Today a new Ministerial Order relating to COVID-19 was released
relating to the construction and development industry.
Under the terms of that order, construction sites in NSW are now
permitted to operate on weekends and public holidays, irrespective
of what their consent may otherwise allow, subject to conditions
restricting the types of works and hours worked on those days, and
a general obligation to minimise noise on those additional days.
The full terms of this order can be viewed under "Minister
Orders 2020" on the Department of Planning website: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/Orders
This is intended to keep construction projects progressing by
allowing building work to be spread across more days of the week
while abiding by social distancing rules. We understand
informally from some clients working on high profile construction
sites that authorities are undertaking random inspections for
compliance with social distancing rules. As such, clients
