The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our daily routines, requiring adjustments to our work and home lives—which have largely become intertwined. AIA East Bay’s top priority is providing our members with resources to navigate these uncertain times. Have other resources that you would like added to the list? Please email info@aiaeb.org and we will be updating this page as we find new resources.
In the mean time, please take a minute to send a letter to Congress urging them to provide additional resources to those affected by the virus and for our frontline responders. Please ask them to include significant investment for 21st Century infrastructure and to provide temporary relief measures for business owners.
Local Sources
- Bay Area Planning Dept. List – contacts & Covid response by Bay Area BIA
- AIA East Bay Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, March 25
- Alameda County Public Health Department
- Contra Costa Health Services
- Solano County Resources
- Napa County Resources
- City of Oakland’s Planning & Building’s Response to Shelter in Place Order (updated 3-25)
- City of Oakland’s Planning & Building and Housing & Community Development Departments offer alternatives (updated 3-25)
Construction and Firm specific sources
- Maintaining Business Continuity with a Remote Workforce
- How Architect Firms are Responding to COVID-19
- Coronavirus Be Prepared – Contractual Impacts and How to Address Them
- California Construction in the Time of COVID-19
- What the COVID-19 Level 4 Alert Means for the Building and Construction Sector (updated 3-25)
- 5 Day Plan to Keep your Firm Afloat – Harvard Business Review (updated 3-30)
- How Architecture Firms can Apply for an SBA COVID-19 Disaster Relief Loan (updated 3-30)
- A Closer Look at Force Majeure Contract Provisions (updated 3-30)
Sources from AIA and AIA CA
- Message from Robert Ivy, FAIA
- From the President’s Desk – Message from Debra Gerod, FAIA
- AIA California Resources
- An Architect’s Guide to Virtual Practice
- AIA’s Disaster Assistance Program
- AIA’s COVID-19 Resources for Architects (updated 3-25)
- AIA’s Practice Management: Manage Your Architecture Firm’s Risk in Response to COVID-19 (updated 3-25)