Under the second provincial emergency guidelines, new measures and restrictions have been put on construction activity to keep Ontarians safe and immediately respond to the ongoing threat of the pandemic.
Tag: Pandemic
Designing pandemic-ready facilities
(01/11/2021)
Payam Ashtiani, principal, Aercoustics Engineering, discusses with the magazine's editor Nithya Caleb the different aspects of designing pandemic-ready performing arts centres.
The entire construction industry in Québec will reopen as of May 11, confirmed Jean Boulet, the Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Solidarity and Minister Responsible for the Mauricie Region.
Stantec, along with Alberta-based companies Sprung Structures and CANA Construction, has been selected by Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the Government of Alberta to design and construct the province’s first temporary COVID-19 treatment centre...
Québec has included residential construction sites in the list of priority services and activities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ontario is extending construction hours for essential projects to 24 hours a day in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
As per a new public health order, construction has been deemed critical service in Manitoba, but construction associations are seeking safety guidelines to protect workers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Saskatchewan Construction Association calls on municipalities and private industry’s to keep building, and urges provincial and federal governments to publicly support the continuation of construction projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ontario government has closed all non-essential construction work in the province to help contain the spread of COVID-19.
BLT Construction is building a prefab pandemic response unit at the Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ont., to increase capacity to care for patients with COVID-19.
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