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Ex. MET-BOS-054 Order Primary source read

Memorandum: Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions (Somerville construction suspension and restart schedule)

Phased lifting of COVID construction restrictions, 7 May 2020

Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) with Inspectional Services Department and OSPCD, City of Somerville (implementing the Mayor and Board of Health construction order) · City of Somerville, Massachusetts (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Somerville, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
Level
City
Authority
Mayor and Board of Health emergency order ceasing non-emergency construction (Mar. 2020); municipal permitting authority
Issued
2020-05-07 May 7, 2020
Effective
Phase One restart May 18, 2020; Phase Two June 1, 2020 (read as 2020-05-18)
End
Suspension ended in phases from May 18, 2020; COVID safety plan requirements continued (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
May 18, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all contractors on municipal, utility and private construction in Somerville
Functions reached
  • JS job sites suspended Mar. 27 to May 18/June 1, 2020
  • SB trades
  • OW owners (municipal, utility and private projects)
  • SC materials
Collection
Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

Following Governor Baker's 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

Notes

Confirms that Somerville's construction suspension operated notwithstanding the State's construction exemption; Eversource and National Grid gas-main work restarted only in Phase One.

Retrieval note

A City memorandum implementing the order; the March 2020 construction order text itself is recited, not separately saved.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.