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INDUSTRY FOCUS With Ralph C. Jensen, Editor-in-Chief
tChe COVID Crisis
Surviving
OVID-19. Where to be- but as the country begins to open up for gin? This pandemic ap- business again, security integrators will pears to be nowhere near likely be going back to work.
controlled or over, and it As a bad situation began to darken, certainly has taken its toll integrators were making comments, such
worldwide and on all Americans. It has as the work environment growing steadily
affected the security industry as well. As the industry as a whole has taken it on the chin, it seems integrators and staff were disrupted the most.
Coronavirus impacts are not hitting manufacturers as badly as they feared. The situation is modestly improving for many.
Early on, the situation was bad every- where, and in the beginning, integrators outside the United States claimed to be disrupted. From a recent IPVM survey, as many as 50 percent of foreign integrators wereintrouble.Atthesametime,andjust as the virus was ramping up here, 31 per- cent of U.S. integrators were struggling.
In the U.S., there seemed to be a slow- down in the number of service calls com- ing in, and new projects and ongoing proj- ects were put on hold. Government sites, consisting of federal and local govern- ments, limited access to work sites.
One of the most defeating actions in the early stages of pandemic was the shut- tering of gaming sites and casinos. Secu- rity integrators play a huge role in keeping these sites open and secure on a daily ba- sis. The impact of COVID-19 continues,
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worse week by week. Some companies have laid off staff, upwards of 35 percent of their workforce.
Some customers have canceled or de- layed proposed projects, and others cus- tomers asking for delayed payment for work completed by as much as six months. Installation staff have also voiced their concerns about going to certain projects for an install, unless it required emergency service.
There are reasons for optimism. De- spite new project work in slow-down mode, or even non-existent, some inte- grators are able to get back to work on existing projects that were hard hit, and stopped by the virus.
Recovery is coming, though tenuous. It appears the situation has bottomed out for integrators, and hopefully this points to a rebound. The situation will improve, though quick recovery is not likely. Hope- fully, we see gradual and strong recovery.
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