during the shelter-in-place, the contractor malcolm debruce had to shut down about 70% of his job sites which are mostly seismic retrofits. >> there was a few sleepless nights. >> he shifted all of his employees the his three remaining projects, creating new apartments. but there just wasn't enough to do. >> we would have had to let nine guys go friday. >> the new order in six bay area counties which allows construction to resume on may 4th keeps debruce -- >> i'm very relieved. >> -- and his employees in business. >> i have two kids and my wife is pregnant. there's another one. >> oscar is grateful he now still has a job thanks to the easing of restrictions. >> we were scared because without your job, we would lose everything. >> since this job site is adding housing units it's been allowed to stay open as essential. the new order allows construction sites like this one which have been shut down for weeks to reopen on monday. unfinished projects currently sitting quiet all over the bay area will reopen with new rules besides mask, debruce has to make sure his employees can sanitize fre

during the shelter-in-place, the contractor malcolm debruce had to shut down about 70% of his job sites which are mostly seismic retrofits. >> there was a few sleepless nights. >> he shifted all of his employees the his three remaining projects, creating new apartments. but there just wasn't enough to do. >> we would have had to let nine guys go friday. >> the new order in six bay area counties which allows construction to resume on may 4th keeps debruce -- >> i'm very relieved. >> -- and his employees in business. >> i have two kids and my wife is pregnant. there's another one. >> oscar is grateful he now still has a job thanks to the easing of restrictions. >> we were scared because without your job, we would lose everything. >> since this job site is adding housing units it's been allowed to stay open as essential. the new order allows construction sites like this one which have been shut down for weeks to reopen on monday. unfinished projects currently sitting quiet all over the bay area will reopen with new rules besides mask, debruce has to make sure his employees can sanitize fre

malcolm debruce had to shut down 70% of his job sites during the shelter-in-place. creating new apartments which was allowed to continue but there wasn't enough work to go around. under this new order, debruce can bring workers back to the other projects. >> had to let nine guys go on friday because we wouldn't have had enough work this monday. >> they will wear masks and sanitize frequently. if someone gets sick with covid-19 work has to stop so a hazmat crew can come in and decontaminate. >> reporte >>> more on the federal guidelines that expire today. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi, good morning. president trump will not extend national social distancing guidelines. remember here these are just guidelines. so that means it will expire by the end of today. what we know also is that these guidelines, they were implemented last month. they called for more americans to work from home, limit travel and avoid large gatherings. it's important to note that these were never mandatory orders from the federal government. it's ultimately up to the states to decide if they want