Delayed or canceled projects, layoffs, broken supply chains, health scares, new on-site rules, contract confusion—if something could go wrong in 2020, it has. Like countless other industries, the construction sector has not been immune to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—nor has it been sitting idly.

For all that has been disrupted and derailed in 2020, there have been positive trends that project owners, general contractors, subcontractors and other industry professionals have embraced throughout the year. With the potential to increase productivity and decrease liability, counsel should be encouraging companies to continue implementing these actions long after the pandemic is in the rear-view mirror (which everyone hopes is on the horizon).