On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the
COVID-19 virus a worldwide pandemic. Governments in Canada and its
provinces, and across the world are declaring states of emergency
and implementing dramatic health and safety measures daily.
The impacts on our world, our families, businesses and markets
is and will continue to be significant and somewhat unpredictable.
What are the specific impacts on construction projects across
Canada? More importantly, what should owners, contractors and
trades be doing right away to protect their personnel and their
projects? What are the best practices in the industry to deal with
the pandemic?
Gowling WLG's Infrastructure & Construction Sector Group
will be publishing a series of articles and hosting webinars to
help the construction sector through these very trying times.
