{"id":"MET-BOS-054","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Somerville, Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"BOS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) with Inspectional Services Department and OSPCD, City of Somerville (implementing the Mayor and Board of Health construction order)","authority":"Mayor and Board of Health emergency order ceasing non-emergency construction (Mar. 2020); municipal permitting authority","instrument":"Memorandum: Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions (Somerville construction suspension and restart schedule)","title":"Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions, 7 May 2020","dateIssued":"2020-05-07","effective":"Phase One restart May 18, 2020; Phase Two June 1, 2020","end":"Suspension ended in phases from May 18, 2020; COVID safety plan requirements continued","startDate":"2020-05-18","endDate":"2020-05-18","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["all contractors on municipal, utility and private construction in Somerville"],"clause":"Following Governor Baker\u0027s March 23rd stay-at-home order, which included an exemption for construction, Mayor Curtatone and the Somerville Board of Health issued an order to cease all non-emergency construction in Somerville by March 27th with exceptions for efforts to make sites safe and health- and safety-related activities.... As the COVID pandemic continues, and likely into the foreseeable future, all contractors will be required to complete a Jobsite Hazard Analysis (JHA) and prepare a Site Specific Safety Plan (SSSP) with a particular focus on a COVID safety plan... It should also be noted that the City does not have the authority to halt state projects, including GLX and Beacon Street, which, as a result, are exempt from the local construction suspension order","enforcement":"Permit-based; contractors may not remobilize until scheduled phase and SSSP accepted","functions":["JS job sites suspended Mar. 27 to May 18/June 1, 2020","SB trades","OW owners (municipal, utility and private projects)","SC materials"],"notes":"Confirms that Somerville\u0027s construction suspension operated notwithstanding the State\u0027s construction exemption; Eversource and National Grid gas-main work restarted only in Phase One.","sourceUrl":"https://www.somervillema.gov/sites/default/files/COVID%20Construction%20suspension%20easing%202020May07.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":161990,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BOS","url":"/library/MET-BOS-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BOS-054","citation":"Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) with Inspectional Services Department and OSPCD, City of Somerville (implementing the Mayor and Board of Health construction order), Memorandum: Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions (Somerville construction suspension and restart schedule) (May 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-054)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}