Since 11 May, when the Government published its ';recovery
strategy' and guidance for employers and workers to make
workplaces safe during the pandemic, we have all been seeking
clarity on what is to become the ';new normal' in all areas
of our lives in both the short and the longer term. Prior to this
easing of restrictions, for the majority of us in the UK,
';lockdown' was pretty clear and straightforward. For the
construction industry, however, a consistent theme from the outset
of the pandemic has been a lack of clarity from the English
Government .
Conflicting statements at the end of March about site shut down
swiftly followed by suggestions that work may continue provided
workers could maintain a two metre distance, created uncertainty
and what Construction News described on 6 April as a
';patchwork of construction activity' caused by leaving
firms to ';decide for themselves if work can continue in
accordance with sketchy government advice'.
