As jobsites continue to be shut down throughout the country and office staff has been working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, more and more construction companies are relying on technology to help keep them afloat. Many companies and projects have also begun shifting into different roles, some even to help provide more facilities for healthcare and manufacturing to help in relief as the virus spreads.

There are many different construction technology companies that are offering extended free trials of their programs and apps currently, but Procore has just announced that they will be supporting COVID-19 emergency relief projects by offering the use of the Procore platform for existing customers for no additional cost.

Typically, contractors pay Procore a rate based on construction volume, but that fee will be waived through this new program on qualifying projects.

“We’re seeing the construction industry step up to deliver on the growing need for healthcare and manufacturing facilities as a result of COVID-19. For example, many spaces are being converted into temporary hospitals and quarantine facilities, while factories are being retrofitted to produce life-saving equipment like ventilators and masks,” said Tooey Courtemanche, CEO of Procore. “We don’t want cost concerns to slow down the important work our customers are doing in response to this pandemic. In order to accelerate their work, Procore is providing current customers with an aggregate of up to $5 billion of total construction volume for use on their qualifying COVID-19 emergency relief projects running on the Procore platform at no additional cost to them.”

For example, AECOM is going to be using Procore on their project that will be transforming the Rhode Island Convention Center into a hospital in 21 days. The conversion of convention centers to hospitals seems to be a common plan for many cities around the country, as they remain vacant due to canceled events.

We saw plenty of news articles about how China built two 1,000+ hospital bed hospitals in about 2 weeks in February and modular construction is poised to play a key role in construction in the US to help fight the virus, as well. I’m sure there will be plenty more stories of how construction is aiding in the fight against the virus in the coming days and weeks.

For those that are not currently Procore customers, the company also announced today that they are offering a free trial of their platform until July 15, 2020 in the US and Canada. Existing Procore Project Management users can also get free access to the Procore Quality & Safety product through July 15, 2020, as well.

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