The London & District Construction Association has provided detailed guidance to its members on how to manage contractual concerns relating to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Investments are supporting specific community needs, store staff and charitable organizations across the country.

Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for March shows huge job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Construction employment, however, was largely unchanged.

Effective April 16, 2020, all procedural time periods and limitation periods under the Construction Act will be restored. This has two major implications for the industry: (i) lien periods are back; and (ii) owners can once again release holdbacks safely.

The report from the group tasked with spending $1 billion on Hamilton’s transit system recommends spending the money in a variety of ways, including on light rail or on busses.