CORONAVIRUS
CORONAVIRUS
IN CONSTRUCTION
What to do now to plan for beyond the outbreak
By Jim Dash, Carlson Dash
At the time of this writing, it is March 18, 2020
and there is much ado in the news about the
COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that appears to be
“going viral” worldwide.
The volume of material on this topic already is staggering. We’ve
read a lot of it so you don’t have to, and have become overwhelmed
with the vast majority of the material looking at the here and now.
Looking at the here and now is essential, but it is also important
not to be myopic and to use some of our time to plan for when we
come out the other end … and we will come out the other end. Very
little of what we have seen addresses this topic.
If we had a working crystal ball, we’d tell you what will happen.
Of course, if we had a working crystal ball, we’d be in another line
of work, perhaps spending a lot of time at casinos.
There are reports of supply chains being disrupted. With inventories
often being limited to “just in time,” the pipeline of key materials
may start dwindling and be unavailable on a timely basis. If
material shortages are not the issue, it is not unimaginable that
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