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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Most of my clients are property management companies, and we are taking the position that maintenance type services (i.e., plumbers responding to broken pipes and whatnot) are clearly in the exempt category,
as are those working in management offices, etc…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I think both fall within the exemptions you recite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I think under the first category, the construction needs to be for essential facilities or for emergency repairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I don’t think it is a categorical exemption.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vincent DePillis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Construction as affected by the shut down order.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you think that construction is categorically exempt under the list of essential workers, or is it exempt only if it relates to an essential function? I think the former, but a number of contractors are taking the latter position.
Here is the description of the exempt construction workers:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vincent B. DePillis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t read that memo in the same way. Here is what Gov. Inslee has said:
<a href="https://coronavirus.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf">
https://coronavirus.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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