Experts will discuss mental health, sanitation, and reoccupation of spaces and facilities used to house COVID-19 patients and medical personnel.

The Plumbing Foundation City of New York is urging large commercial landlords and building management companies to take necessary precautions to safeguard tenants and the public from deadly microbes such as Legionella and other biofilm bacteria.

The council has outlined a path for how healthy places and LEED will support recovery efforts as businesses, governments and communities prepare for a post-pandemic world.

The virtual conference will include more than 90 technical sessions, updates from society leaders, and virtual networking events. 

The association's guidelines and free webinar suggest best practices for recommissioning buildings left vacant during COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders.

A team of engineers at NIST has produced a list of high priority research needs that would establish a foundation for the design, maintenance and operation of plumbing systems fit for the water needs of today and onward. 

The “After COVID-19” series is designed to provide jurisdictions, health departments, building owners and managers, and contractors with detailed information and guidance on reopening the various building types.

The association says a recent ruling effectively makes PPP funds taxable income and mitigates much of the economic relief that the CARES Act was designed to deliver.

In a pair of letters to the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works, IAPMO and its partners applaud the committee for putting forward bipartisan solutions to the challenges posed by the nation's water infrastructure and recommend additional measures the organizations believe would enhance the legislations' effectiveness.

Uncertainty continues to prevail in our industry as we enter the second month of quarter No. 2 of calendar year 2020. Our sector of the economy has, and continues to be, engulfed in a perfect storm of events.