{"id":110645,"date":"2020-04-21T06:47:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T10:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=110645"},"modified":"2020-04-27T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T18:13:55","slug":"nyc-suspends-public-design-work-due-to-budget-constraints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/nyc-suspends-public-design-work-due-to-budget-constraints\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC suspends public design work due to budget constraints"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110647\" style=\"width: 142px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opener-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-110647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opener-19-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"New York City has suspended all public design projects due to budget constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo \u00a9 www.bigstockphoto.com\" width=\"142\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opener-19-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opener-19-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opener-19.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">New York City has suspended all public design projects due to budget constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photo \u00a9 www.bigstockphoto.com<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New York City\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/ddc\/index.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Design and Construction<\/a> (DDC), in charge of building many of the civic facilities in the city, has placed a moratorium on public design projects due to budget constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/archpaper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Architects Newspaper<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As per <em>Architects Newspaper<\/em>, in a letter dated March 26, DCC directed firms currently engaged in public design work to \u201cimmediately halt all services being provided, or to be provided, under your contract (including any task orders, change orders, amendments) with DDC, including all services provided by subcontractors and\/or subconsultants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiany.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Institute of Architects<\/a> (AIA) New York, as well as other local engineering and construction chapters, and labor groups, have written to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio \u201casking that the city reconsider its decision to immediately halt design work for public projects. Design work is essential to construction projects, and, as you know, necessary for public projects to be shovel-ready. Additionally, unlike other aspects of construction, design work can be safely and properly completed in the safety of our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City has suspended all public design projects due to budget constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13542,"featured_media":110646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1029],"tags":[5769,5815,4106],"class_list":["post-110645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-covid19","tag-design-services","tag-nyc","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NYC suspends public design work due to budget constraints - The Construction Specifier<\/title>\n<meta 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