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AECOM has worked on
alternate care facilities in
five states to aid coronavirus
response efforts, including this
one constructed in partnership
with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New York District,
in support of a FEMA mission,
at SUNY College at Old
Westbury on Long Island.
IAN BENTLEY/AECOM
TO
ESSENTIAL
SERVICES
BY GERRY DONOHUE
KEEPING THE MAIL FLOWING
At 5 p.m. in early April, Vince Ricevuto, senior vice president
at WSP USA, received a call from the U.S. Postal Service
(USPS) about a case of COVID-19 at one of its distribution
facilities. WSP USA has a long-standing Emergency Planning,
Response, and Recovery Services contract with the USPS.
"It was at a location that required immediate mobilization,"
says Ricevuto. "We had a management team at the facility
within two hours and met with the USPS management there
to brief them on what we would need to clean the facility. We
had one shift, from 12:01 a.m. to 8 a.m., to get it done."
This was not the first and would not be the last USPS facility that WSP decontaminated during the first months of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the facilities employed hundreds of workers, and the invisible spread of the virus during
its early stages meant that employees may have worked for
days before developing symptoms.
"The first confirmed case was at a large plant, and they did
not want to shut it down completely for an extended time
frame," Ricevuto says. "We focused on cleaning the contact
areas where the person worked and then traced their steps
back through the entire facility."
After that experience, WSP told the USPS that operations at the facilities, some of which are 1 million square feet,
needed to stop during decontamination.
"It was too risky and was not effective having the plant in
operation while we were cleaning," Ricevuto says. "On some
of the projects, we still only had one shift to complete the
work, but in the more complicated facilities, they gave us a
full day."
Although WSP has had long experience in decontamination
projects, having been involved in anthrax cleanup projects in
2001, there was still some on-the-job learning because of the
unique nature of the COVID-19 virus, according to Ricevuto.
"We had established protocols from the Postal Service and
the Centers for Disease Control, but we had continuing, collaborative discussions as we worked on these projects, always
looking for ways to improve the effectiveness of the cleaning
while ensuring the health and safety of the team and ultimately the client's employees," Ricevuto says.
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Contents
FROM ACEC TO YOU
MARKET WATCH
ACEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
THE PRIVATE SIDE
PROMOTING A MORE DIVERSE INDUSTRY
COVID-19 ESSENTIAL SERVICES
EXAMINING THE POST-COVID-19 WORKPLACE
ACEC HOLDS VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING
2020 NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK
REBOOTING CAREERS
SURVEYING & GIS INNOVATIONS
PHILANTHROPIC FUN
MEMBER ORGANIZATION PROFILE: ACEC/NC
ACEC/PAC NOTCHES ANOTHER RECORD YEAR
IN THE NEWS
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
BUSINESS INSIGHTS
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - Intro
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - Cover2
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - Contents
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 2
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 3
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - FROM ACEC TO YOU
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 5
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - MARKET WATCH
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 7
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - ACEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 9
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 11
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - THE PRIVATE SIDE
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 13
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - PROMOTING A MORE DIVERSE INDUSTRY
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 15
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 16
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 17
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - COVID-19 ESSENTIAL SERVICES
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 19
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 20
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 21
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - EXAMINING THE POST-COVID-19 WORKPLACE
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 23
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 24
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 25
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - ACEC HOLDS VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 27
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 2020 NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 29
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - REBOOTING CAREERS
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 31
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 32
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 33
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 34
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - SURVEYING & GIS INNOVATIONS
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 36
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Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 38
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 39
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - PHILANTHROPIC FUN
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 41
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 42
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 43
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - MEMBER ORGANIZATION PROFILE: ACEC/NC
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 45
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 46
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 47
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - ACEC/PAC NOTCHES ANOTHER RECORD YEAR
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 49
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 50
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 51
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - IN THE NEWS
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 53
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 55
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 57
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 58
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - 59
Engineering Inc. - Spring 2020 - BUSINESS INSIGHTS
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