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Earlier this year, as the coronavirus spread around the country, Tapani Inc. was faced with a difficult decision: Construction work was deemed nonessential in Washington, and many of the company鈥檚 475 workers were temporarily laid off.

But in Oregon, work remained steady. The company decided to proceed on job sites in Oregon with the same standards that apply in Washington. Tapani was later praised by the Oregon Department of Transportation for implementing these extra precautions.

Ultimately, there were also a number of projects in Washington that were deemed essential, such as the Oak Grove K-12 school for Vancouver Public Schools.

As companies began to prepare for the 鈥渘ew normal,鈥� a scramble began with the sourcing of thermometers and the productions of masks, the creation of signage and wash stations, and binders of protocols and logs.

Tapani had already begun taking extra steps to ensure worker safety and health, even before Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued a lengthy list of requirements to keep workers on the job site safe from COVID-19.

The driving force behind these efforts is Logan Kysar, health and safety director at Tapani. Kysar is a registered nurse with extensive practice in a hospital, and he also holds a master鈥檚 of science degree in Clinical Systems Management and Health Care Administration. He has been credited with much of Tapani鈥檚 forward-thinking planning and execution of health practices on the job site.

Tapani, which has locations in Battle Ground and Richland, Washington, performs heavy civil, site construction and structural concrete services throughout the Pa-cific Northwest. Since the company was established in 1983, Tapani has grown significantly and often has more than 60 active projects, along with the capability to manage an individual project in excess of $100 million.