Last year, as the pandemic upended the construction industry, contractors hatched a plan to come to- gether. Determined to keep job-sites open and deemed essential around the U.S., a group of contractors partnered on turnkey coronavi-rus prevention protocols for all companies to use. This year's Top 400 Contractors revenue results don't immediately show how virus prevention methods changed productivity among firms. What the numbers do show is that securing construction's essential status helped contractors avoid devastating losses. "Following the CDC guidelines was absolutely crucial to our survival last year. It really saved us because we weren't going to have a business without it," says Turner Construction Co. President and CEO Peter Davoren. As a result, he says, "We were able to continue to function all through COVID after a slippery slope in the second quarter of last year."
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