{"id":2492,"date":"2020-04-24T10:35:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T14:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/newsroom_details_pag\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T04:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:24:42","slug":"construction-can-begin-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction can begin May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Construction in Pa. can begin before state reopens, Wolf says<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 588px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/KQFRHFEHC5HSRFPJX7EYXYJSIY.jpg\" alt=\"Construction site with multiple cranes and high-rise buildings, representing large-scale urban development.\" \/><br \/>\nConstruction in Legacy Park in Mechanicsburg has been halted due to coronavirus fears. April 1, 2020. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 23 update: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2020\/04\/yes-all-construction-can-start-in-pa-on-may-1-but-strict-guidelines-will-need-to-be-followed.html\">Gov. Wolf offers further details on a plan to restart construction in Pa. on May 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original story from April 22:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday that construction projects can restart before the state begins to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Wolf said that construction that was previously deemed non-essential can begin on May 1, even though his phased red, yellow, green plan to start lifting parts and eventually all of the statewide stay at home order on a county-by-county basis won\u2019t begin until at least May 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to emphasize that Pennsylvanians should take the guidance given to their communities and their businesses seriously,\u201d Wolf said during a televised news conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more community committed to staying home and succeeds at suppressing the case count. The sooner, and faster restrictions can be eased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics of Wolf\u2019s coronavirus pandemic response have focused on a few areas, but perhaps none more than his March orders to halt all construction unless it is for emergency repairs to a structure, is at a health care facility, or is being performed by a select number of companies that have been able to obtain a waiver.<\/p>\n<p>There was no explanation given as to why May 1 was picked as the date.<\/p>\n<p>On May 8, Wolf hopes to start an economic recovery by opening the north-central and northwest part of the state by moving it from the red stage, which all of Pa. is currently in and means the statewide stay at home order continues to be in effect, to the yellow stage, which would still limit gatherings to 25 people or less, continue to make restaurants fill curbside or delivery orders only, and require telework when possible while allowing for curbside and delivery retail operations to begin.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous criteria will need to be met for that to happen, though, including a 14-day stretch where a region sees fewer than 50 cases per 100,000 residents, among other data points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that not having definite dates for each of these pieces to fall into place is difficult, but we will continue to provide updates as regions move from phase to phase,\u201d Wolf said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy using this measured, step by step rollout of reopening, we can continue to protect the lives of Pennsylvania\u2019s, especially our most vulnerable. It will take continued help and support from everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height:588px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/4J5KTXUSUREV7P5TCOKF3GXTGA.jpg\" alt=\"Construction site with ongoing work, scaffolding, and partially completed building, depicting active construction.\" \/><br \/>\nGov. Tom Wolf&#8217;s red, yellow and green phases reopening Pennsylvania after coronavirus-related shutdowns in 2020. (Graphic via the governor&#8217;s office.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction in Pa. can begin before state reopens, Wolf says Construction in Legacy Park in Mechanicsburg has been halted due to coronavirus fears. April 1, 2020. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com April 23 update: Gov. Wolf offers further details on a plan to restart construction in Pa. on May 1 Original story from April 22: Pa&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":23698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction can begin May 1 | Dodge Construction Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Construction can begin May 1 under new guidelines. Get the full details on which projects are allowed to resume and safety protocols.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction can begin May 1 | Dodge Construction Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Construction can begin May 1 under new guidelines. Get the full details on which projects are allowed to resume and safety protocols.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dodge Construction Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DodgeData\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-24T14:35:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-14T08:24:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"445\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amy Roepke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DodgeData\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DodgeData\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amy Roepke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amy Roepke\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36bd01278d9ccdca5984486b4b361b97\"},\"headline\":\"Construction can begin May 1\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-24T14:35:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-14T08:24:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/\"},\"wordCount\":441,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Reports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/\",\"name\":\"Construction can begin May 1 | Dodge Construction Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-24T14:35:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-14T08:24:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Construction can begin May 1 under new guidelines. Get the full details on which projects are allowed to resume and safety protocols.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":445,\"caption\":\"Construction PR Default Desktop Hero\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Construction can begin May 1\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dodge Construction Network\",\"description\":\"Commercial Construction Project Intel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Dodge Data & Analytics\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dodge Construction Network\",\"alternateName\":\"Dodge Data & Analytics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCN_Logo_Primary_TM.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCN_Logo_Primary_TM.svg\",\"width\":\"1024\",\"height\":\"1024\",\"caption\":\"Dodge Construction Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DodgeData\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/DodgeData\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dodge-construction-network\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAt8500vlyDN4o94uvYHIoQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36bd01278d9ccdca5984486b4b361b97\",\"name\":\"Amy Roepke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9462dfb223b570e4f0a987e44e9b17d8285584f5e3c866be6fd7796b083217a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9462dfb223b570e4f0a987e44e9b17d8285584f5e3c866be6fd7796b083217a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amy Roepke\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.construction.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Construction can begin May 1 | Dodge Construction Network","description":"Construction can begin May 1 under new guidelines. Get the full details on which projects are allowed to resume and safety protocols.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Construction can begin May 1 | Dodge Construction Network","og_description":"Construction can begin May 1 under new guidelines. Get the full details on which projects are allowed to resume and safety protocols.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/","og_site_name":"Dodge Construction Network","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DodgeData","article_published_time":"2020-04-24T14:35:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-14T08:24:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":445,"url":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amy Roepke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DodgeData","twitter_site":"@DodgeData","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amy Roepke","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/"},"author":{"name":"Amy Roepke","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36bd01278d9ccdca5984486b4b361b97"},"headline":"Construction can begin May 1","datePublished":"2020-04-24T14:35:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-14T08:24:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/"},"wordCount":441,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg","articleSection":["Reports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/","url":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/","name":"Construction can begin May 1 | Dodge Construction Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-24T14:35:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-14T08:24:42+00:00","description":"Construction can begin May 1 under new guidelines. Get the full details on which projects are allowed to resume and safety protocols.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg","width":1280,"height":445,"caption":"Construction PR Default Desktop Hero"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/construction-can-begin-may-1\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Construction can begin May 1"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/","name":"Dodge Construction Network","description":"Commercial Construction Project Intel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Dodge Data & Analytics","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#organization","name":"Dodge Construction Network","alternateName":"Dodge Data & Analytics","url":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCN_Logo_Primary_TM.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DCN_Logo_Primary_TM.svg","width":"1024","height":"1024","caption":"Dodge Construction Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DodgeData","https:\/\/x.com\/DodgeData","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dodge-construction-network\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAt8500vlyDN4o94uvYHIoQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36bd01278d9ccdca5984486b4b361b97","name":"Amy Roepke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9462dfb223b570e4f0a987e44e9b17d8285584f5e3c866be6fd7796b083217a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9462dfb223b570e4f0a987e44e9b17d8285584f5e3c866be6fd7796b083217a7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Amy Roepke"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.construction.com"]}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg",1280,445,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero-300x104.jpg",300,104,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero-1024x356.jpg",1024,356,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg",300,104,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg",400,139,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Construction_PR_Default_Desktop_Hero.jpg",600,209,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Amy Roepke","author_link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/author\/amy-roepke\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Construction in Pa. can begin before state reopens, Wolf says Construction in Legacy Park in Mechanicsburg has been halted due to coronavirus fears. April 1, 2020. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com April 23 update: Gov. Wolf offers further details on a plan to restart construction in Pa. on May 1 Original story from April 22: Pa....","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}