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COVID-19's IMPACT
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AIA Pennsylvania Forging Ahead to Ensure Economic Resilience for the AEC Industry in PA
In these times of uncertainty and instability, AIA Pennsylvania is here to fortify the design and construction industry - a foundation of Pennsylvania's economy.
In conjunction with representation from two organizations representing engineers in Pennsylvania (ACEC/PA & NSPE-PA), AIA Pennsylvania has authored and sent a letter to Governor Wolf to call on his administration to reclassify architecture, engineering, and construction as life-sustaining businesses to keep Pennsylvania designing and building in this time of crisis.
Additionally, AIA Pennsylvania, along with 19 other organizations representing construction, consulting, and design, has signed on to a letter to Governor Wolf to request that his administration and the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) re-evaluate the blanket classification of residential and commercial construction as a non-life-sustaining business.
AIA Pennsylvania holds that the work of those that design, build, and maintain the built environment is vital and can be done safely in accordance with CDC and PA Department of Health guidelines to encourage social distancing and flatten the curve.
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Architecture Profession Outlook on COVID-19
Please complete this brief survey as a means for AIA Pennsylvania to evaluate and anonymously share with you how the COVID-19 crisis and social distancing order are affecting the architecture profession as a whole. We will use this information to determine where we focus our resources and energy in these unprecedented times.
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Upcoming Related Webinar Programming
THURSDAY
March 26
10 am & 8 pm
Places Matter: Prevention and Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery
presented by the International WELL Building Institute
FRIDAY
March 27
11 am to 12:45 pm
2020 Coronavirus and Small Business Next Steps and Best Practices Webinar
presented by the PA Chamber of Business and Industry
FRIDAY
March 27
1 pm
TUESDAY
March 31
12:30 pm
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Share Your Workspace
Expectation vs. Reality "Challenge"
Time to GET SOCIAL...from a distance
For most of us, working from home is brand new. Some of us are thriving on this change of scenery, some of us are still getting our bearings. Let's embrace all of the expectations vs. realities of working from home.
Share your teleworking realities on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Use the hashtag #architectureathome for a reposting from AIA Pennsylvania!
NCARB Updates Testing Policies Due to COVID-19
The organization has waived rescheduling fees through the end of April and has granted a 90-day extension to individuals who have passed any of the six divisions of the ARE.
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Check out the new Government Updates & Resources page on aiapa.org
FEDERAL ACTION ALERT
Congress has passed two pieces of legislation to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Click this link to see a memo that describes how these two laws impact business owners.
Congress is currently working on a third bill that is meant to be a significant economic stimulus package. AIA CEO/Executive Vice President Robert Ivy, FAIA, and AIA President Jane Frederick, FAIA, sent a letter to Congress imploring its members to provide relief to business owners and employees, and advocating for investment in infrastructure to stimulate economic recovery. Read the media statement AIA National released here.
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, members of Congress are debating additional measures to help those affected by this pandemic and to stimulate the economy.
If you would like to help in AIA National's outreach, please take a minute to send this template letter to your member of Congress urging them to provide additional resources to those affected by the virus and for our frontline responders. Please ask them to include significant investment for 21st Century infrastructure and to provide temporary relief measures for business owners.
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Check out updates to the COVID-19 Resource Round Up
As the world faces an unprecedented “new normal”, many organizations including architecture firms have taken steps in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to protect the health of their employees, clients, and the community. We understand that architecture firms are no different.
While every firm will have a unique set of circumstances, we are sharing some general guidelines and resources that could offer insight into navigating the impacts of COVID-19 on architecture firm leaders, employees, operations, and business.
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