was only one of the many exceptions. Public works projects, anything supporting an essential business/service like healthcare, food production, schools etc. have all been allowed throughout the shutdown. And up here in Sonoma county, the construction of fire-rebuilds from the 2017 fires have also been allowed - none are affordable but all essential.

gfodor 6y ago

It doesn't seem arbitrary to me, the thrust of these changes seems to be "if its done entirely outdoors, its OK, as long as there isn't an obvious, large transmission path."

wpietri 6y ago

I feel you on the noise, but it makes sense to me. Construction is one kind of work where worker density is low and people are already used to wearing PPE when needed.

clairity 6y ago
yah, easy call on construction reopening but no sympathy for whining about (legitimate construction) noise, which is often used by curmudgeons to adversely control all sorts of others’ behaviors. but 7am is a bit of an issue. the ordinance in LA for instance specifies construction noise can’t begin before 8am but that’s routinely broken here too.

mikeg8 6y ago

Construction is a massive sector that supports a lot of working class families. It is/can be performed with maximum adherence to social distancing and use of respiratory masks/PPE is already standard practice. I can see how the additional noise will be an inconvenience to some, but not allowing construction would be, IMO, much more devastating to an already hammered economy/work-force. Disclaimer: I work in the construction industry.

anonAndOn 6y ago

Living in a half-finished renovation, I have to disagree. The permitting and inspection process needs to resume so that I no longer have to shelter-at-a-construction-site.

CydeWeys 6y ago

Construction is important. They're literally building future homes, offices, and infrastructure. This has a massive outsized economic impact going forwards.

TylerE 6y ago
If anything, this is a unique, massive opportunity to get caught up on stuff like road construction - it's much easier to close off lanes and institute detours when traffic is well below normal levels.

fasteddie31003 6y ago

I can almost taste the privilege

orblivion 6y ago

At any rate, it's a great time to do road construction! I noticed it pick up a bit here in New Hampshire.