The importance of home Another challenge CHBA is contending with is COVID-19. Kevin remembers the onset of the pandemic, when the association’s first and foremost priority was the health and safety of workers. “The first order of business was keeping workers healthy,” he recalls. “That was really critical. We were engaged at all three levels of the association in finding the best health and safety solutions for work sites.” “Fortunately, we’re an industry that’s used to having to deal with health and safety. That’s always priority one on a jobsite. When it came to the pandemic, we were reasonably well positioned, but there was also a lot of work to be done, and a lot of work to do with governments so we could find the right solutions to keep operating.” Fortunately, residential construction was quickly deemed an essential service, and for the most part, it has remained so throughout the THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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