COVID-19 And The BC Construction Industry: Builders Liens

On March 23 the Ontario and Quebec governments ordered that "non-essential" businesses close down, shortly followed by a list of "essential" businesses that were exempt from the mandatory closure. Quebec took a more cautious approach and ordered that all non-essential construction sites close. Ontario adopted a less restrictive approach and included the construction industry on its "essential" industries list.

British Columbia has taken a slightly different approach. On March 22 the BC Public Health Office issued a guide to the construction industry operating during the COVID-19 crisis, available here. The guide contains a number of restrictions including, but not limited to:

• There should be no more than 50 people in the same space under any circumstances.