A COVID-19 UPDATE TO MEMBERSHIP - Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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Ford Government Announce
Province Wide Shutdown (additional information)
Businesses Permitted to Open and Sector-Specific Restrictions:
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Source: COCA Newsletter
The Province has provided a document that is a summary of information about measures proposed to come into effect in Ontario or in areas of Ontario at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, December 26.
On page 18 of the document:
Businesses Permitted to Open and Sector-Specific Restrictions:
- Construction activities or projects and related services that support construction activities or projects, including demolition services
- Land surveyors
Other
- Businesses that supply businesses or places that are permitted to open within Ontario, or that supply businesses or services that have been declared essential in a jurisdiction outside of Ontario, with the support, products, supplies, systems, or services, including processing, packaging, warehousing, distribution, delivery, and maintenance necessary to operate
- Maintenance, repair and property management services that manage and maintain the safety, security, sanitation and operation of institutional, commercial, industrial and residential properties and buildings
- Businesses that extract, manufacture, process and distribute goods, products, equipment and materials, including businesses that manufacture inputs to other manufacturers (e.g. primary metal/ steel, blow molding, component manufacturers, chemicals, etc. that feed the end-product manufacturer), regardless of whether those other manufacturers are inside or outside of Ontario, together with businesses that support and facilitate the movement of goods within integrated North American and global supply chains
The complete document can be found here:
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PANDEMICS & CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY:
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT FOR CONTRACTORS
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PANDEMICS &
CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCTIVITY:
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT FOR CONTRACTORS
Was this your first Global Pandemic?
And that notwithstanding, we have had a front-row seat to watch how you have amazingly dealt with the massive change in circumstances you experienced and continue to experience.
Obviously, the construction industry is resilient, but not without a cost for being so.
Now that we are several months into the pandemic, you have, for the most part, adapted to COVID-19 impacts and have developed a greater certainty as to what those costs, or better damages, entail; now permitting claims to be valued, assuming timely notices were provided and the entitlement grounds are laid out, allowing the claims to be negotiated or determined.
The focus of this webinar will be on the entitlement to, which is largely driven by your contract language and its risk allocation, and calculation of such claims with an introduction to how one might establish the costing rationale for disruption, delays and/or loss of productivity. Register here.
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Briefing Note: Briefing Note - Ontario Government Extends Exemption for Temporary Layoffs to July 3, 2021
Please find attached the latest briefing note from Sherrard Kuzz LLP.
The briefing note deals with the December 17, 2020, news release issued by the Government of Ontario in which it made two announcements, each of which may significantly impact employers in the province - MORE
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The Niagara Construction Association (NCA) is monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and will do what we can to ensure members have up-to-date information by communicating through e-blast, social media posts, and COVID-19 RESOURCES. (please navigate the drop-down menu for industry-specific news, updates, information, and links).
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Please do not hesitate to contact me at karin@niagaraconstruction.org with any concerns or questions, or suggestions to our website/eblast COVID-19 information.
Thank You,
Karin Sheldrick
General Manager
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